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NEGATIVE DECLARATIONS FOR THE 2008 OZONE NAAQS 

CTG document No. Title 

EPA–450/2–77–008 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume II: Surface Coating of 

Cans, Coils, Paper, Fabrics, Automobiles, and Light-Duty Trucks. 

EPA–450/2–77–022 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Solvent Metal Cleaning. 

EPA–450/2–77–025 ......................... Control of Refinery Vacuum Producing Systems, Wastewater Separators, and Process Unit Turnarounds. 

EPA–450/2–77–026 ......................... Control of Hydrocarbons from Tank Truck Gasoline Loading Terminals. 

EPA–450/2–77–032 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume III: Surface Coating of 

Metal Furniture. 

EPA–450/2–77–033 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume IV: Surface Coating of 

Insulation of Magnet Wire. 

EPA–450/2–77–034 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume V: Surface Coating of 

Large Appliances. 

EPA–450/2–77–036 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Storage of Petroleum Liquids in Fixed-Roof Tanks. 

EPA–450/2–78–015 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume VI: Surface Coating of 

Miscellaneous Metal Parts and Products. 

EPA–450/2–78–029 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Manufacture of Synthesized Pharmaceutical Products. 

EPA–450/2–78–030 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Manufacture of Pneumatic Rubber Tires. 

EPA–450/2–78–032 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume VII: Factory Surface 

Coating of Flat Wood Paneling. 

EPA–450/2–78–033 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Existing Stationary Sources—Volume VIII: Graphic Arts-Rotogravure and Flexography. 

EPA–450/2–78–036 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Petroleum Refinery Equipment. 

EPA–450/2–78–047 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Emissions from Petroleum Liquid Storage in External Floating Roof Tanks. 

EPA–450/3–82–009 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Large Petroleum Dry Cleaners. 

EPA–450/3–83–006 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Compound Leaks from Synthetic Organic Chemical Polymer and Resin Manufacturing Equipment. 

EPA–450/3–83–007 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Compound Equipment Leaks from Natural Gas/Gasoline Processing Plants. 

EPA–450/3–83–008 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Manufacture of High-Density Polyethylene, Polypropylene, and Polystyrene Resins. 

EPA–450/3–84–015 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Air Oxidation Processes in Synthetic Organic 

Chemical Manufacturing Industry. 

EPA–450/4–91–031 ......................... Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Reactor Processes and Distillation Operations in 

Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry. 

EPA–453/R–96–007 ........................ Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Wood Furniture Manufacturing Operations. 

EPA–453/R–94–032 61 FR 44050; 

8/27/96 

Alternative Control Technology Document—Surface Coating Operations at Shipbuilding and Ship Repair 

Facilities Control Techniques Guidelines for Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Operations (Surface Coating). 

EPA–453/R–97–004 59 FR 29216; 

6/6/94.

Aerospace MACT and Aerospace (CTG & MACT). 

EPA–453/R–06–001 ........................ Control Techniques Guidelines for Industrial Cleaning Solvents. 

EPA–453/R–06–002 ........................ Control Techniques Guidelines for Offset Lithographic Printing and Letterpress Printing. 

EPA–453/R–06–003 ........................ Control Techniques Guidelines for Flexible Package Printing. 

EPA–453/R–06–004 ........................ Control Techniques Guidelines for Flat Wood Paneling Coatings 

EPA 453/R–07–003 ......................... Control Techniques Guidelines for Paper, Film, and Foil Coatings. 

EPA 453/R–07–004 ......................... Control Techniques Guidelines for Large Appliance Coatings. 

EPA 453/R–07–005 ......................... Control Techniques Guidelines for Metal Furniture Coatings. 

EPA 453/R–08–003 ......................... Control Techniques Guidelines for Miscellaneous Metal and Plastic Parts Coatings. 

EPA 453/R–08–004 ......................... Control Techniques Guidelines for Fiberglass Boat Manufacturing Materials. 

EPA 453/R–08–005 ......................... Control Techniques Guidelines for Miscellaneous Industrial Adhesives. 

EPA 453/R–08–006 ......................... Control Techniques Guidelines for Automobile and Light-Duty Truck Assembly Coatings. 

EPA 453/B16–001 ........................... Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas Industry. 

Major non-CTG VOC sources. 

Major non-CTG NOX sources. 

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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD 

49 CFR 1022 

[Docket No. EP 716 (Sub-No. 4)] 

Civil Monetary Penalties—2019 

Adjustment 

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation 

Board (Board) is issuing a final rule to 

implement the annual inflationary 

adjustment to its civil monetary 

penalties, pursuant to the Federal Civil 

Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015. 

DATES: This final rule is effective on 

December 31, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathon Binet: (202) 245–0368. Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the 

hearing impaired: (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 

2015 (2015 Act), enacted as part of the 

Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Public 

Law 114–74, 701, 129 Stat. 584, 599– 

601, requires agencies to adjust their 

civil penalties for inflation annually, 

beginning on July 1, 2016, and no later 

than January 15 of every year thereafter. 

