---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.1192"
title: "43"
number: "4.1192"
heading: "Contents of answer."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.1192"
---

# §4.1192. Contents of answer.


The permittee's answer to a show cause order shall contain a statement setting forth—

- (a) The reasons in detail why a pattern of violations does not exist or has not existed, including all reasons for contesting—
  - (1) The fact of any of the violations alleged by OSM as constituting a pattern of violations;
  - (2) The willfulness of such violations; or
  - (3) Whether such violations were caused by the unwarranted failure of the permittee;
- (b) All mitigating factors the permittee believes exist in determining the terms of the revocation or the length and terms of the suspension;
- (c) Any other alleged relevant facts; and
- (d) **Whether a hearing on the show cause order is desired.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 34386, Aug. 3, 1978, as amended at 67 FR 61510, Oct. 1, 2002]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1256, 1260, 1261, 1264, 1268, 1271, 1272, 1275, 1293; 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 34386, Aug. 3, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 503-504; 25 U.S.C. 9, 372-74, 410, 2201 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457; Pub. L. 99-264, 100 Stat. 61, as amended.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 7186, Apr. 15, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 34386, Aug. 3, 1978, as amended at 67 FR 61510, Oct. 1, 2002]