The Guide to Agency Formal Administrative Hearings is designed to inform the public about how and when the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet conducts formal agency hearings.  It is provided for information only and it is not intended to provide legal advice or to address every situation that may arise in the Office of Administrative Hearings.  Please seek the advice of a competent attorney for answers to specific legal questions.  

An administrative hearing offers the public, the regulated community and the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet the opportunity to have certain kinds of problems presented to a neutral hearing officer.  The hearing officer is responsible for recommending that final action be taken by the agency's top official - the cabinet secretary.  An administrative hearing is like a court hearing, where each side of a dispute is given the opportunity to testify, submit documents or other evidence, cross-examine witnesses and make arguments in support of the action it believes that the agency should take on a particular issue.

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