40 CFR § 179.75 - Disqualification of deciding officials.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s179.75"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 179.75 - Disqualification of deciding officials."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "179.75"
section_name: "Disqualification of deciding officials."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "179"
part_name: "FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 346a, 371(a); Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970."
regulatory_source: "55 FR 50293, Dec. 5, 1990, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "179"
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# 179.75 Disqualification of deciding officials.
(a) A deciding official in a hearing under this part (including, e.g., the Administrator, judicial officer, or presiding officer) shall not decide any matter in connection with which he or she has a financial interest in any of the parties, or a relationship that would make it otherwise inappropriate for him or her to act.
(b) A party may request that a deciding official disqualify himself/herself and withdraw from the proceeding. The party may obtain interlocutory review by the Administrator of a denial of such a request made to any deciding official other than the Administrator.
(c) A deciding official who is aware of grounds for disqualification shall withdraw from the proceeding.