[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 10, Volume 3] [Revised as of January 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 10CFR216.6] [Page 69-70] TITLE 10--ENERGY CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PART 216_MATERIALS ALLOCATION AND PRIORITY PERFORMANCE UNDER CONTRACTS OR ORDERS TO MAXIMIZE DOMESTIC ENERGY SUPPLIES--Table of Contents Sec. 216.6 Petition for reconsideration. If DOE, after evaluating an application in accordance with Sec. 216.4, does not determine that the energy program or project maximizes domestic energy supplies or does not find that the supplies of materials and equipment described in the application are critical and essential to an eligible energy program or project, it will so notify the applicant and the applicant may petition DOE for reconsideration. If DOE concludes at any time that findings previously made are no longer valid and should be withdrawn, DOE will so notify the affected applicant(s), and such applicant(s) may petition DOE for reconsideration of the withdrawal decision. Such a petition is deemed accepted when received by DOE at the address stated in Sec. 216.8. DOE will consider the petition for reconsideration and either grant or deny the relief requested. Written notice of the decision and of the reasons for the decision will be provided to the applicant. There has not been an exhaustion of administrative remedies until a petition for reconsideration has been submitted and the review procedure completed by grant or denial of the relief requested. [[Page 70]] The denial of relief requested in a petition for reconsideration is a final administrative decision. [43 FR 6212, Feb. 14, 1978, as amended at 51 FR 8312, Mar. 11, 1986]