# Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2014-01-02 · Effective 2014-02-03 · 79 FR 16
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-31326
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 79 FR 16
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 218
- **Publication date:** 2014-01-02
- **Effective date:** 2014-02-03
## Abstract

The Department of Energy ("DOE") today publishes this final rule to adjust DOE's civil monetary penalties ("CMPs") for inflation as mandated by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. This rule adjusts CMPs within the jurisdiction of DOE to the maximum extent allowed by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/01/02/2013-31326/inflation-adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties)
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