[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2200.1]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
      CHAPTER XX--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
 
PART 2200--RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 2200.1  Definitions.


    As used herein:
    (a) Act means the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, 29 
U.S.C. 651-678.
    (b) Commission, person, employer, and employee have the meanings set 
forth in section 3 of the Act.
    (c) Secretary means the Secretary of Labor or his duly authorized 
representative.
    (d) Executive Secretary means the Executive Secretary of the 
Commission.
    (e) Affected employee means an employee of a cited employer who is 
exposed to or has access to the hazard arising out of the allegedly 
violative circumstances, conditions, practices or operations.
    (f) Judge means an Administrative Law Judge appointed by the 
Chairman of the Commission pursuant to section 12(j) of the Act, 29 
U.S.C. 661(j), as amended by Pub. L. 95-251, 92 Stat. 183, 184 (1978).
    (g) Authorized employee representative means a labor organization 
that has a collective bargaining relationship with the cited employer 
and that represents affected employees.
    (h) Representative means any person, including an authorized 
employee representative, authorized by a party or intervenor to 
represent him in a proceeding.
    (i) Citation means a written communication issued by the Secretary 
to an employer pursuant to 9(a) of the Act.
    (j) Notification of proposed penalty means a written communication 
issued by the Secretary to an employer pursuant to 10 (a) or (b) of the 
Act.
    (k) Day means a calendar day.
    (l) Working day means all days except Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal 
holidays.
    (m) Proceeding means any proceeding before the Commission or before 
a Judge.
    (n) Pleadings are complaints and answers filed under Sec. 2200.34, 
statements of reasons and contestants' responses filed under 
Sec. 2200.38, and petitions for modification of abatement and objecting 
parties' responses filed under Sec. 2200.37. A motion is not a pleading 
within the meaning of these rules.