30 CFR § 845.12 - When penalty will be assessed.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s845.12"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 845.12 - When penalty will be assessed."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "845.12"
section_name: "When penalty will be assessed."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "PERMANENT PROGRAM INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES"
part_number: "845"
part_name: "CIVIL PENALTIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 2461, 30 U.S.C. 1201  31 U.S.C. 3701, Pub. L. 100-202, and Pub. L. 100-446."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 35640, Aug. 16, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "845"
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# 845.12 When penalty will be assessed.

(a) The Office shall assess a penalty for each cessation order.

(b) The Office shall assess a penalty for each notice of violation, if the violation is assigned 31 points or more under the point system described in 30 CFR 845.13.

(c) The Office may assess a penalty for each notice of violation assigned 30 points or less under the point system described in 30 CFR 845.13. In determining whether to assess a penalty, the Office shall consider the factors listed in 30 CFR 845.13(b).