[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 6]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR400.131]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
     CHAPTER IV--FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                               AGRICULTURE
 
PART 400_GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart K_Debt Management_Regulations for the 1986 and Succeeding Crop 
                                  Years
 
Sec. 400.131  Request for a hearing and result if an employee fails to meet deadlines.

    (a) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, an employee 
must file a petition for hearing that is received by the FCIC Official 
not later than 30 calendar days from the date of the notice of intent to 
collect a debt by salary offset, if the employee wants a hearing 
concerning:
    (1) The existence or amount of the debt; or
    (2) The FCIC Official's proposed offset schedule, including the 
percentage of deduction.
    (b) The petition must be signed by the employee and should clearly 
identify and explain with reasonable specificity and brevity the facts, 
evidence and witnesses which the employee believes support the his or 
her position. If the employee objects to the percentage of disposable 
salary to be deducted from each check, the petition should state the 
objection and the reasons for it.
    (c) If the employee files a petition for hearing later than the 30 
days provided in paragraph (a) of this section, the FCIC Official may 
accept the petition if the employee is able to show that the delay 
caused by conditions beyond his or her control, or because the employee 
failed to received the notice of the filing deadline (unless the 
employee has actual notice of the deadline).
    (d) An employee will not be granted a hearing and will have his or 
her disposable salary offset in accordance with the FCIC Official's 
announced schedule if the employee:
    (1) Fails to file a petition for hearing as set forth in this 
subsection; or
    (2) Is scheduled to appear and fails to appear at the hearing.

[53 FR 4, Jan. 4, 1988, and 53 FR 10527, Apr. 1, 1988]