30 CFR § 846.12 - When an individual civil penalty may be assessed.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s846.12"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 846.12 - When an individual civil penalty may be assessed."
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "846.12"
section_name: "When an individual civil penalty may 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: "846"
part_name: "INDIVIDUAL 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 and 31 U.S.C. 3701."
regulatory_source: "53 FR 3675, Feb. 8, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "846"
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# 846.12 When an individual civil penalty may be assessed.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Office may assess an individual civil penalty against any corporate director, officer or agent of a corporate permittee who knowingly and willfully authorized, ordered or carried out a violation, failure or refusal.
(b) The Office shall not assess an individual civil penalty in situations resulting from a permit violation by a corporate permittee until a cessation order has been issued by the Office to the corporate permittee for the violation, and the cessation order has remained unabated for 30 days.