15 CFR § 904.106 - Compromise of civil penalty.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s904.106"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 904.106 - Compromise of civil penalty."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "904.106"
section_name: "Compromise of civil penalty."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL REGULATIONS"
part_number: "904"
part_name: "CIVIL PROCEDURES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 1801 16 U.S.C. 1531 16 U.S.C. 1361 16 U.S.C. 3371 16 U.S.C. 1431 16 U.S.C. 6901 16 U.S.C. 773 16 U.S.C. 951 16 U.S.C. 5001 16 U.S.C. 3631 42 U.S.C. 9101 30 U.S.C. 1401 16 U.S.C. 971 16 U.S.C. 781 16 U.S.C. 2431 16 U.S.C. 972 16 U.S.C. 916 16 U.S.C. 1151 16 U.S.C. 3601 16 U.S.C. 1851 note; 15 U.S.C. 330 16 U.S.C. 2461 16 U.S.C. 5101 16 U.S.C. 1371 16 U.S.C. 3601 16 U.S.C. 1822 note, 16 U.S.C. 4001 16 U.S.C. 5501 16 U.S.C. 5601 16 U.S.C. 973 16 U.S.C. 1827a, 16 U.S.C. 7701 16 U.S.C. 7801 16 U.S.C. 1826g, 51 U.S.C. 60101 16 U.S.C. 7001 16 U.S.C. 7401 16 U.S.C. 2401 16 U.S.C. 1826k note, 1857 note, 22 U.S.C. 1980, Pub. L. 116-340, 134 Stat. 5128."
regulatory_source: "71 FR 12448, Mar. 10, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "904"
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# 904.106 Compromise of civil penalty.
(a) NOAA, in its sole discretion, may compromise, modify, remit, or mitigate, with or without conditions, any civil penalty assessed, or which is subject to assessment, except as stated in paragraph (d) of this section.
(b) The compromise authority of NOAA under this section may be exercised either upon the initiative of NOAA or in response to a request by the respondent or a representative subject to the requirements of § 904.5. Any such request should be sent to Agency counsel at the address specified in the NOVA.
(c) Neither the existence of the compromise authority of NOAA under this section nor NOAA's exercise thereof at any time changes the date upon which a NOVA becomes final.
(d) NOAA will not compromise, modify, or remit a civil penalty assessed, or subject to assessment, under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act while an action to review or recover the civil penalty is pending in a court of the United States.