[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: 29CFR1903.17]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1903_INSPECTIONS, CITATIONS AND PROPOSED PENALTIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1903.17  Employer and employee contests before the Review Commission.

    (a) Any employer to whom a citation or notice of proposed penalty 
has been issued may, under section 10(a) of the Act, notify the Area 
Director in writing that he intends to contest such citation or proposed 
penalty before the Review Commission. Such notice of intention to 
contest shall be postmarked within 15 working days of the receipt by the 
employer of the notice of proposed penalty. Every notice of intention to 
contest shall specify whether it is directed to the citation or to the 
proposed penalty, or both. The Area Director shall immediately transmit 
such notice to the Review Commission in accordance with the rules of 
procedure prescribed by the Commission.
    (b) Any employee or representative of employees of an employer to 
whom a citation has been issued may, under section 10(c) of the Act, 
file a written notice with the Area Director alleging that the period of 
time fixed in the citation for the abatement of the violation is 
unreasonable. Such notice shall be postmarked within 15 working days

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of the receipt by the employer of the notice of proposed penalty or 
notice that no penalty is being proposed. The Area Director shall 
immediately transmit such notice to the Review Commission in accordance 
with the rules of procedure prescribed by the Commission.