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20 CFR 30.514: If OWCP finds that the recipient of an overpayment was not at fault, what criteria are used to decide whether to waive recovery of it?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 20—Employees' Benefits
- CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
- SUBCHAPTER C—ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000
- PART 30—CLAIMS FOR COMPENSATION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000, AS AMENDED
- Subpart F—Survivors; Payments and Offsets; Overpayments
If OWCP finds that the recipient of an overpayment was not at fault, repayment will still be required unless:
(a) Adjustment or recovery of the overpayment would defeat the purpose of the Act (see § 30.516); or
(b) Adjustment or recovery of the overpayment would be against equity and good conscience (see § 30.517).
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