(a) A document may be assigned to the deferred schedule under the following conditions:
(1) There are technical problems, unusual or lengthy tables, or illustrations, or the document is of such size as to require extraordinary processing time.
(2) The agency concerned requests a deferred publication date.
(b) The Office of the Federal Register staff will notify the agency if its documents must be assigned to a deferred schedule. [37 FR 23608, Nov. 4, 1972, as amended at 54 FR 9680, Mar. 7, 1989; 54 FR 23343, May 31, 1989]