49 CFR § 209.101 - Civil penalties generally.

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title: "49 CFR § 209.101 - Civil penalties generally."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "209.101"
section_name: "Civil penalties generally."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
part_number: "209"
part_name: "RAILROAD SAFETY ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES"
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authority: "49 U.S.C. 5123, 5124, 20103, 20107, 20111, 20112, 20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89."
regulatory_source: "42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, unless otherwise noted."
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# 209.101 Civil penalties generally.

(a) Sections 209.101 through 209.121 prescribe rules of procedure for the assessment of civil penalties pursuant to the Federal hazardous materials transportation safety law, 49 U.S.C. Chapter 51.

(b) When the FRA has reason to believe that a person has knowingly committed an act which is a violation of any provision of subchapter B or C of chapter I, subtitle B of this title for which the FRA exercises enforcement responsibility or any waiver or order issued thereunder, it may conduct a proceeding to assess a civil penalty.

[42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, as amended at 61 FR 38646, July 25, 1996]