# Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments
> **US Department of Energy** · Interim final rule. · Published 2016-07-06 · Effective 2016-07-06 · 81 FR 43937
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-15947
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 43937
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 250
- **Publication date:** 2016-07-06
- **Effective date:** 2016-07-06
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM16-16-000
## Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is issuing an interim final rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules, and orders within the Commission's jurisdiction. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended most recently by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, requires the Commission to issue this interim final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/06/2016-15947/civil-monetary-penalty-inflation-adjustments)
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