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PUBLIC LAW 89-577-SEPT. 16, 1966
to the entire Board for its action thereon. Every official act of the Board shall be entered of record, and its hearings and records thereof shall be open to the public. (g) The Board shall hear and determine applications filed pursuant to section 11 for annulment or revision of orders made pursuant to section 8 or section 9. The Board shall not make or cause to be made any inspection of a mine for the purpose of determining any pending application. (h) The Board is authorized to make such rules as are necessary for the orderly transaction of its proceedings, which shall include requirement for adequate notice of hearings to all parties. (i) Any member of the Board may sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books, and documents, and adminster oaths. Witnesses summoned before the Board shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses in the courts of the United States. (]) The Board may order testimony to be taken by deposition in any proceeding pending before it, at any stage of such proceeding. Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition. Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce books, papers, or docum.ents, in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce like documentary evidence before the Board, as provided in subsection (i). Witnesses whose depositions are taken under this subsection, and the persons taking such depositions, shall be entitled to the same fees as are paid for like services m the courts of the United States. (k) In the case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a subpena served upon, any person under this section, the Federal district court for any district in which such person is found or resides or transacts business, upon application by the United States, and after notice to such person and hearing, shall have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring such person to appear and give testimony before the Board or to appear and produce documents before the Board, or both; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof. (1) The Board shall submit annually to the Congress as soon as practicable after the beginning of each regular session, a full report of its activities during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall include, either in summary or detailed form, information regarding the cases heard by it and the disposition of each. REVIEW BY BOARD
SEC. 11. (a) An operator notified of an order made pursuant to section 8 may apply to the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Board of Review for annulment or revision of such order without seeking its annulment or revision under section 9. An operator notified of an order made pursuant to section 9 may apply to the Board for annulment or revision of such order. (b) The operator shall be designated as the applicant in such proceeding, and the application filed by him shall recite the order complained of and other facts sufficient to advise the Board of the nature of the proceeding. He may allege in such application: that danger as set out in such order does not exist at the time of the filing of such application; that violation of a mandatory safety standard, as set out in such order, has not occurred; that such violation has been totally
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Review of application.
R u l e s of proceedings.
Subpena powers.
Testimony by deposition.
Report to Congress.
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