[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR380.10]

[Page 511]
 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
 CHAPTER III--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 380--RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER CERTAIN ACTS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Supplemental Rules of Practice
 
Sec. 380.10  Stipulations.


    (a) At any time prior to the issuance of a complaint seeking a civil 
penalty under any of the Acts listed in Sec. 380.1, the Administrator, 
in his discretion, may enter into a stipulation with any person in 
which:
    (1) The Administrator or the Administrator's delegate gives notice 
of an apparent violation of the applicable Act, or the regulations 
issued thereunder, by such person and affords such person an opportunity 
for a hearing regarding the matter as provided by such Act;
    (2) Such person expressly waives hearing and agrees to pay a 
specified penalty within a designated time; and
    (3) The Administrator agrees to accept the specified penalty in 
settlement of the particular matter involved if the penalty is paid 
within the designated time.
    (b) If the specified penalty is not paid within the time designated 
in such a stipulation, the amount of the stipulated penalty shall not be 
relevant in any respect to the penalty which may be assessed after 
issuance of a complaint.

[48 FR 33468, July 22, 1983]

                        PARTS 381-399 [RESERVED]