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1The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment 

Act of 1990, Public Law 101–410, 28 U.S.C. 2461 

note, defines ‘‘civil monetary penalty’’ as any 

penalty, fine, or other sanction that—(1)(i) is for a 

specific monetary amount as provided by Federal 

law; or (ii) has a maximum amount provided for by 

Federal law; and (2) is assessed or enforced by an 

agency pursuant to Federal law; and (3) is assessed 

or enforced pursuant to an administrative 

proceeding or a civil action in the Federal courts. 

2The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment 

Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Section 701 of Pub. 

L. 114–74) was signed into law on November 2, 

2015, and further amended the Federal Civil 

Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990. 

3Under Section 3(2)(A) of the 2015 Act, ‘‘civil 

monetary penalty’’ means ‘‘a specific monetary 

amount as provided by Federal law’’; or ‘‘has a 

maximum amount provided for by Federal law.’’ 

EPA-administered statutes generally refer to 

statutory maximum penalties, with the following 

exceptions: Section 311(b)(7)(D) of the Clean Water 

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(D), refers to a minimum 

penalty of ‘‘not less than $100,000 . . .’’; Section 

104B(d)(1) of the Marine Protection, Research, and 

Sanctuaries Act, 33 U.S.C. 1414b(d)(1), refers to an 

exact penalty of $600 ‘‘[f]or each dry ton (or 

equivalent) of sewage sludge or industrial waste 

dumped or transported by the person in violation 

of this subsection in calendar year 1992. . .’’; and 

Section 325(d)(1) of the Emergency Planning and 

Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. 

11045(d)(1), refers to an exact civil penalty of 

$25,000 for each frivolous trade secret claim. 

4Current and historical CPI–U’s can be found on 

the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ website here: https:// 

www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/supplemental-files/ 

historical-cpi-u-202010.pdf. 

When the agency head (or designee) 

deems it appropriate to protect the 

government’s interests (for example, to 

prevent the statute of limitations 28 

U.S.C. 2415, from expiring), written 

demand may be preceded by other 

appropriate actions, including 

immediate referral for litigation. 

* * * * * 

Signed on the 18th day of December, 2020, 

in Washington, DC. 

Eugene Scalia, 

Secretary, Department of Labor. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28469 Filed 12–22–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–FN–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 19 

[FRL–10018–13–OECA] 

Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation 

Adjustment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is promulgating this final 

rule to adjust the level of the maximum 

(and minimum) statutory civil monetary 

penalty amounts under the statutes the 

EPA administers. This action is 

mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as 

amended through the Federal Civil 

Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015 (‘‘the 2015 

Act’’). The 2015 Act prescribes a 

formula for annually adjusting the 

statutory maximum (and minimum) 

amount of civil monetary penalties to 

reflect inflation, maintain the deterrent 

effect of statutory civil monetary 

penalties, and promote compliance with 

the law. The rule does not establish 

specific civil monetary penalty amounts 

the EPA may seek in particular cases, as 

appropriate given the facts of particular 

cases and applicable agency penalty 

policies. The EPA’s civil penalty 

policies, which guide enforcement 

personnel on how to exercise the EPA’s 

discretion within statutory penalty 

authorities, take into account a number 

of fact-specific considerations, e.g., the 

seriousness of the violation, the 

violator’s good faith efforts to comply, 

any economic benefit gained by the 

violator as a result of its noncompliance, 

and a violator’s ability to pay. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

December 23, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Smith-Watts, Office of Civil 

Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and 

Compliance Assurance, Mail Code 

2241A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20460, telephone 

number: (202) 564–4083; smithwatts.david@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Since 1996, Federal agencies have 

been required to issue regulations 

adjusting for inflation the statutory civil 

monetary penalties 1 that can be 

imposed under the laws administered 

by that agency. The Federal Civil 

Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 

1990, as amended by the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996 

(DCIA), required agencies to review 

their statutory civil monetary penalties 

every four years, and to adjust the 

statutory civil monetary penalty 

amounts for inflation if the increase met 

the DCIA’s adjustment methodology. In 

accordance with the DCIA, the EPA 

reviewed and, as appropriate, adjusted 

the civil monetary penalty levels under 

each of the statutes the agency 

implements in 1996 (61 FR 69360), 2004 

(69 FR 7121), 2008 (73 FR 75340), and 

2013 (78 FR 66643). 

