1. Regulations
  2. title 43
  3. part 4
  4. subpart L
  5. subjgrp 108
  6. § 4.1384

View all text of Subjgrp 108 [§ 4.1380 - § 4.1387]

§ 4.1384 - Burdens of proof.

(a) OSM shall have the burden of going forward to present a prima facie case of the validity of the decision.

(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.

AUTHORITY: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201

SOURCE: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 43 CFR 4.1384