{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-179.20","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 179.20","heading":"Notice of hearing.","body":"(a) If the Administrator determines under § 178.32 of this chapter that a hearing is justified on any issue, the Administrator will file with the hearing clerk and publish in the Federal Register a Notice of Hearing. The Notice of Hearing will set forth:\n(1) The docket number for the hearing.\n(2) Each order, regulation, or petition denial that is the subject of the hearing, and a statement specifying any part of any such regulation or order that has been stayed in the Administrator's discretion.\n(3) The identity of each person whose request for a hearing has been granted, and of any other person whose petition under § 180.7 of this chapter occasioned the order that the hearing concerns.\n(4) A statement of the issues of fact on which a hearing has been found to be justified.\n(5) A statement of the objections whose resolution depends on the resolution of those issues of fact.\n(6) A statement that the presiding officer will be designated by the Chief Administrative Law Judge.\n(7) The time within which notices of participation should be filed under § 179.42.\n(8) The date, time, and place of the preliminary conference, or a statement that the date, time, and place will be announced in a later notice, and the place of the hearing.\n(9) The time within which parties must submit written information and views under § 179.83.\n(10) Designations with respect to separation of functions published under § 179.24(b)(2).\n(b) The statement of the issues of fact on which a hearing has been justified determines the scope of the hearing and the matters on which evidence may be introduced. The issues may be revised by the presiding officer. A party may obtain interlocutory review by the Administrator of a decision by the presiding officer to revise the issues to include an issue on which the Administrator has not granted a request for a hearing or to eliminate an issue on which a request for a hearing has been granted.\n(c) A hearing is deemed to begin on the date of publication of the Notice of Hearing.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS","PART 179—FORMAL EVIDENTIARY PUBLIC HEARING","Subpart B—Initiation of Hearing"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"4173564145b919f7894ee5b0cc55576049d12d89cffe88d4466a0ecbce9d8ecb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-179.5","next":"us/40-cfr-179.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}