Onshore Oil and Gas Operations and Coal Trespass-Annual Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments
oil-gas-leasing · Bureau of Land Management · Published 2021-06-09 · Effective 2021-06-09 · 86 FR 30548
Document
Document number
2021-12053
Federal Register citation
86 FR 30548
CFR reference
43 CFR 3160
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
oil-gas-leasing
Sub-agency
Bureau of Land Management
Publication date
2021-06-09
Effective date
2021-06-09
Interior docket
212.LLHQ310000.L13100000.PP0000
Abstract
This final rule adjusts the level of civil monetary penalties contained in the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations governing onshore oil and gas operations and coal trespass as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and consistent with applicable Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The oil and gas operations penalty adjustments made by this final rule constitute the 2021 annual inflation adjustments, accounting for 1 year of inflation spanning the period from October 2019 through October 2020. The coal trespass inflation adjustments in this rule include the initial "catch-up" adjustment for 2016, and the annual adjustments for years 2017 to 2021.