---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 906.18"
title: "15"
number: "906.18"
heading: "Final decision of the Department."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/906.18"
---

# §906.18. Final decision of the Department.

- (a) The Regional Administrator's written decision to adopt, reverse, or modify an NAO decision or revised decision pursuant to [§ 906.17(c)](/cfr/15/906.17.md?p=c) is the final decision of the Department for the purposes of judicial review.
- (b) If the Regional Administrator does not take action pursuant to [§ 906.17(c)(1)](/cfr/15/906.17.md?p=c-1), NAO's decision issued pursuant to [§ 906.15(a)](/cfr/15/906.15.md?p=a) or revised decision issued pursuant to § [906.16(d)(2)](/cfr/15/906.16.md?p=d-2) or [(e)](/cfr/15/906.16.md?p=d-e) becomes the final decision of the Department for the purposes of judicial review 30 days after service of NAO's notification under [§ 906.17(a)](/cfr/15/906.17.md?p=a), or upon expiration of any stay issued by the Regional Administrator pursuant to [§ 906.17(c)(2)](/cfr/15/906.17.md?p=c-2).
- (c) The office that issued the initial administrative determination shall implement the final decision of the Department within 30 days of service of the final decision issued pursuant to [§ 906.18(a)](#a), or within 30 days of the decision becoming final pursuant to [§ 906.18(b)](#b), to the extent practicable.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 1374, 1375 and 1416; 16 U.S.C. 1540; 16 U.S.C. 773f; 16 U.S.C. 973f; 16 U.S.C. 1174; 16 U.S.C. 2437; 16 U.S.C. 4013; 16 U.S.C. 5507; 16 U.S.C. 7009; 16 U.S.C. 3637; 16 U.S.C. 5103 and 5106; 16 U.S.C. 5154 and 5158; 16 U.S.C. 6905, and; 16 U.S.C. 5010.

### Source

Source: 79 FR 7060, Feb. 6, 2014, unless otherwise noted.