---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 291.103"
title: "30"
number: "291.103"
heading: "May I use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to informally resolve an allegation that open and nondiscriminatory access was denied?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/291.103"
---

# §291.103. May I use alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to informally resolve an allegation that open and nondiscriminatory access was denied?


You may ask to use ADR either before or after you file a complaint. To make a request, call the BSEE at 1-888-232-1713 or write to us at the following address: Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Attention: Office of Policy and Analysis, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 5438, Washington, DC 20240-0001.

- (a) You may request that ADR be administered by:
  - (1) A contracted ADR provider agreed to by all parties;
  - (2) The Department's Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution (CADR); or
  - (3) **BSEE staff trained in ADR and certified by the CADR.**
- (b) Each party must pay its respective share of all costs and fees associated with any contracted or Departmental ADR provider. For purposes of this section, BSEE is not a party in an ADR proceeding.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 36154, June 6, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701, 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 36154, June 6, 2016]