46 CFR § 204.7 - Delegation of authority.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s204.7"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 204.7 - Delegation of authority."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "204.7"
section_name: "Delegation of authority."
chapter_name: "MARITIME ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "POLICY, PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"
part_number: "204"
part_name: "CLAIMS AGAINST THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 2672; 28 CFR 14.11; 49 CFR 1.45(a)(2), (3), and (16)."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 25711, June 21, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "204"
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# 204.7 Delegation of authority.
(a) Subject to written approval of the Attorney General of the United States of any payment in excess of $100,000, the Chief Counsel of the Maritime Administration is authorized to approve the award, compromise, or settlement of any tort claim and to authorize payment of the claim.
(b) The Chief Counsel is authorized to deny any claim and to settle and authorize payment of any tort claim involving the Maritime Administration in an amount not exceeding $100,000.
[64 FR 54783, Oct. 8, 1999]