In accordance with the 2015 Act, annual 

inflation adjustments are to be based on 

the percent change between the 

Consumer Price Index for all Urban 

Consumers (CPI–U) for October of the 


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1The Board also has various criminal penalty 

authority, enforceable in a federal criminal court. 

Congress has not, however, authorized federal 

agencies to adjust statutorily prescribed criminal 

penalty provisions for inflation, and this rule does 

not address those provisions. 

previous year and the October CPI–U of 

the year before that. Penalty level 

adjustments should be rounded to the 

nearest dollar. 

II. Discussion 

The statutory definition of civil 

monetary penalty covers various civil 

penalty provisions under the Rail (Part 

A); Motor Carriers, Water Carriers, 

Brokers, and Freight Forwarders (Part 

B); and Pipeline Carriers (Part C) 

provisions of the Interstate Commerce 

Act, as amended. The Board’s civil (and 

criminal) penalty authority related to 

rail transportation appears at 49 U.S.C. 

11901–11908. The Board’s penalty 

authority related to motor carriers, water 

carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders 

appears at 49 U.S.C. 14901–14916. The 

Board’s penalty authority related to 

pipeline carriers appears at 49 U.S.C. 

16101–16106.1 The Board has 

regulations at 49 CFR pt. 1022 that 

codify the method set forth in the 2015 

Act for annually adjusting for inflation 

the civil monetary penalties within the 

Board’s jurisdiction. 

As set forth in this final rule, the 

Board is amending 49 CFR pt. 1022 to 

make an annual inflation adjustment to 

the civil monetary penalties in 

conformance with the requirements of 

the 2015 Act. The adjusted penalties set 

forth in the rule will apply only to 

violations that occur after the effective 

date of this regulation. 

In accordance with the 2015 Act, the 

annual adjustment adopted here is 

calculated by multiplying each current 

penalty by the cost-of-living adjustment 

factor of 1.02522, which reflects the 

percentage change between the October 

2018 CPI–U (252.885) and the October 

2017 CPI–U (246.663). The table at the 

end of this decision shows the statutory 

citation for each civil penalty, a 

description of the provision, the 

adjusted statutory civil penalty level for 

2018, and the adjusted statutory civil 

penalty level for 2019. 

III. Final Rule 

The final rule set forth at the end of 

this decision is being issued without 

notice and comment pursuant to the 

rulemaking provision of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B), which does not require 

that process ‘‘when the agency for good 

cause finds’’ that public notice and 

comment are ‘‘unnecessary.’’ Here, 

Congress has mandated that the agency 

make an annual inflation adjustment to 

its civil monetary penalties. The Board 

has no discretion to set alternative 

levels of adjusted civil monetary 

penalties, because the amount of the 

inflation adjustment must be calculated 

in accordance with the statutory 

formula. Given the absence of 

discretion, the Board has determined 

that there is good cause to promulgate 

this rule without soliciting public 

comment and to make this regulation 

effective immediately upon publication. 

IV. Regulatory Flexibility Statement 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 

as amended by the Small Business 

Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 

1996, 5 U.S.C. 601–612, generally 

requires an agency to prepare a 

regulatory flexibility analysis of any rule 

subject to notice and comment 

rulemaking requirements, unless the 

agency certifies that the rule will not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

Because the Board has determined that 

notice and comment are not required 

under the APA for this rulemaking, the 

requirements of the RFA do not apply. 

V. Paperwork Reduction Act 

This final rule does not contain a new 

or amended information collection 

requirement subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3521. 

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1022 

Administrative practice and 

procedures, Brokers, Civil penalties, 

Freight forwarders, Motor carriers, 

Pipeline carriers, Rail carriers, Water 

carriers. 

It is ordered: 

1. The Board amends its rules as set 

forth in this decision. Notice of the final 

rule will be published in the Federal 

Register. 

2. This decision is effective on its date 

of publication in the Federal Register. 

Decided: December 20, 2018. 

By the Board, Board Members Begeman 

and Miller. 

Raina Contee, 

Clearance Clerk. 

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1022 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, part 1022 of title 49, chapter 

X, of the Code of Federal Regulations is 

amended as follows: 

PART 1022—CIVIL MONETARY 

PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENT 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 1022 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 551–557; 28 U.S.C. 

2461 note; 49 U.S.C. 11901, 14901, 14903, 

14904, 14905, 14906, 14907, 14908, 14910, 

14915, 14916, 16101, 16103. 

■ 2. In § 1022.4, revise paragraph (b) to 

read as follows: 

§ 1022.4 Cost-of-living adjustments of civil 

monetary penalties. 

* * * * * 

(b) The cost-of-living adjustment 

required by the statute results in the 

following adjustments to the civil 

monetary penalties within the 

jurisdiction of the Board: 

U.S. code citation Civil monetary penalty description 

Adjusted 

penalty 

amount 

2018 

Adjusted 

penalty 

amount 

2019 

Rail Carrier Civil Penalties 

49 U.S.C. 11901(a) ......................................... Unless otherwise specified, maximum penalty for each knowing violation under this 

part, and for each day.

