[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR108.4]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 108_EMPLOYEE PROTECTION HEARINGS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  108.4  Investigation by Regional Administrator.

    Upon receipt of any request meeting the requirements of Sec.  108.3, 
the Regional Administrator shall conduct a full investigation of the 
matter, in order to determine whether the request may be related to an 
effluent limitation or order under the Act. Following the investigation, 
the Regional Administrator shall notify the employee requesting the 
investigation (or the employee's representative) and the employer of 
such employee, in writing, of his preliminary findings and conclusions. 
The employee, the representative of such employee, or the employer may 
within fifteen days following receipt of the preliminary findings and 
conclusions of the Regional Administrator request a hearing under this 
part. Upon receipt of such a request, the Regional Administrator, with 
the concurrence of the Chief Administrative Law Judge, shall publish 
notice of a hearing to be held not less than 30 days following the date 
of such publication where he determines that there are factual issues 
concerning the existence of the alleged discrimination or its 
relationship to an effluent limitation or order under the Act. The 
notice shall specify a date before which any party (or representative of 
such party) may submit a request to appear.