[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR97.21]

[Page 260]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER I--AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE \1\ (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, 
       MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 97_PLANT VARIETY AND PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 97.21  Extension of time for a reply.

    The time for reply by an applicant to a request by the Office for 
certain action, shall be extended by the Commissioner only for good and 
sufficient cause, and for a specified reasonable time. A request for 
extension and appropriate fee shall be filed on or before the specified 
time for reply. In no case shall the mere filing of a request for 
extension require the granting of an extension or state the time for 
reply.

[58 FR 42435, Aug. 9, 1993, as amended at 61 FR 248, Jan. 4, 1996]