[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 127 (Friday, July 1, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43091-43096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15411]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 19
[FRL-9948-48-OECA]
RIN 2020-AA51
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Interim final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promulgating this
interim final rule to adjust the level of statutory civil monetary
penalty amounts for the statutes that the agency administers. This
action is mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990, as amended through 2015 (``the 2015 Act''), which
prescribes a formula for adjusting statutory civil penalties to reflect
inflation, maintain the deterrent effect of statutory civil penalties,
and promote compliance with the law. The rule does not necessarily
revise the penalty amounts that EPA chooses to seek pursuant to its
civil penalty policies in a particular case. EPA's civil penalty
policies, which guide enforcement personnel in how to exercise EPA's
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 interim final rule is effective on August 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan O'Keefe, Office of Civil
Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, telephone number: (202) 564-4021;
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Since 1990, Federal agencies have been required to issue
regulations adjusting for inflation the statutory civil penalties \1\
that can be imposed under
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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 penalties every 4 years, and to adjust the statutory
civil penalty amounts for inflation if the increase met the DCIA's
adjustment methodology. In accordance with the DCIA, EPA reviewed and,
as appropriate, adjusted the civil 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). Over time, the DCIA
formula caused statutory civil penalties to lose value relative to
total inflation.
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\1\ The 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--
(A)(i) is for a specific monetary amount as provided by Federal law;
or (ii) has a maximum amount provided for by Federal law; and (B) is
assessed or enforced by an agency pursuant to Federal law; and (C)
is assessed or enforced pursuant to an administrative proceeding or
a civil action in the Federal courts.''
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The 2015 Act requires agencies to: (1) Adjust the level of
statutory civil penalties with an initial ``catch-up'' adjustment
through an interim final rulemaking; and (2) beginning January 15,
2017, make subsequent annual adjustments for inflation. This rule
implements the statutorily mandated initial catch-up adjustments. The
purpose of the 2015 Act \2\ is to provide a mechanism to address these
issues by translating originally enacted statutory civil penalty
amounts to today's dollars and rounding statutory civil penalties to
the nearest dollar. Once Federal agencies issue the 2016 one-time
catch-up rule, each statutory civil penalty amount will be adjusted
every year to reflect the inflation that has thereafter accrued.
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\2\ The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Improvements Act of 2015 (Section 701 of Pub. L. 114-74) was signed
into law on Nov. 2, 2015, and further amended the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990.
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Pursuant to section 5(b)(2)(A) of the 2015 Act, this initial catch-
up ``cost-of-living adjustment'' is, for each statutory civil penalty,
the percentage by which the Consumer Price Index for all Urban
Consumers (CPI-U) for the month of October 2015 exceeds the CPI-U for
the month of October of the year during which the amount of that civil
penalty was established (i.e., originally enacted) or last adjusted by
statute or regulation (other than pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act). However, section 5(b)(2)(C) of the
2015 Act provides that the maximum amount of any initial catch-up
increase shall not exceed 150 percent of the level that was in effect
on November 2, 2015. Table 2 to 40 CFR 19.4 presents the results of
these calculations and adjustments, identifying: (1) The maximum or
minimum \3\ penalty level established when each statutory section was
originally enacted or last adjusted by Congress; \4\ and (2) the
statutory maximum or minimum civil penalty level, adjusted for
inflation under the 2015 Act, that applies to statutory civil penalties
assessed on or after August 1, 2016 for violations that occurred after
November 2, 2015, the date the 2015 Act was enacted.
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\3\ Under 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 civil
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 person 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.
\4\ Section 5(b)(2)(B) provides that the cost-of-living-
adjustment ``shall be applied to the amount of the civil monetary
penalty as it was most recently established or adjusted under a
provision of law other than under this Act.'' Because EPA has not
adjusted any of the statutory civil penalty levels identified at 40
CFR 19.4 for inflation outside of the inflation adjustments made
pursuant to the DCIA, the initial cost-of-living adjustment is
calculated based on the statutory civil penalty amount as originally
enacted or last adjusted by Congress.
