[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 9]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR2203.2]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
      CHAPTER XX--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION
 
PART 2203_REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT
--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2203.2  Definitions.

    For the purposes of this part:
    Expedited closing procedure means the simplified procedures 
described at 5 U.S.C. 552b(d)(4) for announcing and closing certain 
agency meetings.
    General Counsel means the General Counsel of the Commission, the 
Deputy General Counsel, or any other person designated by the General 
Counsel to carry out his responsibilities under this part.
    Meeting means the deliberations of at least two Commissioners, where 
such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or 
disposition of ``official Commission business.'' A conference

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telephone call among the Commissioners is a meeting if it otherwise 
qualifies as a meeting under this paragraph. The term does not include:
    (a) The deliberations required or permitted under Sec. Sec. 
2203.4(d) and 2203.5, e.g., a discussion of whether to open or close a 
meeting under this part;
    (b) Business that is conducted by circulating written materials 
sequentially among the Commissioners for their consideration on an 
individual basis;
    (c) A gathering at which the Chairman of the Commission seeks the 
advice of the other Commissioners on the carrying out of a function that 
has been vested in the Chairman, by statute or otherwise; or
    (d) Informal discussions of the Commissioners that clarify issues 
and expose varying views but do not effectively predetermine official 
actions.
    Official Commission business means matters that are the 
responsibility of the Commission acting as a collegial body, including 
the adjudication of litigated cases. The term does not include matters 
that are the responsibility of the Commission's Chairman. See, e.g., 29 
U.S.C. 661(e).
    Regularly-scheduled meetings means meetings of the Commission that 
are held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday of each week, except on legal 
holidays. The term includes regularly-scheduled meetings that have been 
rescheduled for another time or day.