---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 20.502"
title: "33"
number: "20.502"
heading: "Settlements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/20.502"
---

# §20.502. Settlements.

- (a) The parties may submit a proposed settlement to the ALJ.
- (b) The proposed settlement must be in the form of a proposed decision, accompanied by a motion for its entry. The decision must recite the reasons that make it acceptable, and it must be signed by the parties or their representatives.
- (c) The proposed decision must contain—
  - (1) An admission of all jurisdictional facts;
  - (2) **An express waiver of—**
    - (i) Any further procedural steps before the ALJ; and
    - (ii) All rights to seek judicial review, or otherwise challenge or contest the validity, of the decision;
  - (3) A statement that the decision will have the same force and effect as would a decision made after a hearing; and
  - (4) **A statement that the decision resolves all matters needing to be adjudicated.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1321; 42 U.S.C. 9609; 46 U.S.C. 7701, 7702; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. 2(73).

### Source

Source: CGD 98-3472, 64 FR 28062, May 24, 1999, unless otherwise noted.