10 CFR § 824.15 - Collection of civil penalties.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s824.15"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 824.15 - Collection of civil penalties."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "824.15"
section_name: "Collection of civil penalties."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
part_number: "824"
part_name: "PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES FOR CLASSIFIED INFORMATION SECURITY VIOLATIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 2201, 2282b, 7101  50 U.S.C. 2401  28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 3607, Jan. 26, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "824"
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# 824.15 Collection of civil penalties.

If any person fails to pay an assessment of a civil penalty after it has become a final order or after the appropriate District Court has entered final judgment for DOE under § 824.14, DOE shall institute an action to recover the amount of such penalty in an appropriate District Court of the United States.