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Avenue NW, Suite 520N, Washington, 

DC 20004–1710; 202–434–9950. 

■ 58. Revise § 2700.83 to read as 

follows: 

§ 2700.83 Authority to sign orders. 

The Chair or other designated 

Commissioner is authorized to sign on 

behalf of a quorum of the Commission, 

orders disposing of the following 

procedural motions: motions for 

extensions of time, motions for 

permission to file briefs in excess of 

page limits, motions to accept late filed 

briefs, motions to consolidate, motions 

to expedite proceedings, motions for 

oral argument, and similar procedural 

motions. In the absence of a designated 

Chair or Acting Chair, Commissioners 

continue to be authorized to sign orders 

disposing of procedural motions as 

identified above. 

Dated: January 8, 2025. 

Mary Lu Jordan, 

Chair, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00703 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6735–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

30 CFR Part 948 

[SATS No. WV–118–FOR (partial); Docket 

ID: OSM–2011–0009; SATS No. WV–126– 

FOR; Docket ID: OSM–2019–0012 S1D1S 

SS08011000 SX064A000 240S180110; 

S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 

245XS501520] 

West Virginia Regulatory Program; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: We, the Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement 

(OSMRE), published a document in the 

Federal Register on March 18, 2024, 

approving in part, and not approving in 

part, amendments to the West Virginia 

regulatory program (the West Virginia 

program) under the Surface Mining 

Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 

(SMCRA or the Act). We made an error 

in the document by overwriting a 

provision that should not have been 

removed; instead, we should have 

added a new paragraph under the not 

approved section. Additionally, we did 

not include a provision in the table 

where our approvals were listed. We 

published a correction to the March 18, 

2024, Federal Register document on 

August 28, 2024, but because the March 

18 revisions had already become 

effective, the amendatory instructions 

became erroneous and the August 28, 

2024, corrections could not be 

incorporated into the Code of Federal 

Regulations. This document corrects the 

final regulations. 

DATES: This correction is effective 

January 17, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Justin Adams, Director, Charleston Field 

Office, Telephone: (304) 977–7177. 

Email: osm-chfo@osmre.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of errata from our final rule 

published March 18, 2024 (89 FR 

19262), FR Doc. 2024–05682, on page 

19273, columns 2 and 3. We are 

correcting 30 CFR 948.12 (State 

statutory, regulatory, and proposed 

program amendment provisions not 

approved) to re-letter subsection (k) as 

subsection (l), and reinstate the version 

of subsection (k) that existed in the CFR 

prior to the publication of the March 18, 

2024 Federal Register document. See 

also 89 FR 2133 (Jan. 12, 2024). We are 

also adding subsection 38–2–12.5.d of 

West Virginia’s regulations to the table 

at 30 CFR 948.15 (Approval of West 

Virginia regulatory program 

amendments). We had approved its 

deletion from West Virginia’s 

regulations in the March 18, 2024, 

Federal Register, but it was omitted 

from the table. 

List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 948 

Intergovernmental relations, Surface 

mining, Underground mining. 

Accordingly, 30 CFR part 948 is 

amended by making the following 

correcting amendments: 

PART 948—WEST VIRGINIA 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 948 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. 

■ 2. In § 948.12, revise paragraph (k) 

and add paragraph (l) to read as follows: 

§ 948.12 State statutory, regulatory, and 

proposed program amendment provisions 

not approved. 

* * * * * 

(k) We are not approving the 

following portions of provisions of the 

proposed program amendment that 

West Virginia submitted on May 15, 

2017: 

(1) We are deferring our decision on 

the deletion of provisions from W.Va. 

Code 22–3–11(g)(2) regarding the 

development of a long-range planning 

process for the selection and 

prioritization of sites to be reclaimed. 

We defer our decision until we make a 

determination on West Virginia’s related 

amendment docketed as WV–128–FOR, 

which relates to the complete and 

accurate listing of all outstanding 

reclamation obligations (including water 

treatment) on active permits in the 

State. 

