---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 102.54"
title: "29"
number: "102.54"
heading: "Issuance of compliance specification; consolidation of complaint and compliance specification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/102.54"
---

# §102.54. Issuance of compliance specification; consolidation of complaint and compliance specification.

- (a) If it appears that controversy exists with respect to compliance with a Board order which cannot be resolved without a formal proceeding, the Regional Director may issue and serve on all parties a compliance specification in the name of the Board. The specification will contain or be accompanied by a Notice of Hearing before an Administrative Law Judge at a specific place and at a time not less than 21 days after the service of the specification.
- (b) Whenever the Regional Director deems it necessary to effectuate the purposes and policies of the Act or to avoid unnecessary costs or delay, the Regional Director may issue a compliance specification, with or without a notice of hearing, based on an outstanding complaint.
- (c) Whenever the Regional Director deems it necessary to effectuate the purposes and policies of the Act or to avoid unnecessary costs or delay, the Regional Director may consolidate with a complaint and Notice of Hearing issued pursuant to [§ 102.15](/cfr/29/102.15.md) a compliance specification based on that complaint. After opening of the hearing, the Board or the Administrative Law Judge, as appropriate, must approve consolidation. Issuance of a compliance specification is not a prerequisite or bar to Board initiation of proceedings in any administrative or judicial forum which the Board or the Regional Director determines to be appropriate for obtaining compliance with a Board order.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 82 FR 11754, Feb. 24, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 151, 156. Section 102.117 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(4)(A), and § 102.119 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j) and (k). Sections 102.143 through 102.155 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1).

### Source

Source: 24 FR 9102, Nov. 7, 1959, unless otherwise noted.