---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.1375"
title: "43"
number: "4.1375"
heading: "Time for initial decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.1375"
---

# §4.1375. Time for initial decision.


The administrative law judge shall issue an initial decision within 30 days of the date the record of the hearing is closed, or, if no hearing is held, within 30 days of the deadline for filing responses under [§ 4.1372(b)](/cfr/43/4.1372.md?p=b).


## Notes

### Source

Source: 59 FR 54326, Oct. 28, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1256, 1260, 1261, 1264, 1268, 1271, 1272, 1275, 1293; 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 34386, Aug. 3, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.