Civil Penalties; 2020 Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties
other · US Department of the Interior · Published 2020-02-24 · Effective 2020-02-24 · 85 FR 10310
Document
Document number
2020-03232
Federal Register citation
85 FR 10310
CFR reference
50 CFR 11
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of the Interior
Publication date
2020-02-24
Effective date
2020-02-24
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-HQ-LE-2019-0114
Abstract
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) is issuing this final rule, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, to adjust for inflation the statutory civil monetary penalties that may be assessed for violations of Service-administered statutes and their implementing regulations. We are required to adjust civil monetary penalties annually for inflation according to a formula specified in the Inflation Adjustment Act. This rule replaces the previously issued amounts with the updated amounts after using the 2020 inflation adjustment multiplier provided in the OMB guidance.