Section 224.115 - When in the petition process must the Secretary investigate a Tribe's compliance with a TERA?The Secretary must investigate the petitioner's claims of the Tribe's noncompliance with a TERA only after making a threshold determination that the petitioner is an interested party and:
(a) The Tribe has denied or failed to respond to each claim made in the petition within the period under § 224.113(a) ; or(b) The Tribe has failed, refused, or was unable to cure or otherwise resolve each claim made in the petition within a reasonable period, as determined by the Secretary, after the expiration of the period in § 224.113(b) . 73 FR 12821 , Mar. 10, 2008, as amended at 84 FR 69613 , Dec. 18, 2019