How does a direct service Tribe begin the alternative dispute resolution process?
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(a) To begin the ADR process, a direct service Tribe must write to the BIA Regional Director, or the Chief of BIA Division of Transportation. The letter must:
(1) Ask to begin one of the ADR procedures in the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act of 1996, 5 U.S.C. 571-583 (ADR Act); and
(2) Explain the factual and legal basis for the dispute.
(b) ADR proceedings will be governed by procedures in the ADR Act and the implementing regulations.
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