---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 161.603"
title: "25"
number: "161.603"
heading: "Can mediation be used in the event of a permit violation or dispute?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/161.603"
---

# §161.603. Can mediation be used in the event of a permit violation or dispute?


A permit may provide for permit disputes or violations to be resolved with the District Grazing Committee through mediation.

- (a) The District Grazing Committee will conduct the mediation before the Navajo Nation's appropriate hearing body, before BIA invokes any cancellation remedies.
- (b) Conducting the mediation may substitute for permit cancellation. However, BIA retains the authority to cancel the permit under [§ 161.606](/cfr/25/161.606.md).
- (c) The Navajo Nation's appropriate hearing body decision will be final, unless it is appealed to the Navajo Nation Supreme Court on a question of law. BIA will defer to any ongoing proceedings, as appropriate, in deciding whether to exercise any of the remedies available to BIA under [§ 161.606](/cfr/25/161.606.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 2; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 640d et seq.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 58888, Oct. 7, 2005, unless otherwise noted.