# Civil Monetary Penalties-2026 Adjustment
> **Surface Transportation Board** · Final rule. · Published 2026-01-14 · Effective 2026-01-14 · 91 FR 1447
## Document
- **Document number:** 2026-00535
- **Category:** rail-rate
- **Sub-agency:** Surface Transportation Board
- **Federal Register citation:** 91 FR 1447
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 1022
- **Publication date:** 2026-01-14
- **Effective date:** 2026-01-14
- **DOT docket:** Docket No. EP 716 (Sub-No. 11)
## Abstract

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is issuing a final rule to implement the annual inflationary adjustment to its civil monetary penalties, pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/14/2026-00535/civil-monetary-penalties-2026-adjustment)
---
*AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*