[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 31]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR1600.5]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

       CHAPTER VI--CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

 

PART 1600_ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD 

INVESTIGATION BOARD--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1600.5  Quorum and voting requirements.



    (a) Quorum requirements. A quorum of the Board for the transaction 

of business shall consist of three Members; provided, however, that if 

the number of Board Members in office is fewer than three, a quorum 

shall consist of the number of Members in Office; and provided further 

that on any matter of



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business as to which the number of Members in office, minus the number 

of Members who have disqualified themselves from consideration of such 

matter is two, two Members shall constitute a quorum for purposes of 

such matter. Once a quorum is constituted, a simple majority of voting 

Members is required to approve an item of the Board's business. A tie 

vote results in no action.

    (b) Voting. The Board votes on items of business in meetings 

conducted pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act. Alternatively, 

whenever a Member of the Board is of the opinion that joint deliberation 

among the members of the Board upon any matter at a meeting is 

unnecessary in light of the nature of the matter, impracticable, or 

would impede the orderly disposition of agency business, such matter may 

be disposed of by employing notation voting procedures. A written 

notation of the vote of each participating Board member shall be 

recorded by the General Counsel who shall retain it in the records of 

the Board.