---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 51.47"
title: "28"
number: "51.47"
heading: "Conference."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/51.47"
---

# §51.47. Conference.

- (a) A submitting authority that has requested reconsideration of an objection pursuant to [§ 51.45](/cfr/28/51.45.md) may request a conference to produce information or legal argument in support of reconsideration.
- (b) Such a conference shall be held at a location determined by the Attorney General and shall be conducted in an informal manner.
- (c) When a submitting authority requests such a conference, individuals or groups that commented on the change prior to the Attorney General's objection or that seek to participate in response to any notice of a request for reconsideration shall be notified and given the opportunity to confer.
- (d) The Attorney General shall have the discretion to hold separate meetings to confer with the submitting authority and other interested groups or individuals.
- (e) Such conferences will be open to the public or to the press only at the discretion of the Attorney General and with the agreement of the participating parties.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510, and 42 U.S.C. 1973b, 1973c.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 490, Jan. 6, 1987, unless otherwise noted.