---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 726.305"
title: "20"
number: "726.305"
heading: "Contents of notice."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/726.305"
---

# §726.305. Contents of notice.


The notice required by [§ 726.304](/cfr/20/726.304.md) shall:

- (a) Identify the operator against whom the penalty is assessed, as well as the name of any other person severally liable for such penalty;
- (b) Set forth the determination of the Director as to the amount of the penalty and the reason or reasons therefor;
- (c) Set forth the right of each person identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section to contest the notice and request a hearing before the Office of Administrative Law Judges;
- (d) Set forth the method for each person identified in [paragraph (a)](#a) to contest the notice and request a hearing before the Office of Administrative Law Judges; and
- (e) Inform any affected person that in the absence of a timely contest and request for hearing received within 30 days of the date of receipt of the notice, the Director's assessment will become final and unappealable as to that person.

## 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.