---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 66.53"
title: "40"
number: "66.53"
heading: "Decisions on petitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/66.53"
---

# §66.53. Decisions on petitions.


Within thirty days after receiving a petition for reconsideration under [§ 66.52](/cfr/40/66.52.md) the Administrator shall:

- (a) Accept the penalty calculation of the owner or operator to the extent the Administrator concludes it is correct; or
- (b) **Grant a hearing to the extent he does not conclude that the petition is correct.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 50110, July 20, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 36734, Sept. 9, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 120, Clean Air Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 7420.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 50110, July 28, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 50110, July 20, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 36734, Sept. 9, 1985]