[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1981.108]

[Page 224]
 
                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                          OF LABOR (CONTINUED)
 
PART 1981_PROCEDURES FOR THE HANDLING OF DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS UNDER 
SECTION 6 OF THE PIPELINE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2002--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Litigation
 
Sec. 1981.108  Role of Federal agencies.

    (a)(1) The complainant and the named person will be parties in every 
proceeding. At the Assistant Secretary's discretion, the Assistant 
Secretary may participate as a party or as amicus curiae at any time at 
any stage of the proceedings. This right to participate includes, but is 
not limited to, the right to petition for review of a decision of an 
administrative law judge, including a decision approving or rejecting a 
settlement agreement between the complainant and the named person.
    (2) Copies of pleadings in all cases, whether or not the Assistant 
Secretary is participating in the proceeding, must be sent to the 
Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and 
to the Associate Solicitor, Division of Fair Labor Standards, U.S. 
Department of Labor, Washington, DC 20210.
    (b) The Secretary of Transportation may participate as amicus curiae 
at any time in the proceedings, at the Secretary of Transportation's 
discretion. At the request of the Secretary of Transportation, copies of 
all pleadings in a case must be sent to the Secretary of Transportation, 
whether or not the Secretary of Transportation is participating in the 
proceeding.