---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 708.32"
title: "10"
number: "708.32"
heading: "Appealing an initial agency decision."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/708.32"
---

# §708.32. Appealing an initial agency decision.

- (a) By the 15th day after receiving an initial agency decision from the Administrative Judge, any party may file a notice of appeal with the OHA Director requesting review of the initial agency decision.
- (b) A party who appeals an initial agency decision (the appellant) must serve a copy of the notice of appeal on all other parties.
- (c) A party who receives an initial agency decision has not exhausted its administrative remedies until an appeal has been filed with the OHA Director and a decision granting or denying the appeal has been issued.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(b), 2201(c), 2201(i), and 2201(p); 42 U.S.C. 5814 and 5815; 42 U.S.C. 7251, 7254, 7255, and 7256; and 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3.

### Source

Source: 84 FR 37757, Aug. 2, 2019, unless otherwise noted.