10 CFR § 1015.303 - Enforcement policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s1015.303"
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title: "10 CFR § 1015.303 - Enforcement policy."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "1015.303"
section_name: "Enforcement policy."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)"
part_number: "1015"
part_name: "COLLECTION OF CLAIMS OWED THE UNITED STATES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716, 3717, 3718, and 3720B; 42 U.S.C. 2201 and 7101,  50 U.S.C. 2401"
regulatory_source: "68 FR 48533, Aug. 14, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1015"
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# 1015.303 Enforcement policy.

Pursuant to this part, DOE may compromise statutory penalties, forfeitures, or claims established as an aid to enforcement and to compel compliance, if DOE's enforcement policy in terms of deterrence and securing compliance, present and future, will be adequately served by DOE's acceptance of the sum to be agreed upon.