Presiding Officer

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-021989",
  "term": "Presiding Officer",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Administrative Law Judge appointed under 5 U.S.C. 3105 and designated to preside at a hearing in an appeal under part 78 of this chapter or an EPA lawyer designated to preside at any such hearing under § 78.6(b)(3)(ii) of this chapter.\n\n2. Any person designated by the Administrator to conduct an expedited hearing.\n\n3. Attorney appointed by the Administrator to conduct the rescission proceeding. The Presiding Officer shall be an employee or representative of the Agency and shall not have had prior direct connection with the specific proceeding except in circumstances where subsequent hearings are in order.\n\n4. Administrative Law Judge designated by the Chief Administrative Law Judge, or the Chief Administrative Law Judge himself, in the absence of such designation, to conduct a hearing pursuant to this part.\n\n5. Chief Administrative Law Judge of the Agency or a person designated by the Chief Administrative Law Judge or by the Administrator to preside at a hearing under this part, in accordance with § 104.6 hereof.\n\n6. Official, without regard to whether he is designated as an administrative law judge or a hearing officer or examiner, who presides at the adversary adjudication.\n\n7. Individual who presides in an administrative adjudication until an initial decision becomes final or is appealed. The Presiding Officer shall be an Administrative Law Judge, except where §§22.4(b), 22.16(c) or 22.51 allow a Regional Judicial Officer to serve as Presiding Officer.\n\n8. Administrative law judge designated by the Chief administrative law judge to serve as presiding officer.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 72.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 164.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 173.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 305.3 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 104.2 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 17.2 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 22.3 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 27.2 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/presiding-officer/"
}