42 USC § 8432 - Criminal penalties

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s8432"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 8432 - Criminal penalties"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "8432"
section_name: "Criminal penalties"
chapter_number: 92
chapter_name: "POWERPLANT AND INDUSTRIAL FUEL USE"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Enforcement"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–620, title VII, § 722, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3333; Pub. L. 100–42, § 1(c)(19), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 313.)"
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# § 8432. Criminal penalties

Any person who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule or order thereunder, shall be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000, or to imprisonment for not more than one year, or both, for each violation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–620, title VII, § 722, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3333; Pub. L. 100–42, § 1(c)(19), May 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 313.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1987— struck out “(other than )” after “this chapter”.