[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 23]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 40CFR179.50]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 179_FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING--Table of Contents

 

             Subpart C_Participation and Appearance; Conduct

 

Sec.  179.50  Conduct at oral hearings or conferences.



    The parties and their representatives must conduct themselves with 

dignity and observe the same standards of practice and ethics that would 

be required of parties in a judicial proceeding. Disrespectful, 

disorderly, or contumacious language or conduct, refusal to comply with 

directions, use of dilatory tactics, or refusal to adhere to reasonable 

standards of orderly and ethical conduct during any hearing constitute 

grounds for immediate exclusion from the proceeding by the presiding 

officer.