7 CFR § 97.301 - Commissioner's answer.

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title: "7 CFR § 97.301 - Commissioner's answer."
title_number: 7
title_name: "Agriculture"
section_number: "97.301"
section_name: "Commissioner's answer."
chapter_name: "AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE (STANDARDS, INSPECTIONS, MARKETING PRACTICES), DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
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subchapter_name: "COMMODITY LABORATORY TESTING PROGRAMS"
part_number: "97"
part_name: "PLANT VARIETY AND PROTECTION"
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authority: "Plant Variety Protection Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C. 2321"
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# 97.301 Commissioner's answer.

(a) The Commissioner may, within such time as may be directed by the Secretary, furnish a written statement to the Secretary in answer to the appellant's petition, including such explanation of the reasons for the action as may be necessary and supplying a copy to the appellant.

(b) Within 20 days from the date of such answer, the appellant may file a reply statement directed only to such new points of argument as may be raised in the Commissioner's answer.