[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: 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]