---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 851.34"
title: "10"
number: "851.34"
heading: "Requests for conferences."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/851.34"
---

# §851.34. Requests for conferences.

- (a) Within the time allotted by a notice of the filling of an application, any affected contractor or worker may file with the EHSS Director a request for a conference on the application for a variance.
- (b) A request for a conference filed pursuant to [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section must include:
  - (1) A concise statement explaining how the contractor or worker would be affected by the variance applied for, including relevant facts;
  - (2) A specification of any statement or representation in the application which is denied, and a concise summary of the evidence that would be adduced in support of each denial; and
  - (3) **Any other views or arguments on any issue of fact or law presented.**
- (c) The EHSS Director, or designee, must respond to a request within fifteen days and, if the request is granted, indicate the time and place of the conference and the DOE participants in the conference.

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, as amended at 71 FR 68733, Nov. 28, 2006; 80 FR 5009, Jan. 30, 2015; 88 FR 41294, June 26, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, as amended at 71 FR 68733, Nov. 28, 2006; 80 FR 5009, Jan. 30, 2015; 88 FR 41294, June 26, 2023]