Whenever a member of the Raisin Administrative Committee has reason to believe that he will be unable to attend a Committee meeting and has so notified his alternate or the Committee manager, such notification or a request from the manager shall be held to be a request for the alternate to attend and he shall be reimbursed for reasonable  expenses subject to the limitations contained in  § 989.39.
     
    
        
            Code of Federal Regulations
        
        [42 FR 52376, Sept. 30, 1977, as amended at 49 FR 18731, May 2, 1984]