[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR15.82]

[Page 374]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15_NONDISCRIMINATION--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart C_Rules of Practice and Procedure for Hearings, Decisions and 
        Administrative Review Under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
 
Sec. 15.82  Notice of hearing and response thereto.

    A notice of hearing shall fix a date not less than 30 days from the 
date of service of the notice of a hearing on matters alleged in the 
notice. If the applicant or recipient does not desire a hearing, he 
should so state in writing, in which case the applicant or recipient 
shall have the right to submit written information and argument for the 
record, and the additional right to further participate in the 
proceeding. Failure to appear at the time set for a hearing, without 
good cause, shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a hearing under 
section 602 of the Act and the regulations in this part and consent to 
the making of a decision on such information as is available which may 
be presented for the record.