29 C.F.R. § 2700.1 Scope; applicability of other rules; construction.
Title 29 - Labor
Link to an amendment published at 71 FR 44206, Aug. 4, 2006. (a) Scope. This part sets forth rules applicable to proceedings before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission and its Administrative Law Judges. (b) Applicability of other rules. On any procedural question not regulated by the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 801 et seq. (“the Act”), these Procedural Rules, or the Administrative Procedure Act (particularly 5 U.S.C. 554 and 556), the Commission and its Judges shall be guided so far as practicable by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. (c) Construction. These rules shall be construed to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of all proceedings, and to encourage the participation of miners and their representatives. Wherever the masculine gender is used in these rules, the feminine gender is also implied.
Title 29: Labor
PART 2700—PROCEDURAL RULES
Subpart A—General Provisions
§ 2700.1 Scope; applicability of other rules; construction.