Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R645 - Oil, Gas and Mining; Coal
Rule R645-401 - Inspection and Enforcement: Civil Penalties
Section R645-401-800 - Requests for Formal Hearing

810. A permittee charged with a violation may contest the proposed penalty or the fact of the violation by submitting (a) a petition to the Board and (b) an amount equal to the proposed penalty or, if a conference has been held, the reassessed or affirmed penalty to the Division (to be held in escrow as provided in R645-401-820) within 30 days of receipt of the proposed assessment or reassessment, or 30 days from the date of service of the conference officer's action, whichever is later, but in every case, the penalty must be escrowed prior to commencement of the formal hearing.

820. The Division will transfer all funds submitted under R645-401-810 to an escrow fund pending completion of the administrative and judicial review process, at which time it will disburse them as provided in R645-401-920 or R645-401-930.

830. Formal review of the violation fact or penalty will be conducted by the Board under the provisions of the procedural rules of the Board (R641 Rules). The fact of the violation may not be contested if the fact has been finally decided before the Board under R645-400-360.