---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 1.01-20"
title: "46"
number: "1.01-20"
heading: "Suspension and revocation proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/1.01-20"
---

# §1.01-20. Suspension and revocation proceedings.

- (a) **The Commandant takes final agency action on each proceeding concerned with revocation.**
- (b) The Commandant has delegated authority to the Vice Commandant in [33 CFR 1.01-40](/cfr/33/1.01-40.md) to take final agency action under subparts [I](/cfr/46/subpartI.md), [J](/cfr/46/subpartJ.md), and K of [part 5](/cfr/46/part5.md) of this chapter on each proceeding except on a petition or appeal in a case on which an order of revocation has been issued.
- (c) The Commandant assigns to his staff a Chief Administrative Law Judge who is an Administrative Law Judge appointed under [5 U.S.C. 3105](/usc/5/3105.md) and whose assignment is to:
  - (1) Act as adviser and special assistant to the Commandant on matters concerning the administration of hearings conducted under 46 U.S.C. chapter 77;
  - (2) Conduct hearings under 46 U.S.C. chapter 77;
  - (3) Train new Administrative Law Judges assigned to conduct hearings under 46 U.S.C. chapter 77;
  - (4) Review the written decisions and orders of each Administrative Law Judge assigned to conduct a hearing under 46 U.S.C. chapter 77; and
  - (5) Act as adviser to the Chief Counsel in preparation of the final action of proceedings conducted under subparts [I](/cfr/46/subpartI.md), [J](/cfr/46/subpartJ.md), and K of [part 5](/cfr/46/part5.md) of this chapter.
- (d) The Chief Counsel of the Coast Guard, under the general direction and supervision of the Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard:
  - (1) Acts as an adviser and as a special assistant to the Commandant in matters of law; and
  - (2) Prepares for the consideration of the Commandant or the Vice Commandant, as appropriate, proposed decisions on cases on appeal or review in suspension and revocation proceedings.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 14 U.S.C. 503; 46 U.S.C. 7701; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 93; Secs. 101, 888, and 1512, Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 1.01-35 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507; and § 1.03-55 also issued under the authority of 46 U.S.C. 3306(j).

### Source

Source: CGD 88-033, 54 FR 50376, Dec. 6, 1989, unless otherwise noted.