The 2015 Act 2 required each Federal 

agency to adjust the level of statutory 

civil monetary penalties under the laws 

implemented by that agency with an 

initial ‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment through 

an interim final rulemaking. The 2015 

Act also required Federal agencies, 

beginning on January 15, 2017, to make 

subsequent annual adjustments for 

inflation. Section 4 of the 2015 Act 

requires each Federal agency to publish 

these adjustments by January 15 of each 

year. The purpose of the 2015 Act is to 

maintain the deterrent effect of civil 

monetary penalties by translating 

originally enacted statutory civil penalty 

amounts to today’s dollars and rounding 

statutory civil penalties to the nearest 

dollar. 

As required by the 2015 Act, the EPA 

issued a catch-up rule on July 1, 2016, 

which was effective August 1, 2016 (81 

FR 43091). The EPA has made four 

annual adjustments since then: On 

January 12, 2017, effective on January 

15, 2017 (82 FR 3633); on January 10, 

2018, effective on January 15, 2018 (83 

FR 1190); on February 6, 2019, effective 

February 6, 2019 (84 FR 2056), and 

issued a subsequent correction on 

February 25, 2019 (84 FR 5955); and on 

January 13, 2020, effective the same day 

(85 FR 1751). This rule implements the 

fifth annual adjustment mandated by 

the 2015 Act. 

The 2015 Act provides a formula for 

calculating the adjustments. Each 

statutory maximum and minimum 3

civil monetary penalty as currently 

adjusted is multiplied by the cost-ofliving adjustment multiplier, which is 

the percentage by which the Consumer 

Price Index for all Urban Consumers 

(CPI–U) for the month of October 2020 

exceeds the CPI–U for the month of 

October 2019.4

With this rule, the new statutory 

maximum and minimum penalty levels 

listed in the third column of Table 1 of 

40 CFR 19.4 will apply to all civil 

monetary penalties assessed on or after 

December 23, 2020, for violations that 

occurred after November 2, 2015, the 

date the 2015 Act was enacted. The 

former maximum and minimum 

statutory civil monetary penalty levels, 

which are in the fourth column of Table 

1 to 40 CFR 19.4, will now apply only 

to violations that occurred after 

November 2, 2015, where the penalties 

were assessed on or after January 13, 

2020, but before December 23, 2020. 

The statutory civil monetary penalty 

levels that apply to violations that 

occurred on or before November 2, 

2015, are codified at Table 2 to 40 CFR 

19.4. The fifth column of Table 1 and 

the seventh column of Table 2 display 

the statutory civil monetary penalty 

levels as originally enacted. 

The formula for determining the costof-living or inflation adjustment to 


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5Section 5(b) of the 2015 Act provides that the 

term ‘‘cost-of-living adjustment’’ means the 

percentage (if any) for each civil monetary penalty 

by which— 

(1) the Consumer Price Index for the month of 

October preceding the date of the adjustment, 

exceeds 

(2) the Consumer Price Index for the month of 

October 1 year before the month of October referred 

to in paragraph (2). 

Because the CPI–U for October 2020 is 260.388 

and the CPI–U for October 2019 is 257.346, the costof-living multiplier is 1.01182 (260.388 divided by 

257.346). 

statutory civil monetary penalties 

consists of the following steps: 

Step 1: The cost-of-living adjustment 

multiplier for 2021 is the percentage by 

which the CPI–U of October 2020 

(260.388) exceeds the CPI–U for the 

month of October 2019 (257.346), which 

is 1.01182.5 Multiply 1.01182 by the 

current penalty amount. This is the raw 

adjusted penalty value. 

Step 2: Round the raw adjusted 

penalty value. Section 5 of the 2015 Act 

states that any adjustment shall be 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $1. 

The result is the final penalty value for 

the year. 

