Penalties and Liabilities

National Summary Virtually every environmental statute provides some form of civil and criminal liability. Refer to the table in this section for penalty assessments. Although provisions remain diverse, recent amendments to CAA, CWA, and RCRA indicate that the federal government plans to standardize penalties available to the courts. While civil penalties are a concern, criminal penalties are even more severe. Criminal fines, potentially reaching more than $1 million, go hand in hand with the possibility of incarceration.       View sample documents Read the complete analysis

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	Show: All Last 60 days Last 6 months Last 12 months Applies to News & White Papers Type Title Date State Proposed Regulations 19 CSR 30-70.650 - Administrative Penalties 08/18/2009 National Final Regulations 33 CFR 151 - Penalties for Non-Submission of Ballast Water Management Reports 06/14/2004 National Final Regulations 40 CFR 19 - Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule 01/07/2009 National Proposed Regulations 40 CFR 19 and 27 - Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule 07/07/2003 National Final Regulations 40 CFR 19 and 27 - Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule 02/13/2004 National Final Regulations 40 CFR 19 and 27 - Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule 12/11/2008 National Proposed Regulations 40 CFR 19, 27 - Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Proposed Rule 06/21/2002 National Proposed Regulations 40 CFR Part 86 - Proposed Non-Conformance Penalties for 2004 and Later Model Year Emission Standards for Heavy-Duty Diesel Engines and Heavy-Duty Diesel Vehicles 01/17/2002 National Final Regulations 40 CFR Parts 19, 27 - Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule 06/21/2002 National Notices Agency Information Collection Activities; Tips and Complaints Regarding Environmental Violations 08/31/2006 National Notices Calculation of the Economic Benefit of Noncompliance in EPA's Civil Penalty Enforcement Cases 08/26/2005 National Questions & Answers Can you explain the difference between civil and administrative penalties?   National Final Regulations Correction - 33 CFR 151 - Penalties for Non-Submission of Ballast Water Management Reports 07/07/2004 National News Briefs Decreased Penalties, Increased Scrutiny 02/06/2003 National News Briefs Don't Become an Environmental ENRON 07/18/2003 National Feature Articles Environmental Disclosure in the Era of Climate Change: Pressure on SEC to Give Guidance 05/19/2009 National News Briefs Exxon to Pay Billions for Valdez Oil Spill 01/29/2004 National News Briefs GAO Says Penalties Have Lost Their Punch 04/04/2003 National Agency News Increase in Civil Penalties Proposed 07/07/2003 National News Briefs Maximum Penalties to Increase 02/18/2004 National E-lert Article Maximum Penalties to Increase 12/11/2008 National Regulatory Analysis Penalties/Liabilities   National Agency News Self-Disclosure of Violations Saves Companies Thousands 10/10/2001 National Proposed Regulations Technical Correction - 40 CFR 19 and 27 - Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Rule 08/04/2003 National News Briefs Whistleblowers Get Rewards 08/24/2004 National

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