WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a rule called: Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments.
The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 3 by Adam G. Suess, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land Minerals Management.
Summary: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) adjusts for inflation its civil monetary penalties assessed under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) and its implementing regulations. OSMRE takes this regulatory action pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (2015 Act), which further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (1990 Act), and...