[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 41, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 41CFR51-8.11]

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           TITLE 41--PUBLIC CONTRACTS AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
 
CHAPTER 51--COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR SEVERELY 
                                DISABLED
 
PART 51-8_PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF AGENCY MATERIALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 51-8.11  Extensions of time.

    (a) Whenever unusual circumstances exist, such as those set forth in 
paragraph (b) of this section, the times within which determinations 
must be made by the Executive Director on requests for access (10 
working days), and by the Chairperson on requests for reconsideration 
(20 working days), may be extended by written notice to the requester 
for a time not to exceed an aggregate of 30 working days. The notice 
shall set forth the reasons for such extension, and the date on which a 
determination is expected to be made. Extensions of time shall be 
utilized only to the extent reasonably necessary to the proper 
processing of the particular request.
    (b) As used in this section, ``unusual circumstances'' may mean:
    (1) The need to search for, collect, and appropriately examine a 
voluminous amount of separate and distinct records which are the subject 
of a single request;
    (2) The need for consultation, which shall be conducted with all 
practicable speed, with another agency having a substantial interest in 
the determination of the request; or
    (3) The need to obtain and consider the views of a business 
information submitter under Sec. 51-8.8.

[54 FR 15189, Apr. 17, 1989. Redesignated at 56 FR 48983, Sept. 26, 
1991, and amended at 59 FR 59345, Nov. 16, 1994]