CFR > Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior > SUBTITLE A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior > PART 4—DEPARTMENT HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES > SUBPART L—Special Rules Applicable to Surface Coal Mining Hearings and Appeals (§4.1100 to §4.1394) > 4.1304—Answer, motion, or statement of OSM.

4.1304—Answer, motion, or statement of OSM.

Within 30 days from receipt of a copy of a petition, OSM shall file with the Hearings Division an answer or motion, or a statement that it will not file an answer or motion, in response to the petition.