---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 1016.306"
title: "49"
number: "1016.306"
heading: "Settlement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/1016.306"
---

# §1016.306. Settlement.


The applicant and agency counsel may agree on a proposed settlement of the award before final action on the application, either in connection with a settlement of the underlying proceeding, or after the underlying proceeding has been concluded. If a prevailing party and agency counsel agree on a proposed settlement of an award before an application has been filed, the application shall be filed with the proposed settlement.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 504(c)(1), 49 U.S.C. 1321.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 61660, Dec. 18, 1981, unless otherwise noted.