[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR21.5]

[Page 199]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 21--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 21.5  Exceptions to notification requirements.

    (a) In cases where the notice specified in Sec. 21.4 has previously 
been provided to the debtor in connection with the same debt under some 
other proceeding, such as a final audit resolution determination, the 
Department is not required to duplicate those requirements before 
effecting administrative offset.
    (b) If the time before payment is to be made to the debtor does not 
reasonably permit the completion of the procedures specified in 
Sec. 21.4, and failure to take offset would substantially prejudice the 
Government's ability to collect the debt, then administrative offset 
action will be taken without notification. The offset will be promptly 
followed by the completion of the procedures specified in Sec. 21.4 
(also see Sec. 21.10(c)).