---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.780"
title: "43"
number: "4.780"
heading: "When will the final decision and orders upon reconsideration, reopening, or remand become final?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.780"
---

# §4.780. When will the final decision and orders upon reconsideration, reopening, or remand become final?

- (a) A final decision will become final on the expiration of the 30 days allowed for filing a notice of appeal with the Board under [§ 4.783(a)](/cfr/43/4.783.md?p=a) or a petition for reconsideration with the presiding officer under [§ 4.761(a)](/cfr/43/4.761.md?p=a) unless a notice of appeal or a petition for reconsideration is timely filed.
- (b) Each of the following orders will become final on the expiration of the 30 days allowed for filing a notice of appeal with the Board under [§ 4.783(a)](/cfr/43/4.783.md?p=a) unless a notice of appeal is timely filed:
  - (1) An order upon reconsideration issued under [§ 4.763(a)](/cfr/43/4.763.md?p=a);
  - (2) An order upon reopening issued under [§ 4.774(a)](/cfr/43/4.774.md?p=a) or [§ 4.775(c)](/cfr/43/4.775.md?p=c); and
  - (3) An order upon remand issued under [§ 4.790(b)](/cfr/43/4.790.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 90 FR 2420, Jan. 10, 2025, 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.