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title: "40 CFR §307.40"

source: "https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-307.40"

title_number: "40"

volume_number: "30"

chapter_number: "Unknown"

subchapter_code: "J"

subchapter_subject: "SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAMS"

part_code: "307"

part_subject: "COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) CLAIMS PROCEDURES"

subpart_code: "D"

subpart_subject: "Payments and Subrogation"

section_number: "307.40"

section_subject: "Payment of approved claims."

cfr_reference: "40 CFR 307.40"

title_name: "Title 40"

title_subject: "Protection of Environment"

parts_covered: "Parts 300 to 399"

revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"

publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"

contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"

publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"

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(a)Payment of claims will be made, as applicable, within:

(1)50 days of EPA's decision to make an award, if the claimant does not request an administrative hearing;

(2)50 days of an award by an administrative tribunal if no appeal of such award is taken; or

(3)20 days of the final judicial decision of any appeal taken.

(b)Payment of a claim shall not be seen as EPA's final acceptance of the claimant's response action. Final acceptance shall await EPA's determination that the response action was conducted in accordance with the terms and conditions of the PDD or the consent order or decree, as applicable.

§307.40 - Payment of approved claims.