---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 71.52"
title: "28"
number: "71.52"
heading: "Approval of Agency requests to initiate a proceeding."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/71.52"
---

# §71.52. Approval of Agency requests to initiate a proceeding.

- (a) The Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division is authorized to act on notices by an agency submitted to the Department of Justice pursuant to [31 U.S.C. 3803(a)(2)](/usc/31/3803.md?p=a-2) and, pursuant to the provisions of [section 3803(b)](/cfr/28/3803.md?p=b), to approve or disapprove the referral to an agency's presiding officer of the allegations of liability stated in such notice.
- (b) The Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division may
  - (1) Require additional information prior to acting as set forth above, in which case the 90 day period shall be extended by the time necessary to obtain such additional information; and
  - (2) Impose limitations and conditions upon such approval or disapproval as may be warranted in his or her judgment.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321.

### Source

Source: Order No. 1268-88, 53 FR 11646, Apr. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted.