43 CFR 4.773: What is not appropriate for a petition for reopening?
Where this section sits in the code
- 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 H—Specific Rules Applicable to White Earth Reservation Land Settlement Act Proceedings
In a petition for reopening, the petitioner may not:
(a) Raise issues or objections that were previously addressed in an order issued in the case;
(b) Submit evidence that was available or discoverable at the time the final decision was issued, or available during any period of reconsideration of the final decision. The requirements at § 4.761(b)(2) concerning presentation of new evidence upon reconsideration also apply to the presentation of new evidence on reopening; or
(c) Raise issues or objections when the petitioner had the opportunity to raise them earlier because the petitioner received proper notice of the preliminary decision or hearing, if any. This paragraph does not apply to the Project Director.
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