---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 2700.26"
title: "29"
number: "2700.26"
heading: "Notice of contest of proposed penalty assessment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/2700.26"
---

# §2700.26. Notice of contest of proposed penalty assessment.


A person has 30 days after receipt of the proposed penalty assessment within which to notify the Secretary of the contest of the proposed penalty assessment. A person who wishes to contest a proposed penalty assessment must provide such notification regardless of whether the person has previously contested the underlying citation or order pursuant to [§ 2700.20](/cfr/29/2700.20.md). The Secretary shall immediately transmit to the Commission any notice of contest of a proposed penalty assessment.


## Notes

### Amendments

[90 FR 5621, Jan. 17, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 815, 820, and 823.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 12164, Mar. 3, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[90 FR 5621, Jan. 17, 2025]