[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR178.20]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 178_OBJECTIONS AND REQUESTS FOR HEARINGS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B_Procedures for Filing Objections and Requests for Hearing
 
Sec. 178.20  Right to submit objections and requests for a hearing.


    (a) On or before the 60th day after the date of publication in the 
Federal Register of an order under part 180 of this chapter 
establishing, modifying, or revoking a regulation, or denying all or any 
portion of a petition, a person adversely affected by such order or 
petition denial may submit, in accordance with Sec. 178.25, one or more 
written objections to the order (or to the action that is the subject of 
the order).
    (b) A person may include with any such objection a written request 
for an evidentiary hearing on such objection in accordance with Sec. 
178.27
    (c) A person who submits objections need not request a hearing. For 
instance, if the person's objections are of a purely legal or policy 
nature, a hearing request would be inappropriate; the purpose of an 
evidentiary hearing is to resolve factual disputes. The Administrator 
will rule on the objections, whether or not a hearing is requested.
    (d) As a matter of discretion, the Administrator may order a hearing 
on an objection even though no person has requested a hearing.

[55 FR 50291, Dec. 5, 1990, as amended at 70 FR 33359, June 8, 2005]