fmvss · National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · Published 2012-11-27 · Effective 2012-12-27 · 77 FR 70710
Document
Document number
2012-28694
Federal Register citation
77 FR 70710
CFR reference
49 CFR 578
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
fmvss
Sub-agency
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication date
2012-11-27
Effective date
2012-12-27
DOT docket
Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0131
Abstract
This document increases the maximum civil penalty amounts for violations of motor vehicle safety requirements for the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, as amended, and violations of bumper standards and consumer information provisions. Specifically, this increases the maximum civil penalty amounts for single violations of motor vehicle safety requirements, a series of related violations of school bus and equipment safety requirements, a series of related violations of bumper standards, and a series of related violations of consumer information regarding crashworthiness and damage susceptibility requirements. This action is taken pursuant to the Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, which requires us to review and, as warranted, adjust penalties based on inflation at least every four years.