---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 13.28"
title: "40"
number: "13.28"
heading: "Execution of releases."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/13.28"
---

# §13.28. Execution of releases.


Upon receipt of full payment of a claim or the amount compromised, EPA will prepare and execute a release on behalf of the United States. The release will include a provision which voids the release if it was procured by fraud, misrepresentation, a false claim or by mutual mistake of fact.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 5512, and 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. and 3720A; 4 CFR parts 101-10.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 37270, Sept. 23, 1988, unless otherwise noted.