29 CFR § 1601.36 - Action on petition.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1601.36"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1601.36 - Action on petition."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1601.36"
section_name: "Action on petition."
chapter_name: "EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION"
part_number: "1601"
part_name: "PROCEDURAL REGULATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 2000e to 2000e-17; 42 U.S.C. 12111 to 12117; 42 U.S.C. 2000ff to 2000ff-11; 42 U.S.C. 2000gg to 2000gg-6; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, as amended; Pub. L. 104-134, Sec. 31001(s)(1), 110 Stat. 1373."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1601.36 Action on petition.

Upon the filing of such petition, the Commission shall consider the same and may thereupon either grant or deny the petition in whole or in part, conduct an appropriate proceeding thereon, or make other disposition of the petition. Should the petition be denied in whole or in part, prompt notice shall be given of the denial, accompanied by a simple statement of the grounds unless the denial be self-explanatory.

[42 FR 55388, Oct. 14, 1977. Redesignated at 56 FR 9625, Mar. 7, 1991]