[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 116 (Thursday, June 17, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 33878-33879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-13607]


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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION

29 CFR Part 2200


Revisions To Procedural Rules Governing Practice Before the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and health Review Commission.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking.

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SUMMARY: This document solicits recommendations for amendments to the 
Commission's rules of procedure.

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DATES: Submit commits on or before July 19, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Earl R. Ohman, Jr., General Counsel, 
(202) 606-5410, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 1120 
20th St., NW., Ninth Floor, Washington, DC 20036-3419.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 2200

    Rules of Procedure.

    1. The authority citation for part 2200 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority:  29 U.S.C. 661(g).

    2. The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission last 
implemented a comprehensive revision of its rules of procedure in 1986. 
Since that time, technological advances and the evolution of practice 
before the Commission has made it clear that a careful reexamination of 
the Commission's rules of procedure, as set forth in 29 CFR part 2200, 
is desirable. Rather than taking a piecemeal approach, the Commission 
id considering comprehensive revisions to those rules. To assist the 
agency in determining what revisions should be made, it hereby solicits 
recommendations from the public, especially from those who practice 
before it, for changes to its rules of procedure. Recommended changes 
to any rule will be considered. Particular areas of interest to the 
Commission include, but are not limited to, the adoption of rules to 
implement electronic filing and service of documents, whether 
electronic filing should be mandatory, the expansion of the range of 
cases eligible for E-Z trial and the Settlement Part, the availability 
of appropriate \1\ sanctions for rule violations and expanding the 
authority of administrative law judges to impose such sanctions, the 
grounds for obtaining Commission review of interlocutory orders issued 
by its administrative law judges, and the restriction of practice 
before the Commission to lawyers and in-house company and union 
representatives. Comments should include a brief discussion of the 
reasons for the suggested rule change, why the proposed amendment would 
facilitate improved practice before the Commission, and a reference to 
authority where necessary.
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    \1\ The Commission is not currently considering the issue of 
imposing monetary sanctions upon the parties.

    Dated: June 10, 2004.
Earl R. Ohman, Jr.,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 04-13607 Filed 6-16-04; 8:45 am]
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