[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: 29CFR2200.8]

[Page 243]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
      CHAPTER XX--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
 
PART 2200--RULES OF PROCEDURE--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 2200.8  Filing.

    (a) What to file. All papers required to be served on a party or 
intervenor, except for those papers associated with part of a discovery 
request under Rules 52 through 56, shall be filed either before service 
or within a reasonable time thereafter.
    (b) Where to file. Prior to assignment of a case to a Judge, all 
papers shall be filed with the Executive Secretary at One Lafayette 
Centre, 1120-20th Street, NW., Suite 980, Washington, DC 20036-3419. 
Subsequent to the assignment of the case to a Judge, all papers shall be 
filed with the Judge at the address given in the notice informing of 
such assignment. Subsequent to the docketing of the Judge's report, all 
papers shall be filed with the Executive Secretary, except as provided 
in Sec. 2200.90(b)(3).
    (c) How to file. Unless otherwise ordered, all filing may be 
accomplished by postage-prepaid first class mail or by personal 
delivery.
    (d) Number of copies. Unless otherwise ordered or stated in this 
part:
    (1) If a case is before a Judge or if it has not yet been assigned 
to a Judge, only the original of a document shall be filed.
    (2) If a case is before the Commission for review, the original and 
eight copies of a document shall be filed.
    (e) Filing date. Filing is effective upon mailing (if by mail) or 
upon receipt by the Commission (if filing is by personal delivery, 
overnight delivery service, or facsimile transmission), except that the 
filing of petitions for discretionary review is effective only upon 
receipt by the Commission. See Sec. 2200.91.
    (f) Facsimile transmissions. (1) Any document may be filed with the 
Commission or its Judges by facsimile transmission. Filing shall be 
deemed completed at the time that the facsimile transmission is received 
by the Commission or the Judge. The filed facsimile shall have the same 
force and effect as the original.
    (2) All facsimile transmissions shall include a facsimile of the 
appropriate certificate of service.
    (3) Within 3 days after the Commission or the Judge has received the 
facsimile, the party filing the document shall forward to the Commission 
or the Judge a signed, original document and, where appropriate, the 
proper number of multiple copies.
    (4) It is the responsibility of parties desiring to file documents 
by the use of facsimile transmission equipment to utilize equipment that 
is compatible with facsimile transmission equipment operated by the 
Commission. Legibility of the transmitted documents is the 
responsibility of the serving party.

[57 FR 41684, Sept. 11, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 26065, Apr. 30, 1993; 
62 FR 35963, July 3, 1997]