Collections

This category includes guidance on EPA's procedures for collecting unpaid amounts (delinquent debts) that potentially responsible parties (PRPs) have agreed to pay under settlements, or that a court has ordered a PRP to pay.

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Amendment to the October 2, 2001 Memorandum entitled Compromise of, and Termination of Collection Activity on, Post-Settlement and Post-Judgment Superfund Debts - (11/25/02) Memo clarifies two issue addressed in the October 2001 Compromise Memo and includes model compromise letter https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/guidance-post-settlement-and-post-judgment-superfund-debts-collection-and-termination (PDF 239K)

Superfund Accounts Receivable: Collection Actions for Delinquent Accounts - (8/20/02) This guidance supersedes the Agency's interim guidance titled Delinquent Accounts Receivable: Interim Guidance on the Referral Process and Timing for Collection of Delinquent Debts Arising under Superfund Judicial or Administrative Settlements. https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/guidance-collection-actions-delinquent-superfund-accounts (PDF 1260 K)

CERCLA Future Response Costs: Settlement, Billing and Collection - (6/20/02) This memorandum addresses some of the most common issues that arise with the billing and collection of future response costs. https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/guidance-cercla-future-response-costs-settlement-billing-and-collection (PDF 189 K)

Compromise of, and Termination of Collection Activity on, Post-Settlement and Post-Judgment of Superfund Debts - (10/2/01) Memorandum discusses legal authority to compromise and terminate collection activity on debts arising out of Superfund settlement and judgments. https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/guidance-post-settlement-and-post-judgment-superfund-debts-collection-and-termination (PDF 324K)

Guidance on Exercising CERCLA Enforcement Discretion in Anticipation of Full Cost Accounting Consistent With the “Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards No. 4” - (6/2/00) This memorandum provides guidance to EPA personnel on how to exercise enforcement discretion as it relates to upcoming changes in EPA's indirect cost accounting methodology. https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2000/06/02/00-13845/guidance-on-exercising-cercla-enforcement-discretion-in-anticipation-of-full-cost-accounting

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