[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR279.9]

[Page 936]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 279--ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL REVIEW--FOOD RETAILERS AND FOOD WHOLESALERS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart B--Rules of Procedure
 
Sec. 279.9  Legal advice and extensions of time.

    (a) Advice from Office of the General Counsel. If any request for 
review involves any doubtful questions of law, the administrative review 
officer shall obtain the advice of the Department's Office of the 
General Counsel.
    (b) Extensions of time. Upon timely written request to the 
administrative review officer by the firm requesting the review, the 
administrative review officer may grant extensions of time if, in the 
review officer's discretion, additional time is required for the firm to 
fully present information in support of its position. However, no 
extensions may be made in the time allowed for the filing of a request 
for review.

[Amdt. 136, 43 FR 43279, Sept. 22, 1978, as amended by Amdt. 356, 59 FR 
29714, June 9, 1994]