§ 513.12 Procedures applicable to the payment of awards.
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(a) A recipient of a whistleblower award is entitled to payment on the award only to the extent that a monetary sanction upon which the award is based is collected in the covered action.
(b) Payment of a whistleblower award for a monetary sanction collected in connection with a covered action shall be made within a reasonable time following the later of:
(1) The date on which the monetary sanction totaling over $1,000,000 is collected; or
(2) The completion of the appeals process for all award determination claims arising from the Administrator's Order relating to the covered action.
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