[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: 7CFR15f.5]

[Page 429]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
PART 15f_ADJUDICATIONS UNDER SECTION 741--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B_I Filed A Complaint With USDA Prior To July 1, 1997, How Do I 
     Request That USDA Consider My Complaint Using These Procedures?
 
Sec. 15f.5  How do I request that USDA consider my complaint under 
these procedures?


    In order for USDA to consider your complaint under these procedures, 
a Section 741 Complaint Request must be docketed with the Docketing 
Clerk in the USDA OCR.
    (a) Do I have to file a ``Section 741 Complaint Request'' if USDA is 
already working on my complaint? Do I have to file again? If USDA OCR 
already reviewed or is working on your complaint, you will receive a 
notice by March 1, 1999, indicating that your complaint automatically 
has been docketed as a Section 741 Complaint Request for consideration 
under these procedures. The notice will provide you with the docket 
number assigned your Request and will give you further instructions with 
respect to what options you have or what actions you must take.
    (b) What if USDA is not working on my complaint? If I think USDA has 
reviewed or is working on my complaint, but do not receive a letter by 
March 1, 1999, what should I do? If USDA is not already working on your 
complaint, or you do not receive a letter from USDA by March 1, 1999, or 
within 30 days thereafter, you should file a Section 741 Complaint 
Request with the Docketing Clerk at USDA OCR.
    (c) How long do I have to file my Section 741 Complaint Request? You 
have until October 21, 2000 to file your Section 741 Complaint Request. 
If you did not receive a notice form USDA by October 21, 2000, that your 
Section 741 Complaint Request had been docketed automatically under 
paragraph (a) of this section, and you did not file a Section 741 
Complaint Request prior to October 21, 2000, under paragraph (b) of this 
section, then any Section 741 Complaint Request received by USDA after 
October 21, 2000, will not be accepted.

[63 FR 67394, Dec. 4, 1998, as amended at 68 FR 7412, Feb. 14, 2003]