---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 56.18"
title: "7"
number: "56.18"
heading: "Schedule of operation of official plants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/56.18"
---

# §56.18. Schedule of operation of official plants.


Grading operating schedules for services performed pursuant to §§ [56.52](/cfr/7/56.52.md) and [56.54](/cfr/7/56.54.md) shall be requested in writing and be approved by the Administrator. Normal operating schedules for a full week consist of a continuous 8-hour period per day (excluding not to exceed 1 hour for lunch), 5 consecutive days per week, within the administrative workweek, Sunday through Saturday, for each shift required. Less than 8-hour schedules may be requested and will be approved if a grader is available. Clock hours of daily operations need not be specified in the request, although as a condition of continued approval, the hours of operation shall be reasonably uniform from day to day. Graders are to be notified by management 1 day in advance of any change in the hours grading service is requested.


## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 20683, May 9, 1983]

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.

### Amendments

[48 FR 20683, May 9, 1983]