---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 2701.2"
title: "29"
number: "2701.2"
heading: "Open meetings policy; closure of meetings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/2701.2"
---

# §2701.2. Open meetings policy; closure of meetings.

- (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)](/usc/5/522b.md?p=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)](/usc/5/522b.md?p=c-1..c-10), and under the procedures specified by 5 U.S.C. [552b (d)](/usc/5/552b.md?p=d) and [(f)](/usc/5/552b.md?p=f). Commission employees may attend closed meetings of the commission unless the notice of a closed meeting states otherwise.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 113, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-165 (30 U.S.C. 823).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 2575, Jan. 12, 1979, unless otherwise noted.