# Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment of 2015
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Interim final rule. · Published 2016-06-27 · Effective 2016-08-01 · 81 FR 41453
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-14973
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 41453
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 386
- **Publication date:** 2016-06-27
- **Effective date:** 2016-08-01
- **DOT docket:** Docket Number: FMCSA-2016-0128
## Abstract

FMCSA amends the civil penalties listed in its regulations to ensure that the civil penalties assessed or enforced by the Agency reflect the statutorily mandated ranges as adjusted for inflation. Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), FMCSA is required to promulgate a catch-up adjustment through an interim final rule. Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, FMCSA finds that good cause exists for immediate implementation of this interim final rule because prior notice and comment are unnecessary, per the specific provisions of the 2015 Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/27/2016-14973/federal-civil-penalties-inflation-adjustment-of-2015)
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