---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 13.19"
title: "40"
number: "13.19"
heading: "Analysis of costs; automation; prevention of overpayments, delinquencies or defaults."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/13.19"
---

# §13.19. Analysis of costs; automation; prevention of overpayments, delinquencies or defaults.

- (a) The Administrator may periodically compare EPA's costs in handling debts with the amounts it collects,
- (b) The Administrator may periodically consider the need, feasibility, and cost effectiveness of automated debt collection operations.
- (c) The Administrator may establish internal controls to identify the causes of overpayments and delinquencies and may issue procedures to prevent future occurrences of the identified problems.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 5512, and 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711 et seq. and 3720A; 4 CFR parts 101-10.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 37270, Sept. 23, 1988, unless otherwise noted.