[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1, Parts 0 to 299]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
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[CITE: 15CFR90.17]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
         CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF THE CENSUS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 90--PROCEDURE FOR CHALLENGING CERTAIN POPULATION AND INCOME ESTIMATES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 90.17  Timing for hearing and decision.

    A maximum period of 120 days, unless additional time is required for 
sufficiently meritorious reason, shall be provided beyond the closing 
date for the filing of informal challenges to allow for (a) resolution 
of informal challenges, (b) appointment of the hearing officer, and (c) 
the completion of formal hearings. A maximum of 30 additional days shall 
be allowed for deliberations by the hearing officer and staff. A maximum 
of an additional 30 days shall also be provided beyond this during which 
the Census Bureau Director must rule on all cases. Neither the timing 
nor the general provisions contained in these regulations shall affect 
the rights of communities to a review through the data improvement 
program of the Office of Revenue Sharing under the provisions of Pub. L. 
92-512, section 102(b), as amended (31 U.S.C. 1222(b)). Localities 
challenging only through the Office of Revenue Sharing may not have 
access to a formal hearing as provided in these regulations.