II. The 2015 Act Requires Federal 

Agencies To Publish Annual Penalty 

Inflation Adjustments Notwithstanding 

Section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act 

Pursuant to section 4 of the 2015 Act, 

each Federal agency is required to 

publish adjustments no later than 

January 15 each year. In accordance 

with section 553 of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (APA), most rules are 

subject to notice and comment and are 

effective no earlier than 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register. 

However, section 4(b)(2) of the 2015 Act 

provides that each agency shall make 

the annual inflation adjustments 

‘‘notwithstanding section 553’’ of the 

APA. Consistent with the language of 

the 2015 Act, this rule is not subject to 

notice and an opportunity for public 

comment and will be effective on 

December 23, 2020. 

III. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

Additional information about these 

statutes and Executive orders can be 

found at https://www.epa.gov/lawsregulations/laws-and-executive-orders. 

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563: Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

This action is not a significant 

regulatory action and was therefore not 

submitted to OMB for review. 

B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing 

Regulations and Controlling Regulatory 

Costs 

This action is not an Executive Order 

13771 regulatory action because this 

action is not significant under Executive 

Order 12866. 

C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

This action does not impose an 

information collection burden under the 

PRA. This rule merely increases the 

level of statutory civil monetary 

penalties that can be imposed in the 

context of a Federal civil administrative 

enforcement action or civil judicial case 

for violations of EPA-administered 

statutes and their implementing 

regulations. 

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

This action is not subject to the RFA. 

The RFA applies only to rules subject to 

notice and comment rulemaking 

requirements under the APA, 5 U.S.C. 

553, or any other statute. Because the 

2015 Act directs Federal agencies to 

publish this rule notwithstanding 

section 553 of the APA, this rule is not 

subject to notice and comment 

requirements or the RFA. 

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

(UMRA) 

This action does not contain any 

unfunded mandate as described in 

UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, and does 

not significantly or uniquely affect small 

governments. This action is required by 

the 2015 Act, without the exercise of 

any policy discretion by the EPA. This 

action also imposes no enforceable duty 

on any state, local or tribal governments 

or the private sector. Because the 

calculation of any increase is formuladriven pursuant to the 2015 Act, the 

EPA has no policy discretion to vary the 

amount of the adjustment. 

F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism 

This action does not have federalism 

implications. It will not have a 

substantial direct effect on the States, on 

the relationship between the National 

Government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. 

G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

This action does not have tribal 

implications as specified in Executive 

Order 13175. 

This rule merely reconciles the real 

value of current statutory civil monetary 

penalty levels to reflect and keep pace 

with the levels originally set by 

Congress when the statutes were 

enacted or amended. The calculation of 

the increases is formula-driven and 

prescribed by statute, and the EPA has 

no discretion to vary the amount of the 

adjustment to reflect any views or 

suggestions provided by commenters. 

Accordingly, this rule will not have a 

substantial direct effect on tribal 

governments, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes. 

Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not 

apply to this action. 

H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

The EPA interprets Executive Order 

13045 as applying only to those 

regulatory actions that concern 

environmental health or safety risks that 

the EPA has reason to believe may 

disproportionately affect children, per 

the definition of ‘‘covered regulatory 

action’’ in section 2–202 of the 

Executive order. This action is not 

subject to Executive Order 13045 

because it does not concern an 

environmental health risk or safety risk. 

I. Executive Order 13211: Actions That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use 

This action is not subject to Executive 

Order 13211, because it is not a 

significant regulatory action under 

Executive Order 12866. 

J. National Technology Transfer and 

Advancement Act (NTTAA) 

The rulemaking does not involve 

technical standards. 

K. Executive Order 12898: Federal 

Actions To Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and 

Low-Income Populations 

The EPA believes that this action is 

not subject to Executive Order 12898 (59 

FR 7629, February 16, 1994) because it 

does not establish an environmental 

health or safety standard. Rather, this 

action is mandated by the 2015 Act, 

which prescribes a formula for adjusting 

statutory civil penalties on an annual 

basis to reflect inflation. 

