40 CFR § 14.5 - Who may file a claim.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s14.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 14.5 - Who may file a claim."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "14.5"
section_name: "Who may file a claim."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "14"
part_name: "EMPLOYEE PERSONAL PROPERTY CLAIMS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721)."
regulatory_source: "51 FR 24146, July 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "14"
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# 14.5 Who may file a claim.

A claim may be filed by an employee or by his/her authorized agent or legal representative. If a claim is otherwise allowable under this part, a claim can be filed by a surviving spouse, child, parent, brother or sister of a deceased employee.