[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 15CFR21.8]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 21--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFSET--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 21.8  Review within the Department of a determination of indebtedness.

    (a) Notification by debtor. A debtor who receives an initial demand 
for payment under the procedures, or a Notice of Intent (see 
Sec. 21.4(d)), has the right to request Department review of the 
determination of indebtedness. To exercises this right, the debtor must 
send a letter requesting review to the Departmental unit workout group 
individual identified in Sec. 21.4(b)(4). The letter must explain why 
the debtor seeks review and must be postmarked within 60 calendar days 
of the date of the first demand letter, (or 30 days from the Notice of 
Intent), or if a request has been made by the debtor to copy or have 
relevant records mailed, within the calendar-day time period provided in 
Sec. 21.7(b), above.
    (b) Department response. In response to a timely request for review 
of the initial determination of indebtedness,

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the Departmental unit head (or designee) will notify the debtor whether 
review will be by (1) oral hearing, or (2) by administrative review of 
the record. The notice to the debtor will include the procedures (see 
Sec. 21.11) used by Departmental officials for administrative review of 
the record, or will include information on the date, location and 
procedures to be used if review is by an oral hearing.