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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 September 12, 2025. It took effect on September 12, 2025.
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What the agency says
This final rule adjusts the maximum daily civil monetary penalty amount 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 1.02598 multiplier, accounts for 1 year of inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) from October 2023 to October 2024.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-17607
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Interior Department; Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau
- Published
- September 12, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 12, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective on September 12, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket ID: BSEE-2025-0001; EEEE500000-256E1700D2-ET1SF0000.EAQ000
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1014-AA62
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 30 CFR 250
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Continental shelf; Environmental impact statements; Environmental protection; Government contracts; Investigations; Oil and gas exploration; Penalties; Pipelines; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Sulfur
- Pages
- 3
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