[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR2.306]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 2_RULES OF PRACTICE FOR DOMESTIC LICENSING PROCEEDINGS AND ISSUANCE OF 
 
Subpart C_Rules of General Applicability: Hearing Requests, Petitions To 
 
Sec.  2.306  Computation of time.

    In computing any period of time, the day of the act, event, or 
default after which the designated period of time begins to run is not 
included. The last day of the period so computed is included unless it 
is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday at the place where the action or 
event is to occur, in which event the period runs until the end of the 
next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday, nor holiday. Whenever a 
party has the right or is required to do some act within a prescribed 
period after the service of a notice or other paper upon him or her and 
the notice or paper is served upon by first class mail, five (5) days 
are added to the prescribed period. Two (2) days are added to the 
prescribed period when a document is served by express mail or expedited 
delivery service. No time is added when the notice or paper is served in

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person, by courier, electronic mail or facsimile transmission. The 
period allotted for the recipient's response commences upon confirmation 
of receipt under Sec.  2.305(e)(3) or (4), except that if a document is 
served in person, by courier, electronic transmission, or facsimile, and 
is received by a party after 5 p.m., in the recipient's time zone on the 
date of transmission, the recipient's response date is extended by one 
(1) business day.