# Inflation Adjustment References for Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations
> **Rule** · Direct final rule. · Published 2024-11-08 · Effective 2024-11-08 · 89 FR 88653
## Document
- **Document number:** 2024-25669
- **Category:** enforcement
- **Federal Register citation:** 89 FR 88653
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 51
- **Publication date:** 2024-11-08
- **Effective date:** 2024-11-08
- **EPA docket:** EPA-HQ-OECA-2024-0208
## Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to address outdated maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts by adding language that refers readers to the up-to-date maximum and minimum statutory civil monetary penalty amounts. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended through the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 requires the EPA to annually issue rules that adjust the statutory maximum and minimum civil penalty amounts under the various environmental laws implemented by the EPA to account for inflation. The EPA makes inflation adjustments for each of the outdated penalty amounts in a separate rule. This rule adds language notifying the reader that the penalty amount listed may not be accurate and refers the reader to the EPA's regulation to find the correct amounts.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/08/2024-25669/inflation-adjustment-references-for-civil-monetary-penalty-amounts-in-title-40-of-the-code-of)
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