[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 31]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR1620.1]

[Page 943-944]
 
                   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.