[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 9, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 9CFR99.10]

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                  TITLE 9--ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PRODUCTS
 
  CHAPTER I--ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 99--RULES OF PRACTICE GOVERNING PROCEEDINGS UNDER CERTAIN ACTS--Table of Contents
 
                Subpart B--Supplemental Rules of Practice
 
Sec. 99.10  Stipulations.


    (a) At any time prior to the issuance of a complaint seeking a civil 
penalty under any of the Acts listed in Sec. 99.1, 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 penalty in settlement of 
the particular matter involved if the penalty is paid within the 
designated time.
    (b) If the 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 30095, June 30, 1983. Redesignated and amended at 52 FR 29502, 
Aug. 10, 1987]

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