{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-4.1384","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 4.1384","heading":"Burdens of proof.","body":"(a) OSM shall have the burden of going forward to present a prima facie case of the validity of the decision.\n(b) The person filing the request for review shall have the ultimate burden of persuasion by a preponderance of the evidence that the decision is in error.","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":"097d398ccb100bcd31cf8e4c90432f30aac4fad9828fe2be70efc75aa772ff3c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-4.1383","next":"us/43-cfr-4.1385"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}