---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 154.29"
title: "40"
number: "154.29"
heading: "Informal public hearings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/154.29"
---

# §154.29. Informal public hearings.

- (a) **Timing.** At any time after issuance of a Notice of Special Review and prior to issuance of a Notice of Final Determination, the Administrator may conduct an informal public hearing to gather relevant information or otherwise assist Agency decisionmaking.
- (b) **Federal Register—** notice. The Administrator shall issue a notice for publication in the Federal Register of any informal public hearing to be held under this section. The notice shall contain the following information:
  - (1) **The time, date, and place of the hearing.**
  - (2) **A brief description of the procedures governing participation in the hearing by interested persons.**
  - (3) **The issues to be considered at the hearing.**
- (c) **Transcript.** A verbatim transcript of the hearing shall be prepared and filed in the public docket.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136a, d, and w.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 49015, Nov. 27, 1985, unless otherwise noted.