[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 31]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR1620.1]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

       CHAPTER VI--CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD

 

PART 1620_ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THE FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS 

ACT--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  1620.1  Purpose and scope of regulations.









Sec.

1620.1 Purpose and scope of regulations.

1620.2 Administrative claim; when presented.

1620.3 Administrative claim; who may file.

1620.4 Investigations.

1620.5 Administrative claim; evidence and information to be submitted.

1620.6 Authority to adjust, determine, compromise, and settle.

1620.7 Limitations on authority.

1620.8 Referral to Department of Justice.

1620.9 Final denial of claim.

1620.10 Action on approved claim.



    Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2672; 42 U.S.C. 7412(r)(6)(N); 28 CFR 14.11.



    Source: At 69 FR 55513, Sept. 15, 2004, unless otherwise noted.





    The regulations in this part apply only to administrative claims 

presented or filed with the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation 

Board



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(CSB), under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 

2401(b), 2671-2680, as amended, for money damages against the United 

States for damage to or loss of property, personal injury, death, or 

other damages caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of an 

officer or employee of CSB while acting within the scope of his or her 

office or employment, but only under circumstances where the United 

States, if a private person, would be liable to the claimant in 

accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred.