Civil Monetary Penalty Rates Inflation Adjustments for Calendar Year 2017 and Initial “Catch-Up” Adjustments
other · US Department of the Interior · Published 2017-04-24 · Effective 2017-04-24 · 82 FR 18858
Document
Document number
2017-08225
Federal Register citation
82 FR 18858
CFR reference
30 CFR 1241
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of the Interior
Publication date
2017-04-24
Effective date
2017-04-24
Interior docket
Docket No. ONRR-2016-0002
Abstract
In accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (Act), as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act) and recent Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) is publishing this final rule to adjust our maximum civil monetary penalty (CMP) rates for calendar year 2017. This final rule also adopts as final a 2016 interim final rule that adjusted the amount of our civil monetary penalties for inflation with initial "catch-up" adjustments under the 2015 Act.