25 CFR § 224.115 - When in the petition process must the Secretary investigate a Tribe's compliance with a TERA?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s224.115"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 224.115 - When in the petition process must the Secretary investigate a Tribe's compliance with a TERA?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "224.115"
section_name: "When in the petition process must the Secretary investigate a Tribe's compliance with a TERA?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND MINERALS"
part_number: "224"
part_name: "TRIBAL ENERGY RESOURCE AGREEMENTS UNDER THE INDIAN TRIBAL ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AND SELF DETERMINATION ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; 25 U.S.C. 3501-3504; Pub. L. 109-58; Pub. L. 115-325."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "224"
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# 224.115 When in the petition process must the Secretary investigate a Tribe's compliance with a TERA?
The Secretary must investigate the petitioner's claims of the Tribe's noncompliance with a TERA only after making a threshold determination that the petitioner is an interested party and:
(a) The Tribe has denied or failed to respond to each claim made in the petition within the period under § 224.113(a); or
(b) The Tribe has failed, refused, or was unable to cure or otherwise resolve each claim made in the petition within a reasonable period, as determined by the Secretary, after the expiration of the period in § 224.113(b).
[73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, as amended at 84 FR 69613, Dec. 18, 2019]