40 CFR § 13.26 - Payment of compromised claims.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s13.26"
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title: "40 CFR § 13.26 - Payment of compromised claims."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "13.26"
section_name: "Payment of compromised claims."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "13"
part_name: "CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 552a, 5512, and 5514; 31 U.S.C. 3711  and 3720A; 4 CFR parts 101-10."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 37270, Sept. 23, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
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# 13.26 Payment of compromised claims.

The Administrator normally will not approve a debtor's request to pay a compromised claim in installments. However, where the Administrator determines that payment of a compromise by installments is necessary to effect collection, a debtor's request to pay in installments may be approved. Normally, where installment repayment is approved, the debtor will be required to execute a confess-judgment agreement which accelerates payment of the balance due upon default.