Environmental Appeals Board Practice Manual

The Environmental Appeals Board Practice Manual (June 2004) [hereinafter EAB Practice Manual], available at http //yosemite.epa.gov/oa/EAB Web Docketnsf/General+ Information/Environmental+Appeals+Board+Guidance+DocumentstOpenDocument. 

The Environmental Appeals Board Practice Manual (June 2004) EAB Manual 6-04... 

The statute requires a hearing under the Administrative Procedure Act if the company or person that the EPA proposes to penalize asks for one. The EPA must give fifteen days notice of the right to request a hearing before it issues a final order. The EPA has promulgated Consolidated Rules of Practice for civil penalty assessments that is a procedure manual for all civil TSCA penalty assessments. The Consolidated Rules of Practice governs hearings and appeals to the EPA s Environmental Appeals Board. 

Decisions of the Office of Administrative Law may be appealed to the Environmental Appeals Board (EAB). The EAB s Practice Manual provides guidance on its procedmes and requirements. 

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