---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 851.4"
title: "10"
number: "851.4"
heading: "Compliance order."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/851.4"
---

# §851.4. Compliance order.

- (a) The Secretary may issue to any contractor a Compliance Order that:
  - (1) Identifies a situation that violates, potentially violates, or otherwise is inconsistent with a requirement of this part;
  - (2) Mandates a remedy, work stoppage, or other action; and,
  - (3) **States the reasons for the remedy, work stoppage, or other action.**
- (b) A Compliance Order is a final order that is effective immediately unless the Order specifies a different effective date.
- (c) Within 15 calendar days of the issuance of a Compliance Order, the recipient of the Order may request the Secretary to rescind or modify the Order. A request does not stay the effectiveness of a Compliance Order unless the Secretary issues an order to that effect.
- (d) A copy of the Compliance Order must be prominently posted, once issued, at or near the location where the violation, potential violation, or inconsistency occurred until it is corrected.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, unless otherwise noted.