[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: 10CFR15.7]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 15--DEBT COLLECTION PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart A--Application and Coverage
 
Sec. 15.7  Monetary limitation on NRC's authority.

    The NRC's authority to compromise a claim, or to terminate or 
suspend collection action on a claim covered by these procedures, is 
limited by 31 U.S.C. 3711(a) to claims that--
    (a) Have not been referred to another Federal Agency for further 
collection actions; and
    (b) Do not exceed $100,000 (exclusive of interest, penalties, and 
administrative charges) or such higher amount as the Attorney General 
shall from time

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to time prescribe for purposes of compromise or suspension or 
termination of collection activity.

[47 FR 7616, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 55 FR 32378, Aug. 9, 1990; 67 
FR 30318, May 6, 2002]