[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR10.5]

[Page 185]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 10_ADMINISTRATIVE CLAIMS UNDER FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Procedures
 
Sec. 10.5  Investigation, examination, and determination of claims.

    The EPA Claims Officer adjusts, determines, compromises and settles 
all administrative tort claims filed with EPA. In carrying out these 
functions, the EPA Claims Officer makes such investigations as are 
necessary for a determination of the validity of the claim. The decision 
of the EPA Claims Officer is a final agency decision of purposes of 28 
U.S.C. 2675.

[51 FR 25832, July 16, 1986]