[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: 40CFR1610.4]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

       CHAPTER VI--CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

 

PART 1610_ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1610.4  Deposition Transcripts.



    (a) Transcripts of depositions of witnesses compelled by subpoena to 

appear during a Board investigation, shall be recorded solely by an 

official reporter designated by the person conducting the deposition.

    (b) Such a witness, after completing the compelled testimony, may 

file a petition with the Board's General Counsel to procure a copy of 

the official transcript of such testimony. The General Counsel shall 

rule on the petition, and may deny it for good cause. Whether or not 

such a petition is filed, the witness (and his or her attorney), upon 

proper identification, shall have the right to inspect the official 

transcript of the witness' own testimony. If such a petition is denied 

by the General Counsel, he shall inform the petitioner of the right to 

inspect the transcript.

    (c) Good cause for denying a witness' petition to procure a 

transcript of his or her testimony may include, but shall not be limited 

to, the protection of: trade secrets and confidential business 

information contained in the testimony, security-sensitive operational 

and vulnerability information, and the integrity of Board 

investigations.



[68 FR 4393, Jan. 29, 2003]