(a) Policy. Commission meetings will generally be open to public observation, including meetings concerning the disposition by the Commission of a formal adjudication. See 5 U.S.C. 522b(c)(10).
(b) Closure. Meetings may be closed, or certain information about a meeting may not be disclosed under the circumstances contemplated by 5 U.S.C. 522b(c)(1)-(10), and under the procedures specified by 5 U.S.C. 552b (d) and (f). Commission employees may attend closed meetings of the commission unless the notice of a closed meeting states otherwise.
authority: Sec. 113, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-165 (
30 U.S.C. 823)
source: 44 FR 2575, Jan. 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 2701.2