40 CFR § 66.53 - Decisions on petitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s66.53"
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title: "40 CFR § 66.53 - Decisions on petitions."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "66.53"
section_name: "Decisions on petitions."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "66"
part_name: "ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF NONCOMPLIANCE PENALTIES BY EPA"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 120, Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7420."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 50110, July 28, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "66"
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# 66.53 Decisions on petitions.

Within thirty days after receiving a petition for reconsideration under § 66.52 the Administrator shall:

(a) Accept the penalty calculation of the owner or operator to the extent the Administrator concludes it is correct; or

(b) Grant a hearing to the extent he does not conclude that the petition is correct.

[45 FR 50110, July 20, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 36734, Sept. 9, 1985]