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The formula \5\ for determining the cost-of-living or inflation
adjustment to statutory civil penalties consists of the following five-
step process:
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\5\ Office of Management and Budget Memorandum, Implementation
of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvement
Act of 2015 (OMB Memorandum M-16-06) at p. 8, Appendix (February 24,
2016).
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Step 1: Identify the latest year that the penalty level or range
was established (i.e., originally enacted) or last adjusted by statute
or regulation (other than pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act).
Step 2: Calculate the cost-of-living adjustment, which is the
percentage for that statutory civil penalty by which the CPI-U for the
month of October 2015 exceeds the CPI-U for the month of October of the
year identified in Step 1 (hereafter referred to the ``cost-of-living
multiplier.'') \6\
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\6\ See OMB Memorandum M-16-06 at p. 6 for a list of the
applicable cost-of-living multipliers by year.
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Step 3: Multiply the statutory civil penalty level derived from
Step 1 by the cost-of-living multiplier calculated in Step 2 and round
to the nearest dollar.
Step 4: To calculate the 150 percent increase limitation, identify
the statutory civil penalty amount in effect on November 2, 2015 \7\
and multiply by 2.5.\8\
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\7\ 78 FR 66643 (November 6, 2013).
\8\ To calculate the 150 percent increase limitation, multiply
the inflation adjusted statutory civil penalty amounts in effect on
November 2, 2015 by 2.5 or 250 percent.
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Step 5: Compare the statutory civil penalty amounts in Step 3 and
Step 4, and take the lesser of the two amounts. The lesser amount is
the statutory maximum (or minimum) civil penalty that can be assessed
on or after August 1, 2016, for violations that occur after November 2,
2015. Under this rule, these amounts are listed in Table 2 of 40 CFR
19.4.
For example, with this rule, the new statutory maximum total
penalty that may be assessed in an administrative penalty enforcement
action under Clean Air Act (CAA) section 113(d)(1), 42 U.S.C.
7413(d)(1), and CAA section 205(c)(1), 42 U.S.C. 7524(c)(1), is
increasing from $320,000 to $356,312.\9\ Both of these statutory
maximum penalty amounts were established or last adjusted by Congress
in 1990, meaning that the applicable cost-of-living multiplier is
1.78156. Multiplying the originally enacted statutory penalty level of
$200,000 by the cost-of-living multiplier of 1.78156 yields a statutory
civil penalty level of $356,312 (see Column D). To determine the 150
percent statutory cap, multiply the inflation adjusted statutory civil
maximum penalty level of $320,000, in effect as of November 2, 2015, by
2.5, which equals $800,000 (see Column F). The new statutory civil
penalty level is the lesser of the Columns D and F, resulting in an
upward adjustment for inflation of $36,312 (see Column H) and the new
statutory civil penalty level of $356,312 (see Column G).
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\9\ Note that CAA section 113(d)(1) and section 205(c)(1)
authorize the imposition of a higher statutory maximum civil penalty
in an administrative enforcement action if the EPA Administrator and
the Attorney General jointly decide that a higher statutory maximum
civil penalty is appropriate in a particular matter.
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A B C D E F G H
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CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(1), 1990 $200,000 1.78156 $356,312 $320,000 $800,000 $356,312 $36,312
7524(c)(1)................................
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The 2015 Act allows agencies to limit the catch-up adjustment to
less than the otherwise required amount only under narrowly defined
circumstances. To do so, EPA must determine, and the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must concur, that ``increasing
the civil monetary penalty by the otherwise required amount will have a
negative economic impact; or the social costs of increasing the civil
monetary penalty by the otherwise required amount outweigh the
benefits.''\10\ In its February 24, 2016 guidance to Federal agencies
on the implementation of the 2015 Act, OMB made clear that it expects
reductions from the statutorily prescribed catch-up adjustment levels
``to be rare.''\11\ This rare exception does not apply to the civil
penalty provisions covered by this rule.
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\10\ Section 4(c)(1) of the 2015 Act.
