10 CFR § 490.604 - Penalties and Fines.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s490.604"
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title: "10 CFR § 490.604 - Penalties and Fines."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "490.604"
section_name: "Penalties and Fines."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY CONSERVATION"
part_number: "490"
part_name: "ALTERNATIVE FUEL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 7191  42 U.S.C. 13201, 13211, 13220, 13251  28 U.S.C. 2461 note."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 10653, Mar. 14, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 490.604 Penalties and Fines.

(a) *Civil penalties.* Whoever violates § 490.603 shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $11,128 for each violation.

(b) *Willful violations.* Whoever willfully violates section 490.603 of this part shall pay a criminal fine of not more than $10,000 for each violation.

(c) *Repeated violations.* Any person who knowingly and willfully violates section 490.603 of this part, after having been subjected to a civil penalty for a prior violation of section 490.603 shall pay a criminal fine of not more than $50,000 for each violation.

[61 FR 10653, Mar. 14, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 46183, Sept. 2, 1997; 74 FR 66032, Dec. 14, 2009; 79 FR 19, Jan. 2, 2014; 81 FR 41794, June 28, 2016; 81 FR 96351, Dec. 30, 2016; 83 FR 1291, Jan. 11, 2018; 83 FR 66083, Dec. 26, 2018; 85 FR 830, Jan. 8, 2020; 86 FR 2956, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 1064, Jan. 10, 2022; 88 FR 2193, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1028, Jan. 9, 2024; 89 FR 105406, Dec. 27, 2024]