25 CFR § 224.181 - Who may appeal Departmental decisions or inaction under this part?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s224.181"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 224.181 - Who may appeal Departmental decisions or inaction under this part?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "224.181"
section_name: "Who may appeal Departmental decisions or inaction under this part?"
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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# 224.181 Who may appeal Departmental decisions or inaction under this part?
The following persons or entities may appeal Department decisions or inaction under this part:
(a) A Tribe or TEDO that is adversely affected by a decision of or inaction by an official of the Department of the Interior under this part;
(b) A third party who has entered into a lease, right-of-way, or business agreement with a Tribe under an approved TERA and is adversely affected by a decision of, or inaction by a Department official under this part; or
(c) An interested party who is adversely affected by a decision or inaction by the Secretary under subpart E of this part, provided that the interested party may appeal only those issues raised in its prior participation under subpart E of this part and may not appeal any other decision rendered or inaction under this part.
[73 FR 12821, Mar. 10, 2008, as amended at 84 FR 69614, Dec. 18, 2019]