---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 291.115"
title: "30"
number: "291.115"
heading: "How do I exhaust administrative remedies?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/291.115"
---

# §291.115. How do I exhaust administrative remedies?

- (a) If the BSEE Director issues a decision under this part but does not expressly make the decision effective upon issuance, you must appeal the decision to the IBLA under [43 CFR part 4](/cfr/43/part4.md) to exhaust administrative remedies. Such decision will not be effective during the time in which a person adversely affected by the BSEE Director's decision may file a notice of appeal with the IBLA, and the timely filing of a notice of appeal will suspend the effect of the decision pending the decision on appeal.
- (b) **This section does not apply if a decision was made effective by—**
  - (1) The BSEE Director; or
  - (2) **The Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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