{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-4.1305","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 4.1305","heading":"Amendment of petition.","body":"(a) An individual filing a petition may amend it once as a matter of right before receipt by the individual of an answer, motion, or statement of OSM made in accordance with § 4.1304 of this part. Thereafter, a motion for leave to amend the petition shall be filed with the administrative law judge.\n(b) OSM shall have 30 days from receipt of a petition amended as a matter of right to file an answer, motion, or statement in accordance with § 4.1304 of this part. If the administrative law judge grants a motion to amend a petition, the time for OSM to file an answer, motion, or statement shall be set forth in the order granting the motion to amend.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"5683bc4e5a8a15c1abd8d4060e36e7fe80dc79751b572dd349ca47478254c53e","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-4.1304","next":"us/43-cfr-4.1306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}