---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2105.16"
title: "45"
number: "2105.16"
heading: "When can the Agency suspend the basic time limit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2105.16"
---

# §2105.16. When can the Agency suspend the basic time limit?

- (a) The basic time limit in [§ 2105.15](/cfr/45/2105.15.md) may be temporarily suspended for the time it takes you to respond to one written communication from the Agency reasonably asking for clarifying information.
- (b) The basic time limit in [§ 2105.15](/cfr/45/2105.15.md) may also repeatedly be temporarily suspended for the time it takes you to respond to written communications from the Agency that are necessary to clarify issues regarding fee assessment (see [§ 2105.49](/cfr/45/2105.49.md)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, as amended by Public Law 110-175, 121 Stat. 2524 and Pub. L. 114-185, 130 Stat. 538.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 27722, June 14, 2019, unless otherwise noted.