---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 179.60"
title: "40"
number: "179.60"
heading: "Designation and qualifications of presiding officer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/179.60"
---

# §179.60. Designation and qualifications of presiding officer.


The presiding officer in a hearing will be an administrative law judge qualified under [5 U.S.C. 3l05](/usc/5/3l05.md) and designated by the Agency's chief administrative law judge.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a, 371(a); Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1970.

### Source

Source: 55 FR 50293, Dec. 5, 1990, unless otherwise noted.