[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 31]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
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[CITE: 40CFR1611.5]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
       CHAPTER VI--CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
 
PART 1611_TESTIMONY BY EMPLOYEES IN LEGAL PROCEEDINGS--
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Sec.  1611.5  Request for testimony in civil litigation.

    (a) A written request for testimony by deposition or interrogatories 
of a CSB employee relating to an incident shall be addressed to the 
General Counsel, who may approve or deny the request consistent with 
this part. Such request shall set forth the title of the civil case, the 
court, the date and place of the incident, the reasons for desiring the 
testimony, and a showing that the information desired is not reasonably 
available from other sources.
    (b) Where testimony is sought in connection with civil litigation, 
the General Counsel shall not approve it until the CSB's investigation 
report is issued.
    (c) The General Counsel shall attach to the approval of any 
deposition such reasonable conditions as may be deemed appropriate in 
order that the testimony will be consistent with Sec.  1611.1, will be 
limited to the matters delineated in Sec.  1611.3, will not interfere 
with the performance of the duties of the employee as set forth in Sec.  
1611.4, and will otherwise conform to the policies of this part.
    (d) A subpoena shall not be served upon a CSB employee in connection 
with the taking of a deposition in civil litigation.