---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 4.815"
title: "43"
number: "4.815"
heading: "How proceedings are commenced."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/4.815"
---

# §4.815. How proceedings are commenced.


Proceedings are commenced by the Director by mailing to an applicant or recipient a notice of alleged noncompliance with the Act and the regulations thereunder. The notice shall include either a notice of hearing fixing a date therefor or a notice of an opportunity for a hearing as provided in [§ 17.8](/cfr/43/17.8.md) of this title. The notice shall advise the applicant or recipient of the action proposed to be taken, the specific provisions of [part 17 of this title](/cfr/43/part17.md) under which the proposed action is to be taken, and the matters of fact or law asserted as the basis of the action.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 CFR 17.8 and 5 U.S.C. 301.

### Source

Source: 38 FR 21162, Aug. 6, 1973, 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.