1177.8—Administrative offset.
(2)
Efforts to obtain direct payment have been, or would most likely be unsuccessful, or the Endowment and the debtor agree to the offset;
(b)
The Endowment may offset a debt owed to another Federal agency from amounts due or payable by the Endowment to the debtor or request another Federal agency to offset a debt owed to the Endowment;
(c)
Prior to initiating administrative offset, the National Endowment for the Humanities will send the debtor written notice of the following:
(1)
The nature and amount of the debt and the agency's intention to collect the debt by offset 30 days from the date the notice was mailed if neither payment nor a satisfactory response is received by that date;
(2)
The debtor's right to an opportunity to submit a good faith alternative repayment schedule to inspect and copy agency records pertaining to the debt, to request a review of the determination of indebtedness; and to enter into a written agreement to repay the debt and;
(d)
The National Endowment for the Humanities may effect an administrative offset against a payment to be made to a debtor prior to the completion of the procedures required by paragraph (c) of this section if:
(1)
Failure to offset would substantially prejudice the Government's ability to collect the debt and
(2)
The time before the payment is to be made does not reasonably permit completion of those procedures.