# Implementation of the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996
> **Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement** · Final rule. · Published 1997-11-28 · 62 FR 63274
## Document
- **Document number:** 97-31267
- **Category:** mining
- **Sub-agency:** Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- **Federal Register citation:** 62 FR 63274
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 723
- **Publication date:** 1997-11-28
## Abstract

This rule implements the Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, by adjusting for inflation, certain civil money penalties authorized by the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/11/28/97-31267/implementation-of-the-debt-collection-improvement-act-of-1996)
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