$7,791 $7,987 

49 U.S.C. 11901(b) ......................................... For each violation under § 11124(a)(2) or (b) ............................................................ 779 799 

49 U.S.C. 11901(b) ......................................... For each day violation continues ................................................................................ 40 41 

49 U.S.C. 11901(c) .......................................... Maximum penalty for each knowing violation under §§ 10901–10906 ...................... 7,791 7,987 

49 U.S.C. 11901(d) ......................................... For each violation under §§ 11123 or 11124(a)(1) ..................................................... 155–779 159–799 

49 U.S.C. 11901(d) ......................................... For each day violation continues ................................................................................ 78 80 

49 U.S.C. 11901(e)(1), (4) .............................. For each violation under §§ 11141–11145, for each day ........................................... 779 799 

49 U.S.C. 11901(e)(2), (4) .............................. For each violation under § 11144(b)(1), for each day ................................................ 155 159 

49 U.S.C. 11901(e)(3)–(4) ............................... For each violation of reporting requirements, for each day ....................................... 155 159 


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U.S. code citation Civil monetary penalty description 

Adjusted 

penalty 

amount 

2018 

Adjusted 

penalty 

amount 

2019 

Motor and Water Carrier Civil Penalties 

49 U.S.C. 14901(a) ......................................... Minimum penalty for each violation and for each day ............................................... 1,066 1,093 

49 U.S.C. 14901(a) ......................................... For each violation under §§ 13901 or 13902(c) ......................................................... 10,663 10,932 

49 U.S.C. 14901(a) ......................................... For each violation related to transportation of passengers ........................................ 26,659 27,331 

49 U.S.C. 14901(b) ......................................... For each violation of the hazardous waste rules under § 3001 of the Solid Waste 

Disposal Act.

21,327–42,654 21,865–43,730 

49 U.S.C. 14901(d)(1) ..................................... Minimum penalty for each violation of household good regulations, and for each 

day.

1,558 1,597 

49 U.S.C. 14901(d)(2) ..................................... Minimum penalty for each instance of transportation of household goods if broker 

provides estimate without carrier agreement.

15,583 15,976 

49 U.S.C. 14901(d)(3) ..................................... Minimum penalty for each instance of transportation of household goods without 

being registered.

38,954 39,936 

49 U.S.C. 14901(e) ......................................... Minimum penalty for each violation of a transportation rule ...................................... 3,116 3,195 

49 U.S.C. 14901(e) ......................................... Minimum penalty for each additional violation ........................................................... 7,791 7,987 

49 U.S.C. 14903(a) ......................................... Maximum penalty for undercharge or overcharge of tariff rate, for each violation .... 155,820 159,750 

49 U.S.C. 14904(a) ......................................... For first violation, rebates at less than the rate in effect ............................................ 311 319 

49 U.S.C. 14904(a) ......................................... For all subsequent violations ...................................................................................... 390 400 

49 U.S.C. 14904(b)(1) ..................................... Maximum penalty for first violation for undercharges by freight forwarders .............. 779 799 

49 U.S.C. 14904(b)(1) ..................................... Maximum penalty for subsequent violations .............................................................. 3,116 3,195 

49 U.S.C. 14904(b)(2) ..................................... Maximum penalty for other first violations under § 13702 .......................................... 779 799 

49 U.S.C. 14904(b)(2) ..................................... Maximum penalty for subsequent violations .............................................................. 3,116 3,195 

49 U.S.C. 14905(a) ......................................... Maximum penalty for each knowing violation of § 14103(a), and knowingly authorizing, consenting to, or permitting a violation of § 14103(a) or (b).15,583 15,976 

49 U.S.C. 14906 .............................................. Minimum penalty for first attempt to evade regulation ............................................... 2,133 2,187 

49 U.S.C. 14906 .............................................. Minimum amount for each subsequent attempt to evade regulation ......................... 5,332 5,466 

49 U.S.C. 14907 .............................................. Maximum penalty for recordkeeping/reporting violations ........................................... 7,791 7,987 

49 U.S.C. 14908(a)(2) ..................................... Maximum penalty for violation of § 14908(a)(1) ......................................................... 3,116 3,195 

49 U.S.C. 14910 .............................................. When another civil penalty is not specified under this part, for each violation, for 

each day.

779 799 

49 U.S.C. 14915(a)(1)–(2) ............................... Minimum penalty for holding a household goods shipment hostage, for each day .. 12,383 12,695 

49 U.S.C. 14916(c)(1) ..................................... Maximum penalty for each violation under § 14916(a) by knowingly authorizing, 

consenting to, or permitting unlawful brokerage activities.

10,663 10,932 

Pipeline Carrier Civil Penalties 

49 U.S.C. 16101(a) ......................................... Maximum penalty for violation of this part, for each day ........................................... 7,791 7,987 

49 U.S.C. 16101(b)(1), (4) .............................. For each recordkeeping violation under § 15722, each day ...................................... 779 799 

49 U.S.C. 16101(b)(2), (4) .............................. For each inspection violation liable under § 15722, each day ................................... 155 159 

49 U.S.C. 16101(b)(3)–(4) ............................... For each reporting violation under § 15723, each day ............................................... 155 159 

49 U.S.C. 16103(a) ......................................... Maximum penalty for improper disclosure of information .......................................... 1,558 1,597 

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