[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 19CFR174.22]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 174--PROTESTS--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Review and Disposition of Protests
 
Sec. 174.22  Accelerated disposition of protest.

    (a) Request for accelerated disposition. Accelerated disposition of 
a protest filed in accordance with section 514, Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (19 U.S.C. 1514) may be obtained at any time after 90 days from 
the filing of such protest, by filing by registered or certified mail a 
written request for accelerated disposition with the port director to 
whom the protest was addressed.
    (b) Contents of request. A request for accelerated disposition of 
protest shall contain the following information:
    (1) The name, address, and importer number of the protestant, i.e., 
the importer of record or consignee, and the name and address of his 
agent or attorney if filed by one of these; and
    (2) The date of filing and number of the protest for which 
accelerated disposition is requested.
    (c) Review following request. The port director shall review the 
protest which is the subject of the request within 30 days from the date 
of mailing of a request for accelerated disposition filed in accordance 
with the provisions of this section, and may allow or deny the protest 
in whole or in part.
    (d) Failure to allow or deny protest within 30-day period. If the 
port director fails to allow or deny a protest which is the subject of a 
request for accelerated disposition within 30 days from the date of 
mailing of such request, the protest shall be deemed to have been denied 
at the close of the 30th day following such date of mailing.
    (e) Multiple protests. If several protests by different persons are 
timely filed and treated as part of a single protest pursuant to 
Sec. 174.15, a request for accelerated disposition filed by any one of 
the protesting parties shall be treated as a request for accelerated 
disposition by all the parties.