# Civil Penalty Adjustments
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule. · Published 2001-11-21 · 66 FR 58644
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-29029
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 58644
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 723
- **Publication date:** 2001-11-21
## Abstract

This rule adjusts the penalty amount of certain civil monetary penalties authorized by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The rule implements the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 which requires that civil monetary penalties be adjusted for inflation at least once every four years.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/11/21/01-29029/civil-penalty-adjustments)
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