---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 46.220"
title: "40"
number: "46.220"
heading: "Disputes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/46.220"
---

# §46.220. Disputes.

- (a) If you and the EPA award official or project officer have a disagreement, you should make reasonable efforts to resolve it at that level.
- (b) If you cannot reach agreement, an EPA disputes decision official will provide a written final decision. The EPA disputes decision official is the individual designated by the award official to resolve disputes concerning assistance agreements. The dispute procedures outlined at [2 CFR part 1500](/cfr/2/part1500.md) [subpart E](/cfr/40/subpartE.md), will apply.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 51433, Aug. 23, 2000, as amended at 79 FR 76063, Dec. 19, 2014]

### Source

Source: 65 FR 51433, Aug. 23, 2000, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: Section 103(b)(5) of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 7403(b)(5)); sections 104(b)(5) and (g)(3)(B) of the Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1254(b)(5) and (g)(3)(B)); section 1442 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 300j-1); section 8001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 6981); section 10 of the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. 2609); section 20 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 136r); sections 104(k)(7) and 311 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(7) and 42 U.S.C. 9660). 2 CFR part 200 and 2 CFR part 1500.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 16710, Apr. 4, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 51433, Aug. 23, 2000, as amended at 79 FR 76063, Dec. 19, 2014]