---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 291.106"
title: "30"
number: "291.106"
heading: "How do I file a complaint?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/291.106"
---

# §291.106. How do I file a complaint?


To file a complaint under this part, you must:

- (a) File your complaint with the Director, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement 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; and
- (b) Include a nonrefundable processing fee of $7,500 under [§ 291.108(a)](/cfr/30/291.108.md?p=a) or a request for reduction or waiver of the fee under [§ 291.109(a)](/cfr/30/291.109.md?p=a); and
- (c) **Serve your complaint on all persons named in the complaint.** If you make a claim under [§ 291.111](/cfr/30/291.111.md) for confidentiality, serve the redacted copy and proposed form of a protective agreement on all persons named in the complaint.
- (d) Complaints shall not be filed later than 2 years from the time of the alleged access denial. If the complaint is filed later than 2 years from the time of the alleged access denial, the BSEE Director will not consider the complaint and the case will be closed.

## 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]