Regulations last checked for updates: Apr 12, 2025

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 12, 2025
§ 1515.38 - What will CEQ do if I do not promptly pay the fee?

If you do not pay a fee within 30 calendar days of the date of the bill:

(a) CEQ may charge interest, at the rate provided for in 31 U.S.C. 3717,from; and

(b) CEQ will follow the provisions of the Debt Collection Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97-365, 96 Stat. 1749), as amended, including its administrative procedures, which provide for the use of consumer reporting agencies, collection agencies, and offset.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; E.O. 13392, 70 FR 75373, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 216; Pres. Mem., 74 FR 4685, 3 CFR, 2009 Comp., p. 338
source: 75 FR 48590, Aug. 11, 2010, as amended at 90 FR 6832, Jan. 21, 2025, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 1515.38