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30 U.S. Code § 820 - Penalties | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 820. Penalties
30 U.S. Code § 820 - Penalties
The operator of a coal or other mine in which a violation occurs of a mandatory health or safety standard or who violates any other provision of this chapter, shall be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary which penalty shall not be more than $50,000 for each such violation. Each occurrence of a violation of a mandatory health or safety standard may constitute a separate offense.
The operator of a coal or other mine who fails to provide timely notification to the Secretary as required under section 813(j) of this title (relating to the 15 minute requirement) shall be assessed a civil penalty by the Secretary of not less than $5,000 and not more than $60,000.
The minimum penalty for any citation or order issued under section 814(d)(1) of this title shall be $2,000.
The minimum penalty for any order issued under section 814(d)(2) of this title shall be $4,000.
Any operator who fails to correct a violation for which a citation has been issued under section 814(a) of this title within the period permitted for its correction may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $$5,000 [1] for each day during which such failure or violation continues.
(k) Compromise, mitigation, and settlement of pen­alty
(Pub. L. 91–173, title I, § 110, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 758; Pub. L. 95–164, title II, § 201, Nov. 9, 1977, 91 Stat. 1311; Pub. L. 101–508, title III, § 3102, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388–29; Pub. L. 109–236, § 5(b), § 8(a), June 15, 2006, 120 Stat. 498, 500; Pub. L. 109–280, title XIII, § 1301, Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 1108.)
2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–280, § 1301(2), substituted “(1) The operator” for “(1)(1) The operator” in par. (1), substituted “subsection (a)(1)” for “paragraph (1)” in par. (2), relating to criminal penalties, and redesignated that par. as subsec. (d).
Pub. L. 109–236, § 8(a)(1), inserted “(1)” after subsec. heading, added par. (2), relating to criminal penalties, and added pars. (3) and (4).
Pub. L. 109–236, § 5(b), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2), relating to civil penalties.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–280, § 1301(3), inserted par. (1) and (2) designations.
Pub. L. 109–236, § 8(a)(2), inserted at end “Violations under this section that are deemed to be flagrant may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $220,000. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘flagrant’ with respect to a violation means a reckless or repeated failure to make reasonable efforts to eliminate a known violation of a mandatory health or safety standard that substantially and proximately caused, or reasonably could have been expected to cause, death or serious bodily injury.”
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–280, § 1301(2)(B)(ii), redesignated subsec. (a)(2), relating to criminal penalties, as (d).
Pub. L. 109–280, § 1301(1), struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: “Any operator who willfully violates a mandatory health or safety standard, or knowingly violates or fails or refuses to comply with any order issued under section 814 of this title and section 817 of this title, or any order incorporated in a final decision issued under this subchapter, except an order incorporated in a decision under subsection (a) of this section or section 815(c) of this title, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both, except that if the conviction is for a violation committed after the first conviction of such operator under this chapter, punishment shall be by a fine of not more than $50,000, or by imprisonment for not more than five years, or both.”
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–508, § 3102(1), substituted “$50,000” for “$10,000”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–508, § 3102(2), substituted “$5,000” for “1,000”.
1977—Pub. L. 95–164 substituted provisions setting the civil and criminal penalties with regard to violations of this chapter for provisions relating to claims of idled miners, which provisions, as revised, were transferred to section 821 of this title.
Pub. L. 109–236, § 8(b), June 15, 2006, 120 Stat. 501, provided that:
“Not later than December 30, 2006, the Secretary of Labor shall promulgate final regulations with respect to penalties.”