---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 305.20"
title: "40"
number: "305.20"
heading: "Request for a hearing; contents."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/305.20"
---

# §305.20. Request for a hearing; contents.

- (a) Within 30 days after receiving notice that the Claims Official has declined to pay all or part of a claim, the claimant may file a Request for a Hearing with the Review Officer. The Request for a Hearing shall contain:
  - (1) A statement of the authority for the Request for a Hearing;
  - (2) A concise statement of the reasons that the Requestor disputes the Claims Official's denial of all or part of the claim;
  - (3) A request for an administrative hearing concerning the Claims Official's total or partial denial of his claim pursuant to this part; and
  - (4) **A statement of amount that the Requestor demands to be awarded from the Fund.**
- (b) The Requestor must file with the Request for a Hearing two copies of:
  - (1) The Preauthorization Decision Document for the response work that is the subject of the claim;
  - (2) The claim filed with EPA pursuant to CERCLA section [111(a)(2)](/cfr/40/111.md?p=a-2) or [122(b)(1)](/cfr/40/122.md?p=b-1); and
  - (3) **The written notice from the Claims Official denying all or part of the claim.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.; E.O. 12580, 52 FR 2923, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp. p. 193.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 7706, Feb. 8, 1993, unless otherwise noted.