{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-13.26","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 13.26","heading":"Payment of compromised claims.","body":"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.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 13—CLAIMS COLLECTION STANDARDS","Subpart D—Compromise of Debts"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"ca6e1811b5cf1a988649a8fd5e3f7a4024c13c3bafc7990722afab4ba49e981f","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-13.25","next":"us/40-cfr-13.27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}