(2) [Reserved] 

(l) We are not approving the following 

provisions of the proposed West 

Virginia program amendments dated 

May 2, 2018: 

(1) At W.Va. Code 22–3–9, revisions 

substituting notice by newspaper with 

notice in a form and manner determined 

by the Secretary which may be 

electronic. 

(2) At W.Va. Code 22–3–20, revisions 

substituting notice by newspaper with 

notice in a form and manner determined 

by the Secretary which may be 

electronic. 

(3) At CSR 38–2–2.37, the removal of 

the definition ‘‘completion of 

reclamation’’. 

(4) At CSR 38–2–12.2.d., the 

elimination to the existing prohibition 

on bond release for any site specific 

bonding (i.e., open-acre bonding) until 

all coal extraction is completed and the 

disturbed area is completely backfilled 

and regraded. 

(5) At CSR 38–2–12.2.e., to restructure 

and revise existing approved language 

in this section and move it to CSR 38– 

2–12.2.a.4. 

(6) At CSR 38–2–12.2.f., to move, 

unchanged, this existing language to 

CSR 38–2–12.2.d. 

(7) At CSR 38–2–12.2.g., to move, 

unchanged, this existing language to 

CSR 38–2–12.2.f. 

(8) At CSR 38–2–12.2.h., to renumber 

existing CSR 38–2–12.2.h to 12.2.i. and 

to insert it as a new CSR 38–2–12.2.h. 

(9) At CSR 38–2–12.4.c., to eliminate 

an existing 180 day window for 

initiating reclamation operations to 

reclaim the site in accordance with the 

approved reclamation plan or 

modification thereof. 

(10) At CSR 38–2–12.5., to delete 

subsection 12.5 of the West Virginia 

regulations, which directs WVDEP’s 

collection, analysis and reporting on 

sites where bond has been forfeited 

including, in particular, data relating to 

the water quality of water being 

discharged from forfeited sites. 

■ 3. In § 948.15, revise the table entry 

‘‘April 25, 2011, May 8, 2018’’ to read 

as follows: 

§ 948.15 Approval of West Virginia 

regulatory program amendments. 

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1Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’), Public Law 101–410, 104 Stat. 

890 (Oct. 5, 1990), as amended by the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 

104–134, 110 Stat. 1321–373 (Apr. 26, 1996); the 

Federal Reports Elimination Act of 1998, Public 

Law 105–362, 112 Stat. 3293 (Nov. 10, 1998); and 

the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act 

Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114–74, 129 

Stat. 599 (Nov. 2, 2015), codified as a statutory note 

to 28 U.S.C. 2461. 

2Act, sec. 4(a). 

3Act, sec. 4(b)(2) (adjustments are to be made 

‘‘notwithstanding’’ the rulemaking requirements of 

5 U.S.C. 553 of the Administrative Procedure Act). 

4The increased CMPs, however, apply only with 

respect to underlying violations occurring after 

November 2, 2015, the date of enactment of the 

most recent amendment to the Act. Act, sec. 6. 

5Act, sec. 5; OMB Mem. M–25–02, 

Implementation of Penalty Inflation Adjustments 

for 2025, Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 

(Dec. 17, 2024), available at https://

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ 

M-25-02.pdf. 

6Act, sec. 5(a). FinCEN previously applied a 

catch-up adjustment for each penalty subject to the 

Act in 2016 based on the year and corresponding 

amount(s) for which the maximum penalty or range 

of minimum and maximum penalties was 

established or last adjusted, whichever is later. See 

FinCEN, Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustment and 

Table, 81 FR 42503, 42504 (June 30, 2016). Because 

the year of establishment or last adjustment is 

different for different penalties, penalties that were 

of the same size when each was promulgated can 

have different values today if promulgated at 

different times. 

