[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR18.8]

[Page 184-185]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 18--ATTORNEY'S FEES AND OTHER EXPENSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 18.8  Rulemaking on maximum rates for attorney fees.

    (a) If warranted by an increase in the cost of living or by special 
circumstances (such as limited availability of attorneys qualified to 
handle certain types of proceedings), the Department may adopt 
regulations providing that attorney fees may be awarded at a rate higher 
than the ceiling set forth in Sec. 18.7(b) in some or all of the types 
of proceedings covered by this part. The Department will conduct any 
rulemaking proceedings for this purpose under the informal rulemaking 
procedures of the Administrative Procedure Act.
    (b) Any person may file with the Department a petition for 
rulemaking to increase the maximum rate for attorney fees. The petition 
should be sent to the General Counsel, Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, Room 5870, Washington,

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D.C. 20230. The petition should identify the rate the petitioner 
believes the Department should establish and the types of proceedings in 
which the rate should be used. It should also explain fully the reasons 
why higher rate is warranted. The Department will respond to the 
petition within 60 days after it is filed, by initiating a rulemaking 
proceeding, denying the petition, or taking other appropriate action.