30 CFR § 291.104 - Who may file a complaint or a third-party brief?

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title: "30 CFR § 291.104 - Who may file a complaint or a third-party brief?"
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title_name: "Mineral Resources"
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section_name: "Who may file a complaint or a third-party brief?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "APPEALS"
part_number: "291"
part_name: "OPEN AND NONDISCRIMINATORY ACCESS TO OIL AND GAS PIPELINES UNDER THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LANDS ACT"
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# 291.104 Who may file a complaint or a third-party brief?

(a) You may file a complaint under this subpart if you are a shipper and you believe that you have been denied open and nondiscriminatory access to an OCSLA pipeline that is not a FERC pipeline.

(b) Any person that believes its interests may be affected by precedents established by adjudication of complaints under this rule may submit a brief to BSEE. The brief must be served following the procedure set out in § 291.107. After considering the brief, it is within BSEE's discretion as to whether BSEE may:

(1) Address the brief in its decision;

(2) Not address the brief in its decision; or

(3) Include the submitter of the brief in the proceeding as a party.