Original amendment submission 

dates Date of publication of final rule Citation/description of approved provisions 

*******

April 25, 2011, May 8, 2018 .......... March 18, 2024 .............................. CSR 38–2–2.6; 9.3.d; 11.3.f; 11.4; 11.6; 12.2.a, 12.5.b, c and d; 

12.4.a.2.B, 12.4.b, 4.b.1 and 4.b.2; 12.4.d; 14.5.b. 

* * * * * * * 

Thomas D. Shope, 

Regional Director, North AtlanticAppalachian Region. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01131 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 

31 CFR Part 1010 

Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network; Inflation Adjustment of Civil 

Monetary Penalties 

AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement 

Network (FinCEN), Treasury. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: FinCEN is publishing this 

final rule to reflect inflation adjustments 

to its civil monetary penalties as 

mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties 

Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as 

amended. This rule adjusts certain 

maximum civil monetary penalties 

within the jurisdiction of FinCEN to the 

amounts required by that Act. 

DATES: Effective January 17, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

FinCEN’s Regulatory Support Section by 

submitting an inquiry at 

www.fincen.gov/contact. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

To improve the effectiveness of civil 

monetary penalties (CMPs) and to 

maintain their deterrent effect, the 

Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) 1

requires Federal agencies to adjust for 

inflation each CMP provided by law 

within the jurisdiction of the agency. 

Under the Act, agencies are required to 

adjust CMPs annually and publish these 

adjustments in the Federal Register.2

Agencies are to make the adjustments 

without engaging in notice-andcomment rulemaking, and these 

adjustments may be immediately 

effective upon publication.3 The Act 

provides that any increase in a CMP 

shall apply to CMPs that are assessed 

after the date the increase takes effect, 

regardless of whether the underlying 

violation predated such increase.4

FinCEN publishes CMP inflation 

adjustments in its regulations at 31 CFR 

1010.821. 

II. Method of Calculation 

The method of calculating CMP 

adjustments applied in this final rule is 

determined by the Act. Under the Act 

and Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) guidance, annual inflation 

adjustments are to be based on the 

percent change between the Consumer 

Price Index for all Urban Consumers 

(CPI–U) for the October preceding the 

date of the adjustment and the prior 

year’s October CPI–U.5 As set forth in 

OMB Memorandum M–25–02 of 

December 17, 2024, the adjustment 

multiplier for 2025 is 1.02598. To 

complete the 2025 annual adjustment, 

each current FinCEN CMP is multiplied 

by the 2025 adjustment multiplier. 

Under the Act, any increase in CMP 

must be rounded to the nearest multiple 

of $1.6

Procedural Matters 

1. Administrative Procedure Act 

Section 4(b) of the Act requires 

agencies, beginning in 2017, to make 

annual adjustments for inflation to 

CMPs notwithstanding the rulemaking 

requirements of 5 U.S.C. 553. 

Additionally, the methodology used for 

adjusting CMPs for inflation is provided 

by statute, with no discretion provided 

to agencies regarding the substance of 

the adjustments for inflation to CMPs. 

Accordingly, prior public notice and an 

opportunity for public comment and a 

delayed effective date are not required 

for this rule. 

2. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Because no notice of proposed 

rulemaking is required, the provisions 

of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do not apply. 

3. Executive Order 12866 

This rule is not a significant 

regulatory action as defined in section 

3(f) of Executive Order 12866, as 

amended. 

4. Paperwork Reduction Act 

The provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, and its 

implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 

1320, do not apply to this rule because 

there are no new or revised 

recordkeeping or reporting 

requirements. 

List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 1010 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Aliens, Authority 

delegations (Government agencies), 

Banks, banking, Brokers, Business and 

industry, Citizenship and 

naturalization, Commodity futures, 

Currency, Electronic filing, Federal 

savings associations, Federal-States 

relations, Foreign persons, Holding 

companies, Indians, Indians—law, 

Indians—tribal government, Insurance 

companies, Investigations, Investment 

advisers, Investment companies, Law 

enforcement, Penalties, Reporting and 


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