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Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustment
The Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on March 14, 2024. It took effect on March 14, 2024.
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What the agency says
This final rule adjusts the level of the maximum daily civil monetary penalty contained in the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) regulations for violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The civil penalty inflation adjustment, using a 1.03241 multiplier, accounts for one year of inflation based on the Consumer Price Index spanning from October 2022 to October 2023.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-05451
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Interior Department; Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau
- Published
- March 14, 2024
- Takes effect
- March 14, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective on March 14, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket ID: BSEE-2024-0001; EEEE500000 245E1700D2 ET1SF0000.EAQ000
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1014-AA61
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 250
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Environmental impact statements; Environmental protection; Government contracts; Investigations; Oil and gas exploration; Penalties; Pipelines; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sulfur
- Pages
- 4
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