---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 291.104"
title: "30"
number: "291.104"
heading: "Who may file a complaint or a third-party brief?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/291.104"
---

# §291.104. Who may file a complaint or a third-party brief?

- (a) You may file a complaint under this subpart if you are a shipper and you believe that you have been denied open and nondiscriminatory access to an OCSLA pipeline that is not a FERC pipeline.
- (b) Any person that believes its interests may be affected by precedents established by adjudication of complaints under this rule may submit a brief to BSEE. The brief must be served following the procedure set out in [§ 291.107](/cfr/30/291.107.md). After considering the brief, it is within BSEE's discretion as to whether BSEE may:
  - (1) Address the brief in its decision;
  - (2) Not address the brief in its decision; or
  - (3) **Include the submitter of the brief in the proceeding as a party.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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