[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 3363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00412]
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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
RIN 3145-AA58
Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary
Penalties
AGENCY: National Science Foundation.
ACTION: Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for
civil monetary penalties for 2017.
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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is
providing notice of its adjusted maximum civil monetary penalties,
effective January 15, 2017. These adjustments are required by the
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of
2015 (the 2015 Act).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bijan Gilanshah, Assistant General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, National Science Foundation,
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington, Virginia 22230, 703-292-
8060.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 2016, NSF published an interim
final rule amending its regulations to adjust, for inflation, the
maximum civil monetary penalties that may be imposed for violations of
the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (ACA), as amended, 16 U.S.C.
2401 et seq., and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (PFCRA),
31 U.S.C. 3801, et seq. These adjustments are required by the 2015 Act
(Sec. 701 of Pub. L. 114-74). The 2015 Act also requires agencies to
make subsequent annual adjustments for inflation. Pursuant to OMB
guidance dated December 16, 2016, the cost-of-living adjustment
multiplier for 2017 is 1.01636. Accordingly, the 2017 annual inflation
adjustments for the maximum penalties under the ACA are $16,516 ($16250
x 1.01636) for violations and $27,950 ($27500 x 1.01636) for knowing
violations of the ACA. Finally, the 2017 annual inflation adjustment
for the maximum penalty for violations under PFCRA is $10957 ($10781 x
1.01636).
Dated: January 6, 2017.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2017-00412 Filed 1-10-17; 8:45 am]
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