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20 CFR § 702.312 - Informal conferences; called by and held before whom.

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title: "20 CFR § 702.312 - Informal conferences; called by and held before whom."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "702.312"
section_name: "Informal conferences; called by and held before whom."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES"
part_number: "702"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171  33 U.S.C. 901  42 U.S.C. 1651  43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 702.312 Informal conferences; called by and held before whom.

Informal conferences shall be called by the district director or his designee assigned or reassigned the case and held before that same person, unless such person is absent or unavailable. When so assigned, the designee shall perform the duties set forth below assigned to the district director, except that a compenstion order following an agreement shall be issued only by a person so designated by the Director to perform such duty.

[42 FR 45303, Sept. 9, 1977]