§ 102.126 - Unauthorized communications.

§ 102.126 Unauthorized communications.

(a) No interested person outside this agency shallAgency may, in an on-the-record proceeding of the types defined in § 102.128, make or knowingly cause to be made any prohibited ex parte communication to Board agents of the categories designated in that section Section relevant to the merits of the proceeding.

(b) No Board agent of the categories defined in § 102.128, participating in a particular proceeding as defined in that section, shall may:

(i)

request

Request any prohibited ex parte communications; or

(ii)

make

Make or knowingly cause to be made any prohibited ex parte communications about the proceeding to any interested person outside this

agency

Agency relevant to the merits of the proceeding.

[82 FR 11778, Feb. 24, 2017]