⚖️New Civil Penalties for Oil and Gas Operations Effective 2025
This final rule adjusts the maximum daily civil monetary penalty amount contained in the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) regulations for violations of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance. The civil penalty inflation adjustment, using a 1.02598 multiplier, accounts for 1 year of inflation based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) from October 2023 to October 2024.
Learn More🏗️Consent Decree Notice for Homeworks Construction Under TSCA
The Department of Justice has lodged a proposed Consent Decree related to a lawsuit against Homeworks Construction for violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act governing lead paint regulations. The Decree mandates compliance and includes a civil penalty, opening a period for public comment.
Learn More⚖️Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments
The Department of Justice is adjusting for inflation the civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by components of the Department, in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended, for penalties assessed after [INSERT DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER] with respect to violations occurring after November 2, 2015.
Learn More🚂Administrative Updates to Grade Crossing Safety Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's grade crossing safety regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🚄FRA Proposes Amendments to Railroad Safety Enforcement Procedures
This proposed rule would update FRA's railroad safety enforcement procedures and rules of practice to require electronic service of documents. This proposed rule would also establish procedures to implement new authority regarding civil penalties for alleged Federal railroad safety violations. Finally, this proposal would make other necessary administrative updates, such as correcting addresses.
Learn More🚆Administrative Updates to Railroad Operating Practices Regulations
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad operating practices regulations, including updating addresses.
Learn More⚖️New DHS Civil Penalties Framework for Immigration Violations
This interim final rule ("IFR") amends existing DHS and DOJ regulations. It provides exclusive DHS procedures for the issuance of civil monetary penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens who fail to depart voluntarily during the voluntary departure period, willfully fail or refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other proscribed activities, or are apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the United States. The IFR also transfers the appeals process for these penalties from DOJ's Board of Immigration Appeals to DHS.
Learn More⚖️New Regulations under the Administrative False Claims Act
The Railroad Retirement Board amends its regulations to implement statutory amendments to the Administrative False Claims Act. These amendments revise and remove procedures under the Administrative False Claims Act that are no longer applicable due to statutory changes and implement new procedures allowing administrative false claims to be referred to the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals for adjudication.
Learn More💰2025 Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties by HUD
This rule provides for 2025 inflation adjustments of civil monetary penalty amounts required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act). This rule also removes an obsolete regulation relating to the imposition of civil monetary penalties.
Learn More💼Annual Civil Penalty Adjustments Impacting Tribal Businesses
This rule provides for annual adjustments to the level of civil monetary penalties contained in Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau) regulations to account for inflation under the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance.
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