L. Congressional Review Act (CRA) 

This action is subject to the CRA, and 

the EPA will submit a rule report to 

each House of the Congress and to the 

Comptroller General of the United 

States. The CRA allows the issuing 

agency to make a rule effective sooner 

than otherwise provided by the CRA if 

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that notice and comment rulemaking 

procedures are impracticable, 

unnecessary or contrary to the public 

interest (5 U.S.C. 808(2)). The EPA finds 

that the APA’s notice and comment 

rulemaking procedures are unnecessary 

because the 2015 Act directs Federal 

agencies to publish their annual penalty 

inflation adjustments ‘‘notwithstanding 

section 553 [of the APA].’’ 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 19 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Penalties. 

Andrew Wheeler, 

Administrator. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, the EPA amends title 40, 

chapter I, part 19 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations as follows: 

PART 19—ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL 

MONETARY PENALTIES FOR 

INFLATION 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 19 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: Public Law 101–410, Oct. 5, 

1990, 104 Stat. 890, as amended by Public 

Law 104–134, title III, sec. 31001(s)(1), Apr. 

26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–373; Public Law 

105–362, title XIII, sec. 1301(a), Nov. 10, 

1998, 112 Stat. 3293; Public Law 114–74, title 

VII, sec. 701(b), Nov. 2, 2015, 129 Stat. 599. 

■ 2. Revise § 19.2 to read as follows: 

§ 19.2 Effective date. 

(a) The statutory civil monetary 

penalty levels set forth in the third 

column of Table 1 of § 19.4 apply to all 

violations which occur or occurred after 

November 2, 2015, where the penalties 

are assessed on or after December 23, 

2020. The statutory civil monetary 

penalty levels set forth in the fourth 

column of Table 1 of § 19.4 apply to all 

violations which occurred after 

November 2, 2015, where the penalties 

were assessed on or after January 13, 

2020, but before December 23, 2020. 

(b) The statutory monetary penalty 

levels in the third column of Table 2 to 

§ 19.4 apply to all violations which 

occurred after December 6, 2013 

through November 2, 2015, and to 

violations occurring after November 2, 

2015, where penalties were assessed 

before August 1, 2016. The statutory 

civil monetary penalty levels set forth in 

the fourth column of Table 2 of § 19.4 

apply to all violations which occurred 

after January 12, 2009 through 

December 6, 2013. The statutory civil 

monetary penalty levels set forth in the 

fifth column of Table 2 of § 19.4 apply 

to all violations which occurred after 

March 15, 2004 through January 12, 

2009. The statutory civil monetary 

penalty levels set forth in the sixth 

column of Table 2 of § 19.4 apply to all 

violations which occurred after January 

30, 1997 through March 15, 2004. 

3. Revise the section heading, 

introductory text, and Table 1 of § 19.4 

to read as follows: 

§ 19.4 Statutory civil monetary penalties, 

as adjusted for inflation, and tables. 

Table 1 of this section sets out the 

statutory civil monetary penalty 

provisions of statutes administered by 

the EPA, with the third column setting 

out the latest operative statutory civil 

monetary penalty levels for violations 

that occur or occurred after November 2, 

2015, where penalties are assessed on or 

after December 23, 2020. The fourth 

column displays the operative statutory 

civil monetary penalty levels where 

penalties were assessed on or after 

January 13, 2020, but before December 

23, 2020. Table 2 of this section sets out 

the statutory civil monetary penalty 

provision of statutes administered by 

the EPA, with the operative statutory 

civil monetary penalty levels, as 

adjusted for inflation, for violations that 

occurred on or before November 2, 

2015, and for violations that occurred 

after November 2, 2015, where penalties 

were assessed before August 1, 2016. 

TABLE 1 OF § 19.4—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS

U.S. Code citation Environmental statute 

Statutory civil 

monetary penalties 

for violations 

that occur or 

occurred after 

November 2, 2015, 

where penalties 

are assessed 

on or after 

December 23, 2020 

Statutory civil 

monetary penalties 

for violations that 

occurred after 

November 2, 2015, 

where penalties 

were assessed 

on or after 

January 13, 2020, 

but before 

December 23, 2020 

Statutory civil 

monetary penalties, 

as enacted 

7 U.S.C. 136l(a)(1) ............................................... FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, 

AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA).

