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PUBLIC LAW 89-577-SEPT. 16, 1966
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STAT.
tary or his representatives are required to take under this section shall be taken as rapidly as practicable, consistent with adequate consideration of the issues involved. CREATION o r REVIEW BOARD Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Board of Review. Membership, duration.
Compensation.
63 Stat. 166. 5 USC 835 note.
Appointment of p e r s o n n e l, etc.
Ante, p. 288.
SEC. 10. (a) An agency is hereby created to be known as the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Board of Review, which shall be composed of five members who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (b) The terms of office of members of the Board shall be five years, except that the terms of office of the members first appointed shall commence on the effective date of this section and shall expire one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years and one at the end of five years, as designated by the President at the time of appointment. A member appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death, resignation, or removal of a member prior to the expiration of the term for which ho was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such unexpired term. The members of the Board may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. (c) Each member of the Board shall be compensated at the rate of $50 for each day of actual service (including each day he is traveling on official business) and shall, notwithstanding the Travel Expense Act of 1949, be fully reimbursed for traveling, subsistence, and other related expenses. The Board, at all times, shall consist of two persons who by reason of previous training and experience may reasonably be said to represent the viewpoint of metal and nonmetallic mine operators, two persons who by reason of previous training and experience may reasonably be said to represent the viewpoint of metal and nonmetallic mine workers, and one person, who shall be Chairman of the Board, who shall be a graduate engineer with experience in the metal and nonmetallic mining industry or shall have had at least five years' experience as a practical mining engineer in the metal and nonmetallic mining industry, and who shall not, within one year of his appointment as a member of the Board, have had a pecuniary interest in, or have been regularly employed or engaged in, the metal or nonmetallic mining industry, or have regularly represented either metal or nonmetallic mine operators or workers, or have been an officer or employee of the Department of the Interior assigned to duty in the Bureau of Mines. (d) The principal office of the Board shall be in the District of •Columbia. Whenever the Board deems that the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place. The Board shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed and which shall be preserved in the custody of the secretary of the Board. (e) The Board shall, without regard to the civil service laws, appoint and prescribe the duties of a secretary of the Board and such legal counsel as it deems necessary. Subject to the civil service laws, the Board shall appoint such other employees as it deems necessary in exercising its powers and duties. The compensation of all employees appointed by the Board shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. (f) Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum, and official actions of the Board shall be taken only on the affirmative vote of at least three members; but a special panel composed of one or more members, upon order of the Board, shall conduct any hearing provided for in section 11 and submit the transcript of such hearing
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