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Outer Continental Shelf Civil and Criminal Penalties Program
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Outer Continental Shelf Civil and Criminal Penalties Status
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Calendar 2002 re: All Paid Penalties
Calendar 2001 re: All Paid Penalties
Calendar 2000 re: All Paid Penalties
Calendar 1999 re: All Paid Penalties
Calendar 1998 re: All Paid Penalties
4th Quarter 1997 re: All Paid Penalties
Chronological History of the Civil and Criminal Penalties Program
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  OCS Civil and Criminal Penalties Program
 
The goal of the MMS OCS Civil/Criminal Penalties Program is to assure safe and clean operations on the OCS. Through the pursuit, assessment, and collection of civil penalties and referrals for the consideration of criminal penalties, the program is designed to encourage compliance with OCS statutes and regulations.

OCS Civil/Criminal Penalties Program Status (Updated through December 31, 2008)

Summary of Civil Penalties Paid:

bullet Calendar Year 2009
  
bullet Calendar Year 2008
  
bullet Calendar Year 2007
 
bullet Calendar Year 2006
 
bullet Calendar Year 2005
 
bullet Calendar Year 2004
 
bullet Calendar Year 2003
 
bullet Calendar Year 2002
 
bullet Calendar Year 2001
 
bullet Calendar Year 2000
 
bullet Calendar Year 1999
 
bullet Calendar Year 1998
 
bullet 4th Quarter of 1997 (10/1/97 – 12/31/97)

Chronlogical History of the OCS Civil Penalty Program

Federal Register Notices (FR): (all in Portable Document Format (PDF))

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FR 2008: Penalties Paid Calendar Year 2007 (53 KB)
 
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FR 2007: Penalties Paid Calendar Year 2006 (68 KB)
 
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FR February 2007: Final rule published which raises the maximum penalty rate effective March 30, 2007 (56 KB)
 
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FR 2006: Penalties Paid Calendar Year 2005 (107 KB)
 
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FR 2005: Penalties Paid Calendar Year 2004 (299 KB)
 
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FR October 2003: Final rule published which raises the maximum penalty rate effective November 28, 2003 (48 KB)
 
bullet FR 2002: Penalties Paid Calendar Year 2001 (382 KB)  
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FR 2008 Penalties Paid Calendar Year 2008

Notices to Lessees and Operators (NTL):

bullet NTL 07-2N Revised Assessment Matrix. The most recent NTL revising the penalty matrix.
 
bullet NTL 97-5N Assessment Matrix.
 
bullet NTL 97-4N Annual Summary to be published. NTL announcing MMS plans to publish a list of civil penalties paid.
 
bullet NTL 96-7N Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Civil Penalties Program. NTL distributed in 1996 announcing MMS new civil penalty policy.
 

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