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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Penalties Penalties Penalties
Statutory effective after effective after effective after Penalties
U.S. Code Citation Environmental penalties, as January 30, 1997 March 15, 2004 January 12, 2009 effective after
statute enacted through March 15, through January through December December 6, 2013
(a)(1)............ FEDERAL $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,500
(1)............ FEDERAL $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,500
INSECTICIDE,
FUNGICIDE, AND
RODENTICIDE ACT
(FIFRA).7 U.S.C. 136l.(a)(2)............ FIFRA............. $500/$1,000 $550/$1,000 $650/$1,100 $750/$1,100 $750/$1,10015 U.S.C. 2615(a)(1)............ TOXIC SUBSTANCES $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,500
CONTROL ACT
(TSCA).15 U.S.C. 2647(a)............... TSCA.............. $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,50015 U.S.C. 2647(g)............... TSCA.............. $5,000 $5,000 $5,500 $7,500 $7,50031 U.S.C. 3802(a)(1)............ PROGRAM FRAUD $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,500
CIVIL REMEDIES
ACT (PFCRA).31 U.S.C. 3802(a)(2)............ PFCRA............. $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,50033 U.S.C. 1319(d)............... CLEAN WATER ACT $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,500
(CWA).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 $16,000/$37,50033 U.S.C. 1319(g)(2)(B)......... CWA............... $10,000/$125,000 $11,000/$137,500 $11,000/$157,500 $16,000/$177,500 $16,000/$187,50033 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 $16,000/$37,50033 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 $16,000/$187,50033 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(A)......... CWA............... $25,000/$1,000 $27,500/$1,100 $32,500/$1,100 $37,500/$1,100 $37,500/$2,10033 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(B)......... CWA............... $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50033 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(C)......... CWA............... $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50033 U.S.C. 1321(b)(7)(D)......... CWA............... $100,000/$3,000 $110,000/$3,300 $130,000/$4,300 $140,000/$4,300 $150,000/$5,30033 U.S.C. 1414b(d)(1) \1\....... MARINE PROTECTION, $600 $660 $760 $860 $860
RESEARCH, AND
SANCTUARIES ACT
(MPRSA).33 U.S.C. 1415(a)............... MPRSA............. $50,000/$125,000 $55,000/$137,500 $65,000/$157,500 $70,000/$177,500 $75,000/$187,50033 U.S.C. 1901 note (see CERTAIN ALASKAN $10,000/$25,000 $10,000/$25,000 $10,000/$25,000 $11,000/$27,500 $11,000/$27,500
1409(a)(2)(A)). CRUISE SHIP \2\
OPERATIONS
(CACSO).33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see CACSO............. $10,000/$125,000 $10,000/$125,000 $10,000/$125,000 $11,000/$137,500 $11,000/$147,500
1409(a)(2)(B)).
33 U.S.C. 1901 note (see CACSO............. $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 $27,500 $27,500
1409(b)(1)).42 U.S.C. 300g-3(b)............. SAFE DRINKING $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,500
WATER ACT (SDWA).42 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(A)....... SDWA.............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 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 $7,000/$32,50042 U.S.C. 300g-3(g)(3)(C)....... SDWA.............. $25,000 $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $32,50042 U.S.C. 300h-2(b)(1).......... SDWA.............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 300h-2(c)(1).......... SDWA.............. $10,000/$125,000 $11,000/$137,500 $11,000/$157,500 $16,000/$177,500 $16,000/$187,50042 U.S.C. 300h-2(c)(2).......... SDWA.............. $5,000/$125,000 $5,500/$137,500 $6,500/$157,500 $7,500/$177,500 $7,500/$187,50042 U.S.C. 300h-3(c)............. SDWA.............. $5,000/$10,000 $5,500/$11,000 $6,500/$11,000 $7,500/$16,000 $7,500/$16,00042 U.S.C. 300i(b)............... SDWA.............. $15,000 $15,000 $16,500 $16,500 $21,50042 U.S.C. 300i-1(c)............. SDWA.............. $20,000/$50,000 $22,000/$55,000 $100,000/ $110,000/ $120,000/
