[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR430.53]

[Page 374]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 430_ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS--Table of 
Contents
 
                   Subpart E_Small Business Exemptions
 
Sec. 430.53  Processing of applications.

    (a) The applicant shall serve a copy of the application, all 
supporting documents and all subsequent submissions, or a copy from 
which confidential information has been deleted pursuant to 10 CFR 
1004.11, to the Secretary, which may be made available for public 
review.
    (b) Within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of an application, the 
Secretary will either accept it for filing or reject it, and the 
applicant will be so notified in writing. Only such applications which 
conform to the requirements of this subpart and which contain sufficient 
information for the purposes of a substantive decision will be accepted 
for filing. Applications which do not so conform will be rejected and an 
explanation provided to the applicant in writing.
    (c) For the purpose of this subpart, an application is deemed to be 
filed on the date it is accepted for filing.
    (d) Promptly after receipt of an application and its acceptance for 
filing, notice of such application shall be published in the Federal 
Register. The notice shall set forth the availability for public review 
of data and information available, and shall solicit comments, data and 
information with respect to the determination on the application. Except 
as may otherwise be specified, the period for public comment shall be 60 
days after the notice appears in the Federal Register.
    (e) The Secretary on his own initiative may convene a hearing if, in 
his discretion, he considers such hearing will advance his evaluation of 
the application.