§  1.254   Nature of the hearing proceeding; burden of proof.

   Any hearing upon an application shall be a full hearing proceeding in
   which the applicant and all other parties in interest shall be
   permitted to participate but in which both the burden of proceeding
   with the introduction of evidence upon any issue specified by the
   Commission, as well as the burden of proof upon all such issues, shall
   be upon the applicant except as otherwise provided in the order of
   designation.

   (Sec. 309, 48 Stat. 1085, as amended; 47 U.S.C. 309)

   [ 85 FR 63178 , Oct. 6, 2020]