[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: 40CFR1603.3]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

       CHAPTER VI--CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

 

PART 1603_RULES IMPLEMENTING THE GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT--Table 

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Sec.  1603.3  Definitions.



    As used in this part:

    (a) Days means calendar days, except where noted otherwise.

    (b) General Counsel means the Board's principal legal officer, or a 

CSB attorney serving as Acting General Counsel.

    (c) Meeting means the deliberations of at least a quorum of Members 

where such deliberations determine or result in the joint conduct or 

disposition of official CSB business, and includes conference telephone 

calls or other exchanges otherwise coming within the definition. A 

meeting does not include:

    (1) Notation voting or similar consideration of business, whether by 

circulation of material to the Members individually in writing or by a 

polling of the Members individually by telephone.

    (2) Action by at least a quorum of Members to:

    (i) Open or to close a meeting or to release or to withhold 

information pursuant to Sec.  1603.7;

    (ii) Set an agenda for a proposed meeting(s);

    (iii) Call a meeting on less than seven days' notice as permitted by 

Sec.  1603.9(b); or

    (iv) Change the subject matter or the determination to open or to 

close a publicly announced meeting under Sec.  1603.10(b).

    (3) A session attended by at least a quorum of Members for the 

purpose of having the Board's staff or expert consultants to the Board 

brief or otherwise provide information to the Board concerning any 

matters within the purview of the Board under its authorizing statute, 

provided that the Board does not engage in deliberations that determine 

or result in the joint conduct or disposition of official CSB business 

on such matters.

    (4) A session attended by at least a quorum of Members for the 

purpose of having the Environmental Protection Agency or Occupational 

Safety and Health Administration (including contractors of those 

agencies) or other persons or organizations brief or otherwise provide 

information to the Board concerning any matters within the purview of 

the Board under its authorizing statute, provided that the Board does 

not engage in deliberations that determine or result in the joint 

conduct or disposition of official CSB business on such matters.

    (5) A gathering of Members for the purpose of holding informal 

preliminary discussions or exchange of views which do not effectively 

predetermine official action.

    (d) Member means an individual duly appointed and confirmed to the 

collegial body known as the Board.

    (e) Reporter means a CSB employee designated by the General Counsel, 

under Sec.  1603.5(c), to attend and prepare a written summary of all 

briefings described in paragraphs (c)(3) and (c)(4) of this section and 

all informal preliminary discussions described in paragraph (c)(5) of 

this section.

    (f) Sunshine Act means the Government in the Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 

552b.