---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 34.9"
title: "50"
number: "34.9"
heading: "Protests."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/34.9"
---

# §34.9. Protests.

- (a) Computation of payments shall be based on Federal records concerning land, real property improvements, and accounting of net receipts from areas administered solely or primarily by the Service.
- (b) Any affected county may protest the results of the computations of its payments to the regional director in charge of the State and county affected. See [§ 29.21-2(c)](/cfr/50/29.21-2.md?p=c) for a listing of the regional directors of the Service.
- (c) Any protesting county shall submit sufficient evidence to show error in the computation or the data from which the computations are made.
- (d) All protests to the regional director shall be filed within 90 days from the date of receipt of the payment.
- (e) The regional director shall consult with the affected county to resolve conflicts in the computations and/or data. The regional director shall make a determination as to the correct payment, which determination shall be final and conclusive.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 715s, as amended.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 33073, June 8, 1979, unless otherwise noted.