[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR15.7]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 15--DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A--Application and Coverage
 
Sec. 15.7  Monetary limitation on NRC's authority.

    The NRC's authority to compromise a claim, or to terminate or 
suspend collection action on a claim covered by these procedures, is 
limited by 31 U.S.C. 3711(a) to claims that--
    (a) Have not been referred to another Federal Agency, including the 
GAO, for further collection action; and
    (b) Do not exceed $20,000, exclusive of interest, penalties, and 
administrative costs (the monetary limitation).

[47 FR 7616, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 32378, Aug. 9, 1990]