---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 15.55"
title: "10"
number: "15.55"
heading: "Reasons for terminating collection action."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/15.55"
---

# §15.55. Reasons for terminating collection action.


The NRC may terminate collection activity when:

- (a) The NRC is unable to collect any substantial amount through its own efforts or through the efforts of others;
- (b) The NRC is unable to locate the debtor;
- (c) Costs of collection are anticipated to exceed the amount recoverable,
- (d) The debt is legally without merit or enforcement of the debt is barred by any applicable statute of limitations;
- (e) The debt cannot be substantiated; or
- (f) **The debt against the debtor has been discharged in bankruptcy.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[67 FR 30323, 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

[67 FR 30323, May 6, 2002]