---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 20.703"
title: "33"
number: "20.703"
heading: "Presumptions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/20.703"
---

# §20.703. Presumptions.


In each administrative hearing, a presumption—

- (a) Imposes on the party against whom it lies the burden of going forward with evidence to rebut or meet the presumption; but
- (b) **Does not shift the burden of proof in the sense of the risk of non-persuasion.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321; 42 U.S.C. 9609; 46 U.S.C. 7701, 7702; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. 2(73).

### Source

Source: CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.