# Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Interim final rule. · Published 2016-07-08 · Effective 2016-08-01 · 81 FR 44535
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-16190
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 44535
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 723
- **Publication date:** 2016-07-08
- **Effective date:** 2016-08-01
- **Interior docket:** Docket ID: OSM-2016-0008
## Abstract

Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, this rule adjusts the level of civil monetary penalties assessed under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/07/08/2016-16190/civil-penalties-inflation-adjustments)
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