20 CFR § 618.730 - Good cause.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s618.730"
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title: "20 CFR § 618.730 - Good cause."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "618.730"
section_name: "Good cause."
chapter_name: "EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "618"
part_name: "TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "19 U.S.C. 2320; Secretary's Order No. 6-2010, 75 FR 66267 (Oct. 27, 2010)."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 51972, Aug. 21, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 618.730 Good cause.

(a) States must waive the time limitations with respect to an application for TRA, enrollment in training, or receipt of a training waiver in this subpart if the AAW shows good cause.

(b) Good cause exists if the AAW acted diligently yet was unable to complete in a timely manner the relevant task at issue described in paragraph (a) of this section because of exigent circumstances.

(c) The State must determine good cause on a worker-by-worker basis.