\11\ See OMB Memorandum M-16-06 at p.3.
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With this rule, the new statutory maximum (or minimum) penalty
levels listed in Table 2 to 40 CFR 19.4 will apply to all statutory
civil penalties assessed on or after August 1, 2016, for violations
that occurred after November 2, 2015, when the 2015 Act was enacted.
The statutory civil penalty levels, as codified at Table 1 to 40 CFR
19.4, will continue to apply to (1) violations that occurred on or
before November 2, 2015, and (2) violations that occurred after
November 2, 2015, where the penalty assessment was made prior to August
1, 2016.
II. The 2015 Act Requires Federal Agencies To Issue These Adjustments
by Interim Final Rule
Section 4 of the 2015 Act directs Federal agencies to publish the
initial catch-up adjustment through an interim final rule no later than
July 1, 2016, which must be effective no later than August 1, 2016.
Because the 2015 Act prescribes the formula that Federal agencies must
follow to calculate the mandated inflation adjustments, the law does
not provide Federal agencies any discretion to vary the amount of the
statutory civil penalty changes to reflect any views or suggestions
provided by commenters. Accordingly, pursuant to the 2015 Act and 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B), EPA finds that there is good cause to promulgate
this rule without providing for public comment. It would be
impracticable and unnecessary to delay publication of this rule pending
opportunity for notice and comment because the 2015 Act does not allow
agencies to alter the rule based on public comment.
III. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
Under Executive Order 12866, OMB determined this interim final rule
to be a ``non-significant'' regulatory action and, therefore, it did
not undergo interagency review.\12\
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\12\ See OMB Memorandum M-16-06 at pp. 3-4.
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B. 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
penalties that could 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.
C. 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
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. 553, or any other statute.
This rule is not subject to notice and comment requirements because the
2015 Act does not allow agencies to alter the rule based on public
comment.
D. 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 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 formula-
driven pursuant to the 2015 Act, EPA has no policy discretion to vary
the amount of the adjustment.
E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have
a substantial direct effect on the states, or on the relationship
between the national government and the states, or on the distribution
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
F. 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 penalty levels to reflect and keep pace with
the levels originally set by Congress when the statutes were enacted.
The calculation of the increases is formula-driven and prescribed by
statute, and 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.
G. 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 EPA has reason to believe may disproportionately affect children,
per the definition of ``covered regulatory
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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.
H. 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.
I. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
The rule does not involve technical standards.
J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations
Executive Order 12898 (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994) establishes
Federal executive policy on environmental justice. Its main provision
directs Federal agencies, to the greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law, to make environmental justice part of their mission
by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high
and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs,
policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income
populations in the United States.
The primary purpose of this rule is to reconcile the real value of
current statutory civil penalty levels to reflect and keep pace with
the levels originally set by Congress when the statutes were enacted.
Because calculation of the increases is formula-driven, EPA has no
discretion in updating the rule to reflect the allowable statutory
civil penalties derived from applying the formula. Since there is no
discretion under the 2015 Act in determining the statutory civil
penalty level, EPA cannot vary the amount of the statutory civil
penalty adjustment to address other issues, including environmental
justice issues.
K. Congressional Review Act (CRA)
This action is subject to the CRA, and 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 the agency finds
that notice and comment rulemaking procedures are impracticable,
unnecessary or contrary to the public interest (5 U.S.C. 808(2)). This
rule is not subject to notice and comment requirements because the 2015
Act does not allow agencies to alter the rule based on public comment.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 19
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Penalties.
Dated: June 23, 2016.
Gina McCarthy,
Administrator.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, title 40, chapter I, part
19 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended as follows:
PART 19--ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR INFLATION
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1. The authority citation for part 19 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: Pub. L. 101-410, Oct. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 890, as
amended by Pub. L. 104-134, title III, sec. 31001(s)(1), Apr. 26,
1996, 110 Stat. 1321-373; Pub. L. 105-362, title XIII, sec. 1301(a),
Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3293; Pub. L. 114-74, title VII, sec.
