---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 14.9"
title: "40"
number: "14.9"
heading: "Approval and payment of claims."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/14.9"
---

# §14.9. Approval and payment of claims.

- (a) **EPA's approval and payment of a claim is limited by the Act to $25,000.** The EPA Claims Officer considers, adjusts, determines, compromises and settles all claims filed under this part. The decision of the EPA Claims Officer is final unless reconsideration under [§ 14.10](/cfr/40/14.10.md) is granted.
- (b) The EPA Claims Officer will approve and pay claims filed for a deceased employee by persons specified in [§ 14.5](/cfr/40/14.5.md) in the following order:
  - (1) **The spouse's claim.**
  - (2) **A child's claim.**
  - (3) **A parent's claim.**
  - (4) **A brother's or sister's claim.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Military Personnel and Civilian Employees' Claims Act of 1964, as amended (31 U.S.C. 3721).

### Source

Source: 51 FR 24146, July 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.