\3\ $1,000,000 $1,100,000 $1,150,00042 U.S.C. 300j(e)(2)............ SDWA.............. $2,500 $2,750 $2,750 $3,750 $3,75042 U.S.C. 300j-4(c)............. SDWA.............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 300j-6(b)(2).......... SDWA.............. $25,000 $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $32,50042 U.S.C. 300j-23(d)............ SDWA.............. $5,000/$50,000 $5,500/$55,000 $6,500/$65,000 $7,500/$70,000 $7,500/$75,00042 U.S.C. 4852d(b)(5)........... RESIDENTIAL LEAD- $10,000 $11,000 $11,000 $16,000 $16,000
BASED PAINT
HAZARD REDUCTION
ACT OF 1992.42 U.S.C. 4910(a)(2)............ NOISE CONTROL ACT $10,000 $11,000 $11,000 $16,000 $16,000
OF 1972.42 U.S.C. 6928(a)(3)............ RESOURCE $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,500
CONSERVATION AND
RECOVERY ACT
(RCRA).42 U.S.C. 6928(c)............... RCRA.............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 6928(g)............... RCRA.............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 6928(h)(2)............ RCRA.............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 6934(e)............... RCRA.............. $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,50042 U.S.C. 6973(b)............... RCRA.............. $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,500
42 U.S.C. 6991e(a)(3)........... RCRA.............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(1)........... RCRA.............. $10,000 $11,000 $11,000 $16,000 $16,00042 U.S.C. 6991e(d)(2)........... RCRA.............. $10,000 $11,000 $11,000 $16,000 $16,00042 U.S.C. 7413(b)............... CLEAN AIR ACT $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,500
(CAA).42 U.S.C. 7413(d)(1)............ CAA............... $25,000/$200,000 $27,500/$220,000 $32,500/$270,000 $37,500/$295,000 $37,500/$320,00042 U.S.C. 7413(d)(3)............ CAA............... $5,000 $5,500 $6,500 $7,500 $7,50042 U.S.C. 7524(a)............... CAA............... $2,500/$25,000 $2,750/$27,500 $2,750/$32,500 $3,750/$37,500 $3,750/$37,50042 U.S.C. 7524(c)(1)............ CAA............... $200,000 $220,000 $270,000 $295,000 $320,00042 U.S.C. 7545(d)(1)............ CAA............... $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 9604(e)(5)(B)......... COMPREHENSIVE $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,500
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESPONSE,
COMPENSATION, AND
LIABILITY ACT
(CERCLA).42 U.S.C. 9606(b)(1)............ CERCLA............ $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 9609(a)(1)............ CERCLA............ $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 9609(b)............... CERCLA............ $25,000/$75,000 $27,500/$82,500 $32,500/$97,500 $37,500/$107,500 $37,500/$117,50042 U.S.C. 9609(c)............... CERCLA............ $25,000/$75,000 $27,500/$82,500 $32,500/$97,500 $37,500/$107,500 $37,500/$117,50042 U.S.C. 11045(a).............. EMERGENCY PLANNING $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,500
AND COMMUNITY
RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
(EPCRA).42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(1)(A) \4\.... EPCRA............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 11045(b)(2)........... EPCRA............. $25,000/$75,000 $27,500/$82,500 $32,500/$97,500 $37,500/$107,500 $37,500/$117,50042 U.S.C. 11045(b)(3)........... EPCRA............. $25,000/$75,000 $27,500/$82,500 $32,500/$97,500 $37,500/$107,500 $37,500/$117,50042 U.S.C. 11045(c)(1)........... EPCRA............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 11045(c)(2)........... EPCRA............. $10,000 $11,000 $11,000 $16,000 $16,00042 U.S.C. 11045(d)(1)........... EPCRA............. $25,000 $27,500 $32,500 $37,500 $37,50042 U.S.C. 14304(a)(1)........... MERCURY-CONTAINING $10,000 $10,000 $11,000 $16,000 $16,000
AND RECHARGEABLE
BATTERY
MANAGEMENT ACT
(BATTERY ACT).42 U.S.C. 14304(g).............. BATTERY ACT....... $10,000 $10,000 $11,000 $16,000 $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. 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, Pub. L. 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 SDWA, 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.\4\ Consistent with how the EPA's other penalty authorities are displayed under Part 19.4, this Table now delineates, on a subpart-by-subpart basis, the
penalty authorities enumerated under section 325(b) of EPCRA, 42 U.S.C. 11045(b) (i.e., 42 U.S.C. 11045(b)(1)(A), (b)(2), and (b)(3)). [78 FR 66647, Nov. 6, 2013]