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43 CFR 4.1192: Contents of answer.

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Title 43—Public Lands: Interior
Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior
PART 4—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HEARINGS AND APPEALS PROCEDURES
Subpart L—Specific Rules Applicable to Hearings and Appeals Concerning Surface Coal Mining

The permittee's answer to a show cause order shall contain a statement setting forth—

(a) The reasons in detail why a pattern of violations does not exist or has not existed, including all reasons for contesting—

(1) The fact of any of the violations alleged by OSM as constituting a pattern of violations;

(2) The willfulness of such violations; or

(3) Whether such violations were caused by the unwarranted failure of the permittee;

(b) All mitigating factors the permittee believes exist in determining the terms of the revocation or the length and terms of the suspension;

(d) Whether a hearing on the show cause order is desired.

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