701(b), Nov. 2, 2015, 129 Stat. 599.
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2. Revise Sec. 19.2 to read as follows:
Sec. 19.2 Effective date.
The penalty levels in the last column of Table 1 to Sec. 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 are assessed before August 1, 2016. The statutory civil
penalty levels set forth in the last column of Table 2 to Sec. 19.4
apply to all violations which occur after November 2, 2015, where the
penalties are assessed on or after August 1, 2016.
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3. Amend Sec. 19.4 by:
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a. Revising the section heading and the introductory text;
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b. In Table 1, amending the last column heading by removing the text
``Penalties effective after December 6, 2013''; and adding ``Statutory
civil penalties for violations that occurred after December 6, 2013
through November 2, 2015, or are assessed before August 1, 2016'' in
its place; and
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c. Adding a new Table 2.
The revisions and addition read as follows:
Sec. 19.4 Statutory civil penalties, as adjusted for inflation, and
tables.
Table 1 to Sec. 19.4 sets out the statutory civil penalty
provisions of statutes administered by EPA, with the original statutory
civil penalty levels, as enacted, and the operative statutory civil
penalty levels, as adjusted for inflation, for violations occurring on
or before November 2, 2015, and for violations occurring after November
2, 2015, where penalties are assessed before August 1, 2016. Table 2
sets out the statutory civil penalty provisions of statutes
administered by EPA, with the original statutory civil penalty levels,
as enacted, with the last column displaying the operative statutory
civil penalty levels where penalties are assessed on or after August 1,
2016, for violations that occurred after November 2, 2015.
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\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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Table 2 of Section 19.4--Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments
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Statutory civil
penalties for
violations that
U.S. Code citation Environmental statute Statutory civil occurred after
penalties, as enacted November 2, 2015 and
assessed on or after
August 1, 2016
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7 U.S.C. 136l.(a)(1).............. FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, $5,000 $18,750
FUNGICIDE, AND
RODENTICIDE ACT (FIFRA).
7 U.S.C. 136l.(a)(2) \1\.......... FIFRA..................... 1,000/500/1,000 2,750/1,772/2,750
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15 U.S.C. 2615(a)(1).............. TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL 25,000 37,500
ACT (TSCA).
15 U.S.C. 2647(a)................. TSCA...................... 5,000 10,781
15 U.S.C. 2647(g)................. TSCA...................... 5,000 8,908
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1).............. PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL 5,000 10,781
REMEDIES ACT (PFCRA).
31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2).............. PFCRA..................... 5,000 10,781
33 U.S.C. 1319(d)................. CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA)..... 25,000 51,570
33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(2)(A)........... CWA....................... 10,000/25,000 20,628/51,570
33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(2)(B)........... CWA....................... 10,000/125,000 20,628/257,848
33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(i)........ CWA....................... 10,000/25,000 17,816/44,539
33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(B)(ii)....... CWA....................... 10,000/125,000 17,816/222,695
33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(A)........... CWA....................... 25,000/1,000 44,539/1,782
33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(B)........... CWA....................... 25,000 44,539
33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(C)........... CWA....................... 25,000 44,539
33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(D)........... CWA....................... 100,000/3,000 178,156/5,345
33 U.S.C. 1414b(d)(1)............. MARINE PROTECTION, 600 1,187
RESEARCH, AND SANCTUARIES
ACT (MPRSA).
33 U.S.C. 1415(a)................. MPRSA..................... 50,000/125,000 187,500/247,336
33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see CERTAIN ALASKAN CRUISE 10,000/25,000 13,669/34,172
1409(a)(2)(A)). SHIP OPERATIONS (CACSO).
33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see CACSO..................... 10,000/125,000 13,669/170,861
1409(a)(2)(B)).
33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see CACSO..................... 25,000 34,172
1409(b)(1)).
33 U.S.C. 1908(b)(1).............. ACT TO PREVENT POLLUTION 25,000 70,117
FROM SHIPS (APPS).
