[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: 10CFR15.51]

[Page 303]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 15--DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart D--Suspension or Termination of Collection Action
 
Sec. 15.51  When collection action may be suspended or terminated.


    The NRC may suspend or terminate collection action on a claim not in 
excess of the monetary limitation of $100,000 or such other amount as 
the Attorney General may direct, exclusive of interest, penalties, and 
administrative costs, after deducting the amount of partial payments or 
collections, if any of the debt has not been referred to the DOJ for 
litigation. If, after deducting the amount of any partial payments or 
collections, the principal amount of a debt exceeds $100,000, or such 
other amount as the Attorney General may direct, exclusive of interest, 
penalties, and administrative costs, the authority to suspend or 
terminate rests solely with the DOJ. If the NRC believes that suspension 
or termination of any debt in excess of $100,000 may be appropriate, the 
NRC shall refer the debt to the Civil Division or other appropriate 
litigating division in the DOJ, using the CCLR. The referral should 
specify the reasons for the NRC's recommendation. If, prior to referral 
to the DOJ, the NRC determines that a debt is plainly erroneous or 
clearly without legal merit, the NRC may terminate collection activity, 
regardless of the amount involved, without obtaining DOJ concurrence.

[67 FR 30323, May 6, 2002]