[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: 40CFR1620.9]

[Page 947]
 
                   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.