40 Protection of Environment 1 2009-07-01 2009-07-01 false ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR INFLATION 19 PART 19 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GENERAL Pt. 19 PART 19—ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR INFLATION Sec. 19.1 Applicability. 19.2 Effective date. 19.3 [Reserved] 19.4 Penalty adjustment and table. Authority:

Public Law 101-410, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; Public Law 104-134, 31 U.S.C. 3701 note.

 Source:

73 FR 75345, Dec. 11, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

§ 19.1 Applicability.

This part applies to each statutory provision under the laws administered by the Environmental Protection Agency concerning the civil monetary penalties which may be assessed in either civil judicial or administrative proceedings.

§ 19.2 Effective date.

The increased penalty amounts set forth in the last column of Table 1 to § 19.4 apply to all violations under the applicable statutes and regulations which occur after January 12, 2009. The penalty amounts that were adjusted in EPA's initial adjustment to each statutory civil penalty amount that was published in the Federal Register on December 31, 1996 (61 FR 69360), and became effective on January 30, 1997, apply to all violations under the applicable statutes and regulations which occurred after January 30, 1997, through March 15, 2004. The penalty amounts that were adjusted in EPA's second adjustment to each statutory civil penalty amount that was published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2004 (69 FR 7121), and became effective on March 15, 2004, apply to all violations under the applicable statutes and regulations which occurred after March 15, 2004, through January 12, 2009.

§ 19.3 [Reserved]
§ 19.4 Penalty adjustment and table.

The adjusted statutory penalty provisions and their applicable amounts are set out in Table 1. The last column in the table provides the newly effective statutory civil penalty amounts.

