---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 20.705"
title: "33"
number: "20.705"
heading: "Failure to appear."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/20.705"
---

# §20.705. Failure to appear.


The ALJ may enter a default under [§ 20.310](/cfr/33/20.310.md) against a respondent threatening to fail, or having failed, to appear at a hearing unless,—

- (a) Before the time for the hearing, the respondent shows good cause why neither the respondent nor his or her representative can appear; or,
- (b) 30 days or less after an order to show good cause, the respondent shows good cause for his or her failure to appear.

## 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.