[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: 40CFR1620.9]



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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.  1620.9  Final denial of claim.



    Final denial of an administrative claim must be in writing and sent 

to the claimant, his or her agent, attorney, or other legal 

representative by certified or registered mail. The notification of 

final denial may include a statement of the reasons for the denial. 

However, it must include a statement that, if the claimant is 

dissatisfied with the CSB action, he or she may file suit in an 

appropriate United States District Court not later than 6 months after 

the date of mailing of the notifications, along with the admonition that 

failure to file within this 6 month timeframe could result in the suit 

being time-barred by the controlling statute of limitations. In the 

event that a claimant does not hear from the CSB after 6 months have 

passed from the date that the claim was presented, a claimant should 

consider the claim denied and, if desired, should proceed with filing a 

civil action in the appropriate U.S. District Court.