[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 27, Volume 3] [Revised as of April 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 27CFR478.71] [Page 45-46] TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AND FIREARMS CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS, AND EXPLOSIVES, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PART 478_COMMERCE IN FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION--Table of Contents Subpart E_License Proceedings Sec. 478.71 Denial of an application for license. Whenever the Director of Industry Operations has reason to believe that an applicant is not qualified to receive a license under the provisions of Sec. 478.47, he may issue a notice of denial, on Form 4498, to the applicant. The notice shall set forth the matters of fact and law relied upon in determining that the application should be denied, and shall afford the applicant 15 days from the date of receipt of the notice in which to request a hearing to review the denial. If no request for a hearing [[Page 46]] is filed within such time, the application shall be disapproved and a copy, so marked, shall be returned to the applicant. [33 FR 18555, Dec. 14, 1968. Redesignated at 40 FR 16835, Apr. 15, 1975, and amended by T.D. ATF-270, 53 FR 10495, Mar. 31, 1988]