# Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties
> **US Department of Energy** · Interim final rule. · Published 2016-06-28 · Effective 2016-07-28 · 81 FR 41790
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-15148
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 41790
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 207
- **Publication date:** 2016-06-28
- **Effective date:** 2016-07-28
## Abstract

The Department of Energy ("DOE") publishes this interim final rule to adjust DOE's civil monetary penalties ("CMPs") for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as "the Act"). This rule adjusts CMPs within the jurisdiction of DOE to the maximum amount required by the Act.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/06/28/2016-15148/inflation-adjustment-of-civil-monetary-penalties)
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