[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: 10CFR15.20]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 15--DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--Administrative Collection of Claims
 
Sec. 15.20  Aggressive agency collection activity.


    (a) The NRC shall take aggressive action to collect all debts. These 
collection activities will be undertaken promptly and follow-up action 
will be taken as appropriate. These regulations do not require the 
Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury (Treasury), or any 
other Treasury-designated collection center to duplicate collection 
activities previously undertaken by NRC.
    (b) Debt referred or transferred to Treasury or to a Treasury-
designated debt collection center under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 
3711(g) must be serviced, collected, or compromised, or the collection 
action will be suspended or terminated, in accordance with the statutory 
requirements and authorities applicable to the collection of the debts.
    (c) The NRC shall cooperate with other agencies in their debt 
collection activities.
    (d) The NRC will consider referring debts that are less than 180 
days delinquent to Treasury or to a Treasury-designated debt collection 
center to accomplish efficient, cost-effective debt collection. 
Referrals to debt collection centers are at the discretion of, and for a 
time period acceptable to, Treasury.
    (e) The NRC shall transfer any debt that has been delinquent for 180 
days or more to Treasury so that it may take appropriate action to 
collect the debt or terminate collection actions. This requirement does 
not apply to any debt that--
    (1) Is in litigation or foreclosure;
    (2) Will be disposed of under an approved asset sale program;
    (3) Has been referred to a private collection contractor for a 
period of time acceptable to Treasury;
    (4) Is at a debt collection center for a period of time acceptable 
to Treasury;
    (5) Will be collected under internal offset procedures within 3 
years after the date the debt first became delinquent; or
    (6) Is exempt from this requirement based on a determination by 
Treasury that exemption for a certain class of

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debt is in the best interest of the United States.
    (f) Agencies operating Treasury-designated debt collection centers 
are authorized to charge a fee for services rendered regarding referred 
or transferred debts. The fee may be paid out of amounts collected and 
may be added to the debt as an administrative cost.

[67 FR 30319, May 6, 2002]