U.S. Department of the Interior Proposes Rule to Clarify and Simplify Civil Penalty Assessment for Outer Continental Shelf Activities

Summary

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise regulations governing the Outer Continental Shelf Civil Penalty Program, aiming to improve the assessment and collection of civil penalties for OCS activities, and to adjust the daily maximum civil penalty from $20,000 to $25,000 due to inflation.