---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.1394"
title: "43"
number: "4.1394"
heading: "Burden of proof."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.1394"
---

# §4.1394. Burden of proof.

- (a) If the person who requested the determination is seeking review, OSM shall have the burden of going forward to establish a prima facie case and the person who requested the determination shall have the ultimate burden of persuasion.
- (b) If any other person is seeking review, that person shall have the burden of going forward to establish a prima facie case and the ultimate burden of persuasion that the person who requested the determination does or does not have valid existing rights.

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 61512, Oct. 1, 2002]

### Source

Source: 52 FR 39530, Oct. 22, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[67 FR 61512, Oct. 1, 2002]