Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf-Civil Penalty Inflation Adjustment

This final rule adjusts the level of the maximum daily civil monetary penalty contained in the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) regulations for violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (FCPIA of 2015) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The civil penalty inflation adjustment, using a 1.07745 multiplier, accounts for one year of inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) spanning from October 2021 to October 2022.