[Code of Federal Regulations]


[Title 49, Volume 2, Parts 100 to 185]


[Revised as of October 1, 1998]


From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access


[CITE: 49CFR107.329]





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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION


 


 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 


                             TRANSPORTATION


 


PART 107--HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM PROCEDURES--Table of Contents


 


                         Subpart D--Enforcement


 


Sec. 107.329  Maximum penalties.





    (a) A person who knowingly violates a requirement of the Federal 


hazardous material transportation law, an order issued thereunder, this 


subchapter, subchapter C of this chapter, or an exemption issued under 


this subchapter applicable to the transporting of hazardous materials or 


the causing of them to be transported or shipped is liable for a civil 


penalty of not more than $25,000 ($27,500 for a violation occurring 


after January 21, 1997) and not less than $250 for each violation. When 


the violation is a continuing one, each day of the violation constitutes 


a separate offense.


    (b) A person who knowingly violates a requirement of the Federal 


hazardous material transportation law, and order issued thereunder, this 


subchapter, subchapter C of this chapter, or an exemption issued under 


this subchapter applicable to the manufacture, fabrication, marking, 


maintenance, reconditioning, repair, or testing of a packaging or 


container which is represented, marked, certified or sold by that person 


as being qualified for use in the transportation of hazardous materials 


in commerce is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 


($27,500 for a violation occurring after January 21, 1997) and not less 


than $250 for each violation.





[Amdt. 107-24, 56 FR 8624, Feb. 28, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 107-32, 59 


FR 49131, Sept. 26, 1994; Amdt. 17-40, 62 FR 2971, Jan. 21, 1997]