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Inflation Adjustment References for Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
The Environmental Protection Agency published this final rule in the Federal Register on November 8, 2024. It took effect on November 8, 2024. Comments closed on December 9, 2024.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to address outdated maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts by adding language that refers readers to the up-to-date maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended through the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 requires the EPA to annually issue rules that adjust the statutory maximum and minimum civil penalty amounts under the various environmental laws implemented by the EPA to account for inflation. The EPA makes inflation adjustments for each of the outdated penalty amounts in a separate rule. This rule adds language notifying the reader that the penalty amount listed may not be accurate and refers the reader to the EPA's regulation to find the correct amounts.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-25669
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule
- Agency
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Published
- November 8, 2024
- Takes effect
- November 8, 2024
- Comments due
- December 9, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective on November 8, 2024, without further notice, unless the EPA receives adverse comment by December 9, 2024. If the EPA receives adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect.
- Docket
- EPA-HQ-OECA-2024-0208; FRL 11265-02-OECA
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2020-AA55
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 40 CFR 51; 40 CFR 79; 40 CFR 80; 40 CFR 85; 40 CFR 122; 40 CFR 300; 40 CFR 372; 40 CFR 501; 40 CFR 704; 40 CFR 745; 40 CFR 763; 40 CFR 790; 40 CFR 1036; 40 CFR 1037
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Air pollution control; Asbestos; Biobased products; Carbon oxides; Chemicals; Child welfare; Confidential business information; Diesel Fuel; Environmental protection; Fees; Fuel additives; Gasoline; Greenhouse gases; Hazardous substances; Hazardous waste; Housing; Imports; Indians-lands; Intergovernmental relations; Labeling; Lead; Lead poisoning; Motor vehicle pollution; Natural resources; Nitrogen oxides; Occupational safety and health; Oil imports; Oil pollution; Ozone; Penalties; Petroleum; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Research; Schools; Sewage disposal; Sulfur oxides; Superfund; Transportation; Volatile organic compounds; Warranties; Water pollution control; Water supply
- Pages
- 4
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