{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-4.161","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 4.161","heading":"Private contests; protests.","body":"Where the elements of a contest are not present, any objection raised by a person or entity to any action proposed to be taken in any proceeding before BLM will be deemed to be a protest and appropriate action will be taken based on the circumstances.","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 C—Rules Applicable to Proceedings Before the Departmental Cases Hearings Division"],"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":"1ae1afdff6b5d2c5564737a4e1ff83428191e0438a981e0e5caca3bc779eb9ea","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-4.160","next":"us/43-cfr-4.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}