---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2554.46"
title: "45"
number: "2554.46"
heading: "How does the authority head dispose of an appeal?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2554.46"
---

# §2554.46. How does the authority head dispose of an appeal?

- (a) The authority head may affirm, reduce, reverse, compromise, remand, or settle any penalty or assessment imposed by the ALJ in the initial decision or reconsideration decision.
- (b) The authority head will promptly serve each party to the appeal and the ALJ with a copy of his or her decision. This decision must contain a statement describing the right of any person, against whom a penalty or assessment has been made, to seek judicial review.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 99-509, Secs. 6101-6104, 100 Stat. 1874 (31 U.S.C. 3801-3812); 42 U.S.C. 12651c-12651d.

### Source

Source: 72 FR 61912, Oct. 20, 2006, unless otherwise noted.