$20,528 $20,288 $5,000 

7 U.S.C. 136l(a)(2) 1 ............................................ FIFRA ..................................................... 3,011/1,940/3,011 2,976/1,917/2,976 1,000/500/1,000 

15 U.S.C. 2615(a)(1) ........................................... TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT 

(TSCA).

41,056 40,576 25,000 

15 U.S.C. 2647(a) ................................................ TSCA ...................................................... 11,803 11,665 5,000 

15 U.S.C. 2647(g) ................................................ TSCA ...................................................... 9,753 9,639 5,000 

31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) ........................................... PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES 

ACT (PFCRA).

11,803 11,665 5,000 

31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2) ........................................... PFCRA .................................................... 11,803 11,665 5,000 

33 U.S.C. 1319(d) ................................................ CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) ................. 56,460 55,800 25,000 

33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(2)(A) ....................................... CWA ....................................................... 22,584/56,460 22,320/55,800 10,000/25,000 

33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(2)(B) ....................................... CWA ....................................................... 22,584/282,293 22,320/278,995 10,000/125,000 

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(i) ................................... CWA ....................................................... 19,505/48,762 19,277/48,192 10,000/25,000 

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(ii) ................................... CWA ....................................................... 19,505/243,808 19,277/240,960 10,000/125,000 

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(A) ....................................... CWA ....................................................... 48,762/1,951 48,192/1,928 25,000/1,000 

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(B) ....................................... CWA ....................................................... 48,762 48,192 25,000 

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(C) ...................................... CWA ....................................................... 48,762 48,192 25,000 

33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(D) ...................................... CWA ....................................................... 195,047/5,851 192,768/5,783 100,000/3,000 

33 U.S.C. 1414b(d)(1) ......................................... MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, 

AND SANCTUARIES ACT (MPRSA).

1,299 1,284 600 

33 U.S.C. 1415(a) ................................................ MPRSA ................................................... 205,276/270,784 202,878/267,621 50,000/125,000 

33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see 1409(a)(2)(A)) ............ CERTAIN ALASKAN CRUISE SHIP OPERATIONS (CACSO).14,966/37,412 14,791/36,975 10,000/25,000 

33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see 1409(a)(2)(B)) ............ CACSO ................................................... 14,966/187,059 14,791/184,874 10,000/125,000 

33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see 1409(b)(1)) ................. CACSO ................................................... 37,412 36,975 25,000 

33 U.S.C. 1908(b)(1) ........................................... ACT TO PREVENT POLLUTION FROM 

SHIPS (APPS).

76,764 75,867 25,000 


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TABLE 1 OF § 19.4—CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS—Continued 

U.S. Code citation Environmental statute 

Statutory civil 

monetary penalties 

for violations 

that occur or 

occurred after 

November 2, 2015, 

where penalties 

are assessed 

on or after 

December 23, 2020 

Statutory civil 

monetary penalties 

for violations that 

occurred after 

November 2, 2015, 

where penalties 

were assessed 

on or after 

January 13, 2020, 

but before 

December 23, 2020 

Statutory civil 

monetary penalties, 

as enacted 

33 U.S.C. 1908(b)(2) ........................................... APPS ...................................................... 15,352 15,173 5,000 

42 U.S.C. 300g–3(b) ............................................ SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA) 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 300g–3(g)(3)(A) ................................... SDWA ..................................................... 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 300g–3(g)(3)(B) ................................... SDWA ..................................................... 11,803/41,120 11,665/40,640 5,000/25,000 

42 U.S.C. 300g–3(g)(3)(C) .................................. SDWA ..................................................... 41,120 40,640 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 300h–2(b)(1) ....................................... SDWA ..................................................... 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 300h–2(c)(1) ........................................ SDWA ..................................................... 23,607/295,088 23,331/291,641 10,000/125,000 

42 U.S.C. 300h–2(c)(2) ........................................ SDWA ..................................................... 11,803/295,088 11,665/291,641 5,000/125,000 

42 U.S.C. 300h–3(c) ............................................ SDWA ..................................................... 20,528/43,792 20,288/43,280 5,000/10,000 

42 U.S.C. 300i(b) ................................................. SDWA ..................................................... 24,674 24,386 15,000 

