[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR614.202]

[Page 364]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
   CHAPTER VI--NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 614--APPEAL PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C--Appeals of Decisions Related to Conservation Programs (non-
                               Title XII)
 
Sec. 614.202  Time frames for filing requests for informal hearings.

    (a) A request for an informal hearing before NRCS shall be filed 
within 30 days after written notice of the final decision, which is the 
subject of the request, is mailed or otherwise made available to the 
landowner or program participant. A request for an informal hearing 
shall be considered ``filed'' when personally delivered in writing to 
the appropriate reviewing authority or when the properly addressed 
request, postage paid, is postmarked.
    (b) A request for appeal may be accepted and acted upon even though 
it is not filed within the time prescribed in paragraph (a) of this 
section if, in the judgment of the reviewing authority with whom such 
request is filed, the circumstances warrant such action.