[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 1] [Revised as of July 1, 2004] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR14.1] [Page 199-200] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PART 14_EMPLOYEE PERSONAL PROPERTY CLAIMS--Table of Contents Sec. 14.1 Scope and purpose. Sec. 14.1 Scope and purpose. 14.2 Definitions. 14.3 Incident to service. 14.4 Reasonable and proper. [[Page 200]] 14.5 Who may file a claim. 14.6 Time limits for filing a claim. 14.7 Where to file a claim. 14.8 Investigation of claims. 14.9 Approval and payment of claims. 14.10 Procedures for reconsideration. 14.11 Principal types of allowable claims. 14.12 Principal types of unallowable claims. 14.13 Items fraudulently claimed. 14.14 Computation of award. Authority: Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721). Source: 51 FR 24146, July 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted. This part prescribes regulations for the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964 (the Act), 31 U.S.C. 3721. The Act allows the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to settle and pay claims of EPA employees for damage to or loss of their personal property which was incident to service. A claim under the Act is allowed only where the claim is substantiated and the Administrator determines that possession of the property was reasonable or proper under the circumstances existing at the time and place of the loss and no part of the loss was caused by any negligent or wrongful act or omission of the employee or his/her agent.