10 CFR § 501.164 - Decision to initiate enforcement proceedings.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s501.164"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 501.164 - Decision to initiate enforcement proceedings."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "501.164"
section_name: "Decision to initiate enforcement proceedings."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "ALTERNATE FUELS"
part_number: "501"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES AND SANCTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
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."
cfr_part: "501"
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# 501.164 Decision to initiate enforcement proceedings.
After investigation of a specific complaint or based on any relevant information received or obtained during an investigation, OFE may issue a notice of violation, determine that no violation has occurred, or take such other actions as it deems appropriate. Prior to issuance of a notice of violation, and before commencement of an enforcement proceeding, OFE may transmit a draft of the notice of violation to the potentially affected person in order to promote an informal resolution of the violation.