---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.23"
title: "43"
number: "4.23"
heading: "Hearings or related proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.23"
---

# §4.23. Hearings or related proceedings.

- (a) **Transcripts.** Hearings may be recorded, transcribed verbatim, or both. Interested parties may request a copy of the transcripts or recording of the hearing. The requesting party is responsible for fees and expenses of preparing their copy of a transcript or recording. For transcripts prepared by a contractor with a Department of the Interior bureau or office, each party is responsible for obtaining and paying for its copy of the transcript consistent with any statutory provisions governing the proceeding.
- (b) **Video, teleconferencing, or other suitable technology.** In circumstances that the presiding officer deems appropriate, a hearing or proceeding may be conducted, in whole or in part, using video, teleconferencing, or other suitable technology.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 90 FR 2390, Jan. 10, 2025, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.