10 CFR § 501.160 - Purpose and scope.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s501.160"
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title: "10 CFR § 501.160 - Purpose and scope."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "501.160"
section_name: "Purpose and scope."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
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subchapter_name: "ALTERNATE FUELS"
part_number: "501"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SANCTIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7101  42 U.S.C. 8301  42 U.S.C. 8701  E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 59889, Dec. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted."
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# 501.160 Purpose and scope.

This subpart provides the procedures by which OFE may initiate enforcement proceedings on its own behalf and by which complaints concerning a violation of the Act or any rule or order thereunder may be filed.