[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR222.7]

[Page 194-195]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 222--ACTION ON OCEAN DUMPING PERMIT APPLICATIONS UNDER SECTION 102 
OF THE ACT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 222.7  Conduct of public hearing.

    The Presiding Officer shall be responsible for the expeditious 
conduct of the hearing. The hearing shall be an informal public hearing, 
not an adversary proceeding, and shall be conducted so as to allow the 
presentation of public comments. When the Presiding Officer determines 
that it is necessary or appropriate, he shall cause a suitable record, 
which may include a verbatim

[[Page 195]]

transcript, of the proceedings to be made. Any person may appear at a 
public hearing convened pursuant to Sec. 222.5 whether or not he 
requested the hearing, and may be represented by counsel or any other 
authorized representative. The Presiding Officer is authorized to set 
forth reasonable restrictions on the nature or amount of documentary 
material or testimony presented at a public hearing, giving due regard 
to the relevancy of any such information, and to the avoidance of undue 
repetitiveness of information presented.