subchapter_subject: "TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (CONTINUED)"
part_code: "791"
part_subject: "DATA REIMBURSEMENT"
subpart_code: "B"
subpart_subject: "Hearing Procedures"
section_number: "791.20"
section_subject: "Initiation of reimbursement proceeding."
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 791.20"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 790 to 999"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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(a)When persons subject to a test rule are unable to reach an agreement on the amount or method of reimbursement for test data development as described in TSCA section 4(c)(3)(A), any of them may initiate a proceeding by filing two signed copies of a request for a hearing with a regional office of the American Arbitration Association and mailing a copy of the request to EPA, and to each person from whom they seek reimbursement, or who seeks reimbursement from them.
(b)The request for hearing must contain the following:
(1)The names and addresses of the filing party and its counsel, if any.
(2)Identification of the test rule under which the dispute arose.
(3)A list of the parties from whom reimbursement is sought or who are seeking reimbursement, a brief description of the attempts to reach agreement and a concise explanation of the issues on which the parties are unable to agree.
(c)The request for a hearing shall be accompanied by the appropriate administrative fee, as provided in a current Fee Schedule of the American Arbitration Association.