CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER II—NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (parts 200 to 297) > SUBCHAPTER G—NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAMS (parts 270 to 270) > PART 270—NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION SAFETY TEAMS > SUBPART D—Collection and Preservation of Evidence; Information Created Pursuant to an Investigation; and Protection of Information (§270.300 to §270.352) > 270.311—Collection of evidence.

270.311—Collection of evidence.

(a) In the course of an investigation, evidence normally will be collected following the procedures described in §§ 270.312 through 270.315 of this subpart.
(b) Upon a written showing by the Lead Investigator of urgent and compelling reasons to believe that evidence may be destroyed, or that a witness may become unavailable, were the procedures described in §§ 270.312 through 270.314 of this subpart followed, the Director, with the concurrence of the General Counsel, may immediately issue a subpoena for such evidence or testimony, pursuant to § 270.315 of this subpart.