Table 1 of Section 19.4—Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments U.S. code citation Environmental statute Statutory
  • penalties,
  • as enacted
    •  Penalties
  • effective after January 30, 1997 through March 15, 2004
    •  Penalties
  • effective after March 15, 2004 through January 12, 2009
    •  Penalties
  • effective
  • after
  • January 12, 2009
    •      7 U.S.C. 136l.(a)(1) FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA) $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 7 U.S.C. 136l.(a)(2) FIFRA 500/1,000 550/1,000 650/1,100 750/1,100 15 U.S.C. 2615(a)(1) TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA) 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 15 U.S.C. 2647(a) TSCA 5,000 5,500 6,500 7,500 15 U.S.C. 2647(g) TSCA 5,000 5,000 5,500 7,500 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1) PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT (PFCRA) 5,000 5,500 6,500 7,500 31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2) PFCRA 5,000 5,500 6,500 7,500 33 U.S.C. 1319(d) CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA) 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(2)(A) CWA 10,000/25,000 11,000/
  • 27,500
    •  11,000/32,500 16,000/37,500     33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(2)(B) CWA 10,000/125,000 11,000/137,500 11,000/157,500 16,000/177,500 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(i) CWA 10,000/25,000 11,000 /27,500 11,000/32,500 16,000/37,500 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(ii) CWA 10,000/125,000 11,000/137,500 11,000/157,500 16,000/177,500 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(A) CWA 25,000/1,000 27,500/1,100 32,500/1,100 37,500/1,100 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(B) CWA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(C) CWA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(D) CWA 100,000/3,000 110,000/3,300 130,000/4,300 140,000/4,300 33 U.S.C. 1415(a) MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND SANCTUARIES ACT (MPRSA) 50,000/125,000 55,000/137,500 65,000/157,500 70,000/177,500 33 U.S.C. 1414b(d)(1) 1 MPRSA 600 660 760 860 33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see 1409(a)(2)(A)) CERTAIN ALASKAN CRUISE SHIP OPERATIONS (CACSO) 10,000/25,000 2 10,000/25,000 10,000/25,000 11,000/27,500 33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see 1409(a)(2)(B)) CACSO 10,000/125,000 10,000/125,000 10,000/125,000 11,000/137,500 33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see 1409(b)(1)) CACSO 25,000 25,000 25,000 27,500 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(b) SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT (SDWA) 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(A) SDWA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(B) SDWA 5,000/25,000 5,000/25,000 6,000/27,500 7,000/32,500 42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(C) SDWA 25,000 25,000 27,500 32,500 42 U.S.C. 300h-2(b)(1) SDWA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 300h-2(c)(1) SDWA 10,000/125,000 11,000/137,500 11,000/157,500 16,000/177,500 42 U.S.C. 300h-2(c)(2) SDWA 5,000/125,000 5,500/137,500 6,500/157,500 7,500/177,500 42 U.S.C. 300h-3(c) SDWA 5,000/10,000 5,500/11,000 6,500/11,000 7,500/16,000 42 U.S.C. 300i(b) SDWA 15,000 15,000 16,500 16,500 42 U.S.C. 300i-1(c) SDWA 20,000/50,000 3 22,000/55,000 100,000/1,000,000 110,000/1,100,000 42 U.S.C. 300j(e)(2) SDWA 2,500 2,750 2,750 3,750 42 U.S.C. 300j-4(c) SDWA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 300j-6(b)(2) SDWA 25,000 25,000 27,500 32,500 42 U.S.C. 300j-23(d) SDWA 5,000/50,000 5,500/55,000 6,500/65,000 7,500/70,000 42 U.S.C. 4852d(b)(5) RESIDENTIAL LEAD-BASED PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION ACT OF 1992 10,000 11,000 11,000 16,000 42 U.S.C. 4910(a)(2) NOISE CONTROL ACT OF 1972 10,000 11,000 11,000 16,000 42 U.S.C. 6928(a)(3) RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY ACT (RCRA) 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 6928(c) RCRA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 6928(g) RCRA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 6928(h)(2) RCRA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 6934(e) RCRA 5,000 5,500 6,500 7,500 42 U.S.C. 6973(b) RCRA 5,000 5,500 6,500 7,500 42 U.S.C. 6991e(a)(3) RCRA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(1) RCRA 10,000 11,000 11,000 16,000 42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(2) RCRA 10,000 11,000 11,000 16,000 42 U.S.C. 7413(b) CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA) 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(1) CAA 25,000/200,000 27,500/220,000 32,500/270,000 37,500/295,000 42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(3) CAA 5,000 5,500 6,500 7,500 42 U.S.C. 7524(a) CAA 2,500/25,000 2,750/27,500 2,750/32,500 3,750/37,500 42 U.S.C. 7524(c)(1) CAA 200,000 220,000 270,000 295,000 42 U.S.C. 7545(d)(1) CAA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 9604(e)(5)(B) COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA) 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 9606(b)(1) CERCLA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 9609(a)(1) CERCLA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 9609(b) CERCLA 25,000/75,000 27,500/82,500 32,500/97,500 37,500/107,500 42 U.S.C. 9609(c) CERCLA 25,000/75,000 27,500/82,500 32,500/97,500 37,500/107,500 42 U.S.C. 11045(a) EMERGENCY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT (EPCRA) 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 11045(b) EPCRA 25,000/75,000 27,500/82,500 32,500/97,500 37,500/107,500 42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(1) EPCRA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(2) EPCRA 10,000 11,000 11,000 16,000 42 U.S.C. 11045(d)(1) EPCRA 25,000 27,500 32,500 37,500 42 U.S.C. 14304(a)(1) MERCURY-CONTAINING AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY MANAGEMENT ACT (BATTERY ACT) 10,000 10,000 11,000 16,000 42 U.S.C. 14304(g) BATTERY ACT 10,000 10,000 11,000 16,000 1 Note that 33 U.S.C. 1414b(d)(1)(B) contains additional penalty escalation provisions that must be applied to the penalty amounts set forth in this Table 1. The amounts set forth in this Table reflect an inflation adjustment to the calendar year 1992 penalty amount expressed in section 104B(d)(1)(A), which is used to calculate the applicable penalty amount under MPRSA section 104B(d)(1)(B) for violations that occur in any subsequent calendar year. 2 CACSO was passed on December 21, 2000 as part of Title XIV of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001, Public Law 106-554, 33 U.S.C. 1901 note. 3 The original statutory penalty amounts of 20,000 and 50,000 under section 1432(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. 300i-1(c), were subsequently increased by Congress pursuant to section 403 of the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, Public Law No. 107-188 (June 12, 2002), to 100,000 and 1,000,000, respectively. EPA did not adjust these new penalty amounts in its 2004 Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule (“2004 Rule”), 69 FR 7121 (February 13, 2004), because they had gone into effect less than two years prior to the 2004 Rule.     [73 FR 75345, Dec. 11, 2008; 74 FR 627, Jan. 7, 2009]