[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: 40CFR1603.5]



[Page 931-932]

 

                   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.  1603.5  Assurance of compliance.



    (a) The General Counsel or another attorney designated by the 

General Counsel will attend and monitor all briefings described in Sec.  

1603.3(c)(3) and (c)(4) and all informal preliminary discussions 

described in Sec.  1603.3(c)(5), to assure that those gatherings do not 

proceed to the point of becoming deliberations and meetings for Sunshine 

Act purposes.

    (b) The General Counsel or the designated attorney will inform the 

Board Members if developing discussions at a briefing or gathering 

should be deferred until a notice of an open or closed meeting can be 

published in the Federal Register, and a meeting conducted pursuant to 

the Sunshine Act and this part.

    (c) For each briefing described in Sec.  1603.3(c)(3) or (c)(4) and 

each informal preliminary discussion described in



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Sec.  1603.3(c)(5), the General Counsel is hereby authorized to 

designate a CSB employee, other than the attorney referred to in 

paragraph (a) of this section, to serve as a reporter. An employee may 

be designated as reporter for a single briefing or informal discussion 

or for a series of briefings or discussions. The reporter shall attend 

and prepare a written summary of each briefing(s) or informal 

discussion(s) for which he/she has been designated. The reporter must 

prepare the summary of a particular briefing or informal discussion 

within five business days after the date of that briefing or discussion. 

The reporter must then submit the summary to the General Counsel or the 

designated attorney who attended the briefing or informal discussion 

that is the subject of the summary for review and approval as a fair and 

accurate summary of that briefing or discussion. The written summaries 

of briefings and informal discussions shall be maintained in the Office 

of General Counsel.