---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 900.116"
title: "7"
number: "900.116"
heading: "Award."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/900.116"
---

# §900.116. Award.

- (a) An award shall be made within ten days after the close of the hearing.
  - (1) The award shall be in writing and shall cover only points of dispute raised in the submission.
  - (2) The arbitrator, in making the award, may use his own technical knowledge in addition to the evidence submitted by the parties.
  - (3) The award shall state the period during which it shall be in effect, said period to be not less than thirty days from the effective date thereof; and said period may be extended by agreement among the parties upon notification thereof to the Administrator, unless or until the Administrator withdraws his approval.
  - (4) The arbitrator shall sign the award in the presence of a notary public, or, when more than one arbitrator is designated the arbitrator shall sign in the presence of each other.
  - (5) Copies of the award shall be delivered to the parties by the Division.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 3, 50 Stat. 248; 7 U.S.C. 671.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674; 7 U.S.C. 7401; 5 U.S.C. 301, 552; and 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35.

### Source

Source: 25 FR 5907, June 28, 1960, unless otherwise noted.