{"data":{"id":"us/28-cfr-48.8","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"28 CFR 48.8","heading":"Written comments and requests for a hearing.","body":"(a) Any person who believes that the Attorney General should or should not approve a proposed arrangement, may at any time after filing of the application until 30 days after publication in the Federal Register of the notice required in § 48.6,\n(1) File written comments stating the reasons why approval should or should not be granted, and/or\n(2) File a request that a hearing be held on the application. A request for a hearing shall set forth the issues of fact to be determined and the reasons that a hearing is required to determine them.\n(b) Any person may within 30 days after the filing of any comment or request pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, file a reply for the consideration of the Attorney General.\n(c) After the expiration of the time for filing of replies in accordance with § 48.7 and this section the Attorney General shall either approve or deny approval of the arrangement, in accordance with § 48.14, or shall order that a hearing be held.","path":["Title 28—Judicial Administration","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","PART 48—NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-28.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:14Z","sha256":"eca3fa4d891da624035757470d6f36743d300ece27eb520234afa213be639c15","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/28-cfr-48.7","next":"us/28-cfr-48.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}