[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR13.13]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
               CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
 
PART 13_CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart B_Collection
 
Sec. 13.13  Contracting for collection services.

    EPA will use private collection services where it determines that 
their use is in the best interest of the Government. Where EPA 
determines that there is a need to contract for collection services it 
will--
    (a) Retain sole authority to resolve any dispute by the debtor of 
the validity of the debt, to compromise the debt, to suspend or 
terminate collection action, to refer the debt to DOJ for litigation, 
and to take any other action under this part which does not result in 
full collection of the debt;
    (b) Require the contractor to comply with the Privacy Act of 1974, 
as amended, to the extent specified in 5 U.S.C. 552a(m), with applicable 
Federal and State laws pertaining to debt collection practices (e.g., 
the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.)), and 
with applicable regulations of the Internal Revenue Service;
    (c) Require the contractor to account accurately and fully for all 
amounts collected; and
    (d) Require the contractor to provide to EPA, upon request, all data 
and reports contained in its files relating to its collection actions on 
a debt.