[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1902.11]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1902_STATE PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF STATE 
STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart C_Procedures for Submission, Approval and Rejection of State 
                                  Plans
 
Sec. 1902.11  General notice.

    (a) Upon receipt of a State plan submitted by an Assistant Regional 
Director under Sec. 1902.10 whenever the Assistant Secretary proposes 
to approve the plan, or to give notice that such approval is an issue 
before him, he shall publish in the Federal Register a notice meeting 
the requirements of the remaining paragraphs of this section. No later 
than 5 days following the publication of the notice in the Federal 
Register, the applying State agency shall publish, or cause to be 
published, within the State reasonable notice containing the same 
information.
    (b) The notice shall indicate the submission of the plan and its 
contents, and any proposals, subjects, or issues involved.
    (c) The notice shall provide that the plan, or copies thereof, shall 
be available for inspection and copying at the office of the Director, 
Office of State Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 
1726 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20210, office of the Assistant 
Regional Director in whose region the State is located, and an office of 
the State which shall be designated by the State for this purpose.
    (d) The notice shall afford interested persons an opportunity to 
submit in writing, data, views, and arguments on the proposal, subjects, 
or issues involved within 30 days after publication of the notice in the 
Federal Register. Thereafter the written comments received or copies 
thereof shall be available for public inspection and copying at the 
office of the Director, Office of State Programs, Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, 1726 M Street NW., Washington, DC 20210, 
office of the Assistant Regional Director in whose region the State is 
located, and an office of the State which shall be designated by the 
State for this purpose.
    (e) Upon his own initiative, the Assistant Secretary may give notice 
of an informal or formal hearing affording an opportunity for oral 
comments concerning the plan.
    (f) In the event no notice of hearing is provided under paragraph 
(e) of this section it shall be provided that any interested person may 
request an informal hearing concerning the proposed plan, or any part 
thereof, whenever particularized written objections thereto are filed 
within 30 days following publication of the notice in the Federal 
Register. If the Assistant Secretary finds that substantial objections 
have been filed, he shall afford a formal or informal hearing on the 
subjects and issues involved under Sec. 1902.13 or Sec. 1902.14, or 
shall commence a proceeding under Sec. 1902.17.