30 CFR § 865.14 - Request for hearing.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s865.14"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 865.14 - Request for hearing."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "865.14"
section_name: "Request for hearing."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "P"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES"
part_number: "865"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 201, 501, 502 and 703, Pub. L. 95-87, 91 Stat. 445 (30 U.S.C. 1201)."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 62712, Dec. 13, 1977, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 44 FR 15312, Mar. 13, 1979."
cfr_part: "865"
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# 865.14 Request for hearing.

(a) If the Office determines that a violation of this part has probably occurred and was not resolved at an informal conference, the Director shall request a hearing on the employee's behalf before the Office of Hearings and Appeals within 10 days of the scheduled informal hearing. the parties shall be notified of the determination. If the Director declines to request a hearing the employee shall be notified within 10 days of the scheduled informal conference and informed of his right to request a hearing on his own behalf.

(b) The employee may request a hearing with the Office of Hearings and Appeals after 60 days have elapsed from the filing of his application.