40 CFR § 179.86 - Time and place of preliminary conference.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s179.86"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 179.86 - Time and place of preliminary conference."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "179.86"
section_name: "Time and place of preliminary conference."
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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# 179.86 Time and place of preliminary conference.

A preliminary conference will commence at the date, time, and place announced in the Notice of Hearing, or as otherwise specified by the Administrator or presiding officer in a subsequent notice. The preliminary conference may not commence until after expiration of the time for filing notices of participation under § 179.42. The presiding officer may specify that two or more such conferences shall be held.