49 CFR § 1022.1 - Scope and purpose.

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title: "49 CFR § 1022.1 - Scope and purpose."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "1022.1"
section_name: "Scope and purpose."
chapter_name: "SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS"
part_number: "1022"
part_name: "CIVIL MONETARY PENALTY INFLATION ADJUSTMENT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 551-557; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 49 U.S.C. 11901, 14901, 14903, 14904, 14905, 14906, 14907, 14908, 14910, 14915, 14916, 16101, 16103."
regulatory_source: "77 FR 64432, Oct. 22, 2012, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1022.1 Scope and purpose.

The purpose of this part is to establish a method to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Board, in conformity with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, Public Law 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, Public Law 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321, and further amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74, 129 Stat. 599. These penalties shall be subject to review and adjustment annually using the method specified in this part.

[81 FR 72543, Oct. 20, 2016]