{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-2700.21","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 2700.21","heading":"Effect of filing notice of contest of citation or order.","body":"(a) The filing of a notice of contest of a citation or order issued under section 104 of the Act, 30 U.S.C. 814, does not constitute a challenge to a proposed penalty assessment that may subsequently be issued by the Secretary under section 105(a) of the Act, 30 U.S.C. 815(a), which is based on that citation or order. A challenge to such a proposed penalty assessment must be filed as a separate notice of contest of the proposed penalty assessment. See § 2700.26.\n(b) An operator's failure to file a notice of contest of a citation or order issued under section 104 of the Act, 30 U.S.C. 814, shall not preclude the operator from challenging, in a penalty proceeding, the fact of violation or any special findings contained in a citation or order including the assertion in the citation or order that the violation was of a significant and substantial nature or was caused by the operator's unwarrantable failure to comply with the standard.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER XXVII—FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION","PART 2700—PROCEDURAL RULES","Subpart B—Contests of Citations and Orders"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"d61f80f9398db1774040366fffb732bd0be8a84c70d793f42fe9ffbb0600b235","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-2700.20","next":"us/29-cfr-2700.22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}