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2024 Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments for Oil, Gas, and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf
The Ocean Energy Management Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on January 25, 2024. It took effect on January 25, 2024.
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What the agency says
This final rule implements the 2024 inflation adjustments to the maximum daily civil monetary penalties in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's (BOEM) regulations for violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA). These inflation adjustments are made pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Improvements Act) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum M-24-07. The 2024 adjustment multiplier of 1.03241 accounts for 1 year of inflation from October 2022 through October 2023.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-01412
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Interior Department; Ocean Energy Management Bureau
- Published
- January 25, 2024
- Takes effect
- January 25, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective on January 25, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket ID: BOEM-2024-0002
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1010-AE19
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 550; 30 CFR 553
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Continental shelf; Environmental impact statements; Environmental protection; Government contracts; Investigations; Mineral resources; Oil and gas exploration; Oil pollution; Penalties; Pipelines; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Rights-of-way; Sulfur; Surety bonds
- Pages
- 4
Other documents from the Ocean Energy Management Bureau
| Document | Type | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing; Corrections 2026-21346 | Final rule | Oct 19 |
| Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Revisions to the Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf 2026-15953 | Proposed rule | Aug 6 |
| Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations; Extension of Public Comment Period 2026-09208 · significant | Proposed rule | May 8 |
| Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations 2026-04517 · significant | Proposed rule | Mar 9 |
| Administrative Revisions to Regulations Related to Outer Continental Shelf Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur 2026-03690 | Proposed rule | Feb 24 |
| Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf 2025-22767 | Final rule | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Rescission of Expired 1-Year Grace Period for Data Extensions; Corrections 2025-18561 | Final rule | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Rescission of Expired 1-Year Grace Period for Data Extensions 2025-15325 | Final rule | Aug 12, 2025 |
Everything from the Ocean Energy Management Bureau · Rules on administrative practice and procedure · Rules on continental shelf · Rules on environmental impact statements · Published in January 2024
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