40 CFR § 178.20 - Right to submit objections and requests for a hearing.

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title: "40 CFR § 178.20 - Right to submit objections and requests for a hearing."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "178.20"
section_name: "Right to submit objections and requests for a hearing."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "178"
part_name: "OBJECTIONS AND REQUESTS FOR HEARINGS"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 346a, 371(a); Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 50291, Dec. 5, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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 § 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 § 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]