33 U.S.C. 1908(b)(2).............. APPS...................... 5,000 14,023
42 U.S.C. 300g-3(b)............... SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT 25,000 53,907
(SDWA).
42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(A)......... SDWA...................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(B)......... SDWA...................... 5,000/25,000 10,781/37,561
42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(C)......... SDWA...................... 25,000 37,561
42 U.S.C. 300h-2(b)(1)............ SDWA...................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 300h-2(c)(1)............ SDWA...................... 10,000/125,000 21,563/269,535
42 U.S.C. 300h-2(c)(2)............ SDWA...................... 5,000/125,000 10,781/269,535
42 U.S.C. 300h-3(c)............... SDWA...................... 5,000/10,000 18,750/40,000
42 U.S.C. 300i(b)................. SDWA...................... 15,000 22,537
42 U.S.C. 300i-1(c)............... SDWA...................... 100,000/1,000,000 131,185/1,311,850
42 U.S.C. 300j(e)(2).............. SDWA...................... 2,500 9,375
42 U.S.C. 300j-4(c)............... SDWA...................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 300j-6(b)(2)............ SDWA...................... 25,000 37,561
42 U.S.C. 300j-23(d).............. SDWA...................... 5,000/50,000 9,893/98,935
42 U.S.C. 4852d(b)(5)............. RESIDENTIAL LEAD--BASED 10,000 16,773
PAINT HAZARD REDUCTION
ACT OF 1992.
42 U.S.C. 4910(a)(2).............. NOISE CONTROL ACT OF 1972. 10,000 35,445
42 U.S.C. 6928(a)(3).............. RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND 25,000 93,750
RECOVERY ACT (RCRA).
42 U.S.C. 6928(c)................. RCRA...................... 25,000 56,467
42 U.S.C. 6928(g)................. RCRA...................... 25,000 70,117
42 U.S.C. 6928(h)(2).............. RCRA...................... 25,000 56,467
42 U.S.C. 6934(e)................. RCRA...................... 5,000 14,023
42 U.S.C. 6973(b)................. RCRA...................... 5,000 14,023
42 U.S.C. 6991e(a)(3)............. RCRA...................... 25,000 56,467
42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(1)............. RCRA...................... 10,000 22,587
42 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(2)............. RCRA...................... 10,000 22,587
42 U.S.C. 7413(b)................. CLEAN AIR ACT (CAA)....... 25,000 93,750
42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(1).............. CAA....................... 25,000/200,000 44,539/356,312
42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(3).............. CAA....................... 5,000 8,908
42 U.S.C. 7524(a)................. CAA....................... 25,000/2,500 44,539/4,454
42 U.S.C. 7524(c)(1).............. CAA....................... 200,000 356,312
42 U.S.C. 7545(d)(1).............. CAA....................... 25,000 44,539
42 U.S.C. 9604(e)(5)(B)........... COMPREHENSIVE 25,000 53,907
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE,
COMPENSATION, AND
LIABILITY ACT (CERCLA).
42 U.S.C. 9606(b)(1).............. CERCLA.................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 9609(a)(1).............. CERCLA.................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 9609(b)................. CERCLA.................... 25,000/75,000 53,907/161,721
42 U.S.C. 9609(c)................. CERCLA.................... 25,000/75,000 53,907/161,721
42 U.S.C. 11045(a)................ EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 25,000 53,907
COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW
ACT (EPCRA).
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42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(1)(A).......... EPCRA..................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(2)............. EPCRA..................... 25,000/75,000 53,907/161,721
42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(3)............. EPCRA..................... 25,000/75,000 53,907/161,721
42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(1)............. EPCRA..................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 11045(c)(2)............. EPCRA..................... 10,000 21,563
42 U.S.C. 11045(d)(1)............. EPCRA..................... 25,000 53,907
42 U.S.C. 14304(a)(1)............. MERCURY--CONTAINING AND 10,000 15,025
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY
MANAGEMENT ACT (BATTERY
ACT).
42 U.S.C. 14304(g)................ BATTERY ACT............... 10,000 15,025
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