42 U.S.C. 300i–1(c) ............................................. SDWA ..................................................... 143,621/1,436,220 141,943/1,419,442 100,000/1,000,000 

42 U.S.C. 300j(e)(2) ............................................. SDWA ..................................................... 10,263 10,143 2,500 

42 U.S.C. 300j–4(c) ............................................. SDWA ..................................................... 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 300j–6(b)(2) ......................................... SDWA ..................................................... 41,120 40,640 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 300j–23(d) ........................................... SDWA ..................................................... 10,832/108,315 10,705/107,050 5,000/50,000 

42 U.S.C. 4852d(b)(5) ......................................... RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT 

HAZARD REDUCTION ACT OF 1992.

18,364 18,149 10,000 

42 U.S.C. 4910(a)(2) ........................................... NOISE CONTROL ACT OF 1972 .......... 38,805 38,352 10,000 

42 U.S.C. 6928(a)(3) ........................................... RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND 

RECOVERY ACT (RCRA).

102,638 101,439 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 6928(c) ................................................ RCRA ...................................................... 61,820 61,098 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 6928(g) ................................................ RCRA ...................................................... 76,764 75,867 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 6928(h)(2) ........................................... RCRA ...................................................... 61,820 61,098 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 6934(e) ................................................ RCRA ...................................................... 15,352 15,173 5,000 

42 U.S.C. 6973(b) ................................................ RCRA ...................................................... 15,352 15,173 5,000 

42 U.S.C. 6991e(a)(3) ......................................... RCRA ...................................................... 61,820 61,098 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(1) ......................................... RCRA ...................................................... 24,730 24,441 10,000 

42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(2) ......................................... RCRA ...................................................... 24,730 24,441 10,000 

42 U.S.C. 7413(b) ................................................ CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA) ......................... 102,638 101,439 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(1) ........................................... CAA ........................................................ 48,762/390,092 48,192/385,535 25,000/200,000 

42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(3) ........................................... CAA ........................................................ 9,753 9,639 5,000 

42 U.S.C. 7524(a) ................................................ CAA ........................................................ 48,762/4,876 48,192/4,819 25,000/2,500 

42 U.S.C. 7524(c)(1) ............................................ CAA ........................................................ 390,092 385,535 200,000 

42 U.S.C. 7545(d)(1) ........................................... CAA ........................................................ 48,762 48,192 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 9604(e)(5)(B) ....................................... COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL 

RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND 

LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA).

59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 9606(b)(1) ........................................... CERCLA ................................................. 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 9609(a)(1) ........................................... CERCLA ................................................. 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 9609(b) ................................................ CERCLA ................................................. 59,017/177,053 58,328/174,985 25,000/75,000 

42 U.S.C. 9609(c) ................................................ CERCLA ................................................. 59,017/177,053 58,328/174,985 25,000/75,000 

42 U.S.C. 11045(a) .............................................. EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT 

(EPCRA).

59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(1)(A) ..................................... EPCRA ................................................... 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(2) ......................................... EPCRA ................................................... 59,017/177,053 58,328/174,985 25,000/75,000 

42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(3) ......................................... EPCRA ................................................... 59,017/177,053 58,328/174,985 25,000/75,000 

42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(1) .......................................... EPCRA ................................................... 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(2) .......................................... EPCRA ................................................... 23,607 23,331 10,000 

42 U.S.C. 11045(d)(1) ......................................... EPCRA ................................................... 59,017 58,328 25,000 

42 U.S.C. 14304(a)(1) ......................................... MERCURY-CONTAINING AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MANAGEMENT ACT (BATTERY ACT).

16,450 16,258 10,000 

42 U.S.C. 14304(g) .............................................. BATTERY ACT ....................................... 16,450 16,258 10,000 

1 Note that 7 U.S.C. 136l(a)(2) contains three separate statutory maximum civil penalty provisions. The first mention of $1,000 and the $500 statutory maximum civil 

penalty amount were originally enacted in 1978 (Pub. L. 95–396), and the second mention of $1,000 was enacted in 1972 (Pub. L. 92–516). 

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