---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 15.1"
title: "10"
number: "15.1"
heading: "Application."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/15.1"
---

# §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](/usc/5/5584.md) are covered by the provisions of [10 CFR part 16](/cfr/10/part16.md).
  - (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](/cfr/10/2.205.md).
  - (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.

## Notes

### Amendments

[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]

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 161, 186 (42 U.S.C. 2201, 2236); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, sec. 201 (42 U.S.C. 5841); 5 U.S.C. 5514; 26 U.S.C. 6402; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3713, 3716, 3719, 3720A; 42 U.S.C. 664; 44 U.S.C. 3504 note; 31 CFR parts 900 through 904; 31 CFR part 285; E.O. 12146, 44 FR 42657, 3 CFR, 1979 Comp., p. 409; E.O. 12988, 61 FR 4729, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 157.

### Source

Source: 47 FR 7616, Feb. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[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]