---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 726.303"
title: "20"
number: "726.303"
heading: "Notification; investigation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/726.303"
---

# §726.303. Notification; investigation.

- (a) If the Director determines that an operator has violated the provisions of section 423 of the Act and [§ 726.4](/cfr/20/726.4.md), he or she shall notify the operator of its violation and request that the operator immediately secure the payment of benefits. Such notice shall be sent by certified mail.
- (b) The Director shall also direct the operator to supply information relevant to the assessment of a penalty. Such information, which shall be supplied within 30 days of the Director's request, may include:
  - (1) The date on which the operator commenced its operation of a coal mine;
  - (2) The number of persons employed by the operator since it began operating a coal mine and the dates of their employment; and
  - (3) **The identity and last known address—**
    - (i) In the case of a corporation, of all persons who served as president, secretary, and treasurer of the operator since it began operating a coal mine; or
    - (ii) In the case of an operator which is not incorporated, of all persons who were principals of the operator since it began operating a coal mine;
- (c) In conducting any investigation of an operator under this subpart, the Division Director shall have all of the powers of a district director, as set forth at [§ 725.351(a)](/cfr/20/725.351.md?p=a) of this subchapter. For purposes of [§ 725.351(c)](/cfr/20/725.351.md?p=c), the Division Director shall be considered to sit in the District of Columbia.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015)); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80097, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.