---
kind: "section"
citation: "13 C.F.R. § 101.405"
title: "13"
number: "101.405"
heading: "How does the Administrator respond to comments?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/13/101.405"
---

# §101.405. How does the Administrator respond to comments?

- (a) If a state process provides a recommendation to SBA through its single point of contact, the Administrator:
  - (1) Accepts the recommendation; or
  - (2) Reaches a mutually agreeable solution with the state process; or
  - (3) Provides the single point of contact with a written explanation of the decision in a form the Administrator deems appropriate. The Administrator may also supplement the written explanation by telephone or other means.
- (b) In any explanation under [paragraph (a)(3)](#a-3) of this section, the Administrator informs the single point of contact that—
  - (1) SBA will not implement its decision for at least 10 days after the single point of contact receives the explanation; or
  - (2) **Because of unusual circumstances the waiting period of at least 10 days is not feasible.**
- (c) For purposes of computing the waiting period under [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section, a single point of contact is presumed to have received written notification 5 days after the date of mailing.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552 and App. 3, secs. 2, 4(a), 6(a), and 9(a)(1)(T); 15 U.S.C. 633, 634, 687; 31 U.S.C. 6506; 44 U.S.C. 3512; 42 U.S.C. 6307(d); 15 U.S.C. 657h; E.O. 12372 (July 14, 1982), 47 FR 30959, 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 197, as amended by E.O. 12416 (April 8, 1983), 48 FR 15887, 3 CFR, 1983 Comp., p. 186.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 2394, Jan. 26, 1996, unless otherwise noted.