[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR15.1]

[Page 291]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 15--DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A--Application and Coverage
 
Sec. 15.1  Application.


    (a) This part applies to claims for the payment of debts owed to the 
United States Government in the form of money or property and; unless a 
different procedure is specified in a statute, regulation, or contract; 
prescribes procedures by which the NRC--
    (1) Collects, compromises, suspends, offsets, and terminates 
collection action for claims;
    (2) Determines and collects interest and other charges on these 
claims; and
    (3) Refers unpaid claims over 180 days delinquent to Treasury for 
offset and collection and to the DOJ for litigation.
    (b) The following are examples of kinds of debts to which special 
statutory and administrative procedures apply:
    (1) A claim against an employee for erroneous payment of pay and 
allowances subject to waiver under 5 U.S.C. 5584 are covered by the 
provisions of 10 CFR part 16.
    (2) A claim against an applicant for, or a holder or former holder 
of, an NRC license involving the payment of civil penalties imposed by 
the NRC under 10 CFR 2.205.
    (3) A claim involved in a case pending before any Federal Contract 
Appeals Board or Grant Appeals Board. However, nothing in this part 
prevents negotiation and settlement of a claim pending before a Board.
    (c) The NRC is not limited to collection remedies contained in the 
revised Federal Claims Collection Standards (FCCS). The FCCS is not 
intended to impair common law remedies.

[47 FR 7616, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 32377, Aug. 9, 1990; 56 
FR 51830, Oct. 16, 1991; 67 FR 30318, May 6, 2002]