[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 19, Volume 1] [Revised as of April 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 19CFR101.6] [Page 436] TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 101_GENERAL PROVISIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 101.6 Hours of business. Except as specified in paragraphs (a) through (g) of this section, each Customs office shall be open for the transactions of general Customs business between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on all days of the year: (a) Saturdays, Sundays and national holidays. In addition to Saturdays, Sundays, and any other calendar day designated as a holiday by Federal statute or Executive Order, Customs offices shall be closed on the following national holidays: (1) The first day of January. (2) The third Monday of February. (3) The last Monday of May. (4) The fourth day of July. (5) The first Monday of September. (6) The second Monday of October. (7) The eleventh day of November. (8) The fourth Thursday of November. (9) The twenty-fifth day of December. If a holiday falls on Saturday, the day immediately preceding such Saturday will be observed. If a holiday falls on Sunday, the day immediately following such Sunday will be observed. (5 U.S.C. 6103(b)(1)); (E.O. No. 11582, Jan. 1, 1971; 34 FR 2957; 3 CFR Ch. 11) (b) Local conditions requiring different hgurs. If, because of local conditions, different but equivalent hours are required to maintain adequate service, such hours shall be observed provided the Commissioner of Customs approves them and provided further that a notice of business hours is prominently displayed at the principal entrance and in each public room of the Customs office. (c) Fixing of hours. At each port or station where there is no full- time Customs employee, the port director shall fix the hours during which the Customs office will be open for the transaction of general Customs business. Notice of such hours shall be prominently displayed at the principal entrance of the office. (d) State and local holidays. Each Customs office shall be open for the transaction of business on all State and local holidays occurring on days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays listed in paragraph (a) of this section. The appropriate principal field officer may excuse any employee(s) without charge to leave when a state or local holiday interferes with the performance of his work in a Customs office. (e) Services performed outside a Customs office. Customs services required to be performed outside a Customs office shall be furnished between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (or between the corresponding hours at ports where different but equivalent hours are required for the maintenance of adequate service) on all days when the Customs office is open for the transaction of general Customs business. (f) Customs services not within prescribed hours. Where there is a regularly recurring need for Customs services outside the hours prescribed in paragraphs (a) through (e) of this section and the volume and duration of the required services are uniformly such as to require, of themselves or in immediately consecutive combination with other essential Customs activities of the port, the full time of one or more Customs employees, the necessary number of regular tours of duty to furnish such services on all days of the year except Sundays and national holidays may be established with the approval of the Commissioner of Customs. (g) Customs services furnished private interests. Other than as specified in this section. Customs services shall be furnished private interests only in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 24.16 of this chapter. [T.D. 77-241, 42 FR 54937, Oct. 12, 1977, as amended by T.D. 82-145, 47 FR 35478, Aug. 16, 1982; T.D. 95-77, 60 FR 50019, Sept. 27, 1995]