[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 31]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1600.5]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
       CHAPTER VI--CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
 
PART 1600_ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CHEMICAL SAFETY AND 
HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  1600.5  Quorum and voting requirements.

    (a) Quorum requirements. A quorum of the Board for the transaction 
of business shall consist of three Members; provided, however, that if 
the number of Board Members in office is fewer than three, a quorum 
shall consist of the number of Members in Office; and provided further 
that on any matter of

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business as to which the number of Members in office, minus the number 
of Members who have disqualified themselves from consideration of such 
matter is two, two Members shall constitute a quorum for purposes of 
such matter. Once a quorum is constituted, a simple majority of voting 
Members is required to approve an item of the Board's business. A tie 
vote results in no action.
    (b) Voting. The Board votes on items of business in meetings 
conducted pursuant to the Government in the Sunshine Act. Alternatively, 
whenever a Member of the Board is of the opinion that joint deliberation 
among the members of the Board upon any matter at a meeting is 
unnecessary in light of the nature of the matter, impracticable, or 
would impede the orderly disposition of agency business, such matter may 
be disposed of by employing notation voting procedures. A written 
notation of the vote of each participating Board member shall be 
recorded by the General Counsel who shall retain it in the records of 
the Board.