# Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalties
> **Bureau of Ocean Energy Management** · Final rule. · Published 1997-08-08 · Effective 1997-10-07 · 62 FR 42667
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-21032
- **Category:** offshore-energy
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 42667
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 250
- **Publication date:** 1997-08-08
- **Effective date:** 1997-10-07
## Abstract

This rule revises MMS regulations governing the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Civil Penalty Program. MMS is revising these regulations to clarify and simplify assessing and collecting OCS civil penalties. In addition, MMS is adjusting the maximum civil penalty per day per violation from $20,000 to $25,000 due to inflation.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/08/08/97-21032/outer-continental-shelf-civil-penalties)
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