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PUBLIC LAW 95-000—MMMM. DD, 1978

92 STAT. 3256

PUBLIC LAW 95-619—NOV. 9, 1978

(including the Federal Trade Commission) shall have an opportunity to question— "(i) other interested persons who make oral presentations, "(ii) employees and contractors of the United States who have made written or oral presentations or who have participated in the development of the proposed rule or in the consideration thereof, and "(iii) experts and consultants who have provided information to any person who makes an oral presentation and which is contained in or referred to in such presentation; with respect to disputed issues of material fact, except that the Secretary may restrict questioning if he determines that such questioning is duplicative or is not likely to result in a timely and effective resolution of such issues. Any oral or documentary evidence may be received, but the Secretary as a matter of policy shall provide for the exclusion of irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence. "(C) A rule subject to this subsection may not be issued except on consideration of the whole record supported by, and in accordance with, the reliable, probative, and substantial evidence. "(D) A transcript shall be kept of any such public hearing made in accordance with this section and such transcripts and written comments shall be available to the public at the cost of reproduction. Publication in "(2) If any final rule is prescribed by the Secretary after such Federal Register. public comment period under subsection (d) it shall be published in the Federal Register, together with each of the findings required by subsection (d). Petition, filing. "(3)(A) Any person aggrieved by any final rule under subsection (d) may at any time before the 60th day after the date such rule is published under paragraph (2) file a petition with the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit wherein such person resides, or has his principal place of business, for judicial review thereof. A copy of the petition shall be forthwith transmitted by the clerk of the court to the Secretary. The Secretary thereupon shall file in the court the written submissions to, and transcript of, the written and oral proceedings on which the rule was based, as provided in section 2112 of title 28, United States Code. "(B) Upon the filing of the petition referred to in paragraph (1), the court shall have jurisdiction to review the rule in accordance with chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, and to grant appropriate relief as provided in such chapter. No rule may be affirmed unless supported by substantial evidence. "(C) The judgment of the court affirming or setting aside, in whole or in part, any such rule shall be final, subject to review by the Supreme Court of the United States upon certiorari or certification as provided in section 1254 of title 28, United States Code. " (4) In the case of any information which is provided the Secretary or the court during the consideration and review of any such rule and which is determined to be confidential by the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of section 11(d) of the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act of 1974, any disclosure of such information by an 15 USC 796. officer or employee of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, except in an in camera proceeding by the Secretary or the court, shall be deemed a violation of section 1905 of title 18, United States Code." SEC. 403. DISCLOSURE IN LABELING.

(a) DISCLOSURE.—Section 506(a)(1) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act (15 U.S.C. 2006(a)(1)) is amended