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Civil Penalty Policies
Listed below are EPA's Civil Penalty Policies relating to violations or nondcompliance with the environmental statutes and regulations.The listing is not inclusive of all policy and guidance document that may also be relied upon in developing enforcement actions.
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General Penalty Policy Information
Modifications to EPA Penalty Policies to Implement the Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule (Pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Effective October 1, 2004) - (9/21/04) (PDF) (541 KB)
Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule (40 CFR Parts 19 and 72) - (2/13/04)
Consolidated Rules of Practice Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance of Compliance or Corrective Actions Orders, and the Revocation, Termination or Suspension of Pe - (2/25/98) (PDF) (4MB)
Modifications to EPA Penalty Policies to Implement the Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Rule (Pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996) - (5/9/97) (PDF) (1.46 MB)
Clean Air Act (CAA)
Combined Enforcement Policy for Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act - (8/15/01) (PDF) (185K)
Clarification of the Use of Appendix I of the Clean Air Act Stationary Source Civil Penalty Policy - (7/23/95) (PDF) (91KB)
Tampering and Defeat Device Civil Penalty Policy For Notices of Violations - (2/28/94) (PDF) (779 KB)
Interim Diesel Civil Penalty Policy - (2/8/94) (PDF) (531KB)
Manufacturers Program Branch Interim Penalty Policy - (3/31/93) (PDF) (805 KB)
Civil Penalty Policy for Administrative Hearings - (1/14/93) (PDF) (995 KB)
Clean Air Act Stationary Source Civil Penalty Policy - (10/25/91) (PDF)
Volatility Civil Penalty Policy - (12/1/89) (PDF) (577KB)
Guidance on Determining a Violator's Ability to Pay a Civil Penalty, dated 12/16/86 - (12/16/86) (PDF)
Clean Water Act (CWA)
Issuance of Revised CWA Section 404 Settlement Penalty Policy, dated 12/21/2001 - (12/21/01)
Civil Penalty Policy for Section 311(b)(3) and Section 311(j) of the Clean Water Act - (8/1/98) (PDF) (57K)
Issuance of Revised Interim Clean Water Act Settlement Penalty Policy, dated 03/01/95 - (3/3/98) (PDF) (1.51 MB)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)
FIFRA: Worker Protection Standard Penalty Policy - Interim Final - (9/1/97) (PDF) (46 KB)
Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
Revised Penalty Matrices for the RCRA Civil Penalty Policy - (1/11/05) (PDF)
RCRA Civil Penalty Policy - (6/23/03) (PDF) (3120KB)
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)
New Public Water System Supervision Program Settlement Penalty Policy, dated 05/25/94 - (5/25/94) (PDF) (1.18 MB)
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
CERCLA
Revised Penalty Matrix for CERCLA Section 106(b)(1) Civil Penalty Policy - (4/20/05) (PDF) (34 K)
Issuance of the Interim Policy on Settlement of CERCLA Section 106(b)(1) Penalty Claims and Section 107(c)(3) Punitive Damages Claims for Noncompliance with Administrative Orders - (9/30/97) (PDF) (1317 K)
Administrative Penalty Procedures, Action: Interim Final Rule - (5/16/89) (PDF) (438 KB)