---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 204.7"
title: "46"
number: "204.7"
heading: "Delegation of authority."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/204.7"
---

# §204.7. Delegation of authority.

- (a) Subject to written approval of the Attorney General of the United States of any payment in excess of $100,000, the Chief Counsel of the Maritime Administration is authorized to approve the award, compromise, or settlement of any tort claim and to authorize payment of the claim.
- (b) The Chief Counsel is authorized to deny any claim and to settle and authorize payment of any tort claim involving the Maritime Administration in an amount not exceeding $100,000.

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 54783, Oct. 8, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2672; 28 CFR 14.11; 49 CFR 1.45(a)(2), (3), and (16).

### Source

Source: 50 FR 25711, June 21, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 54783, Oct. 8, 1999]