Unknown. Final rule SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury (“Department” or “Treasury”) publishes this final rule to adjust its civil monetary penalties (“CMPs”) for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as “the Act”)
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Matching Program, 25618-25619 2025-10981 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Oregon Advisory Committee, 25583-25584 2025-11158 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Special Local Regulation: New Orleans Offshore Grand Prix; Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA, 25484-25486 2025-11173 PROPOSED RULES Special Local Regulation: Oak Harbor, WA, 25533-25535 2025-11116 NOTICES Requests for Nominations: National Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Advisory Committee, 25621-25622 2025-10942 Commerce Commerce Department See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration See National Telecommunications and Information Administration See Patent and Trademark Office Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Home Mortgage Disclosure, 25746-25748 2025-11109 Defense Department Defense Department NOTICES Request for Information: 2027 State Priorities Impacting Service Members and Their Families, 25593 2025-10961 Education Department Education Department RULES Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria: National Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center, 25486-25493 2025-11103 Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program, 25493-25498 2025-11117 NOTICES Applications for New Awards:
National Vocational Rehabilitation Technical Assistance Center, 25593-25600 2025-11105 Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Program, 25600-25606 2025-11118 Election Election Assistance Commission NOTICES U.S. Elections Survey—Election Office Staffing, 25606-25607 2025-11087 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Request for Extension of Export Commencement Deadline: Louisiana LNG Infrastructure LLC, 25607-25608 2025-11131 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System:
Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste, 25502-25508 2025-10542 PROPOSED RULES National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units, 25535-25546 2025-10992 Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2026 and 2027, Partial Waiver of 2025 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement, and Other Changes, 25784-25871 2025-11128 Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units, 25752-25781 2025-10991 Texas Underground Injection Control Program:
Class VI Primacy, 25547-25552 2025-10957 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 25613-25614 2025-11129 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Renewable Fuel Standard
(RFS)Program; Standards for 2026 and 2027, Partial Waiver of 2025 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement, and Other Changes, 25614-25615 2025-11127 Transfer of Information Potentially Containing Confidential Business Information: Agile Decision Science, LLC, Savan Group LLC and Maines, 25615-25616 2025-10968 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration PROPOSED RULES Airspace Designations and Reporting Points: Alaska, AK, 25523-25530 2025-11078 Airworthiness Directives: Airbus SAS Airplanes, 25517-25523 2025-10934 2025-11171 Organization Designation Authorization Holder Ethics Training, 25530-25531 2025-11125 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Advisory Circular 120-119, Voluntary Safety Management System for Other Regulated Entities Transporting Dangerous Goods by Air, 25739-25740 2025-11161 Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools, 25740 2025-11081 Disclosure of Seat Dimensions to Facilitate the Use of Child Safety Seats on Airplanes During Passenger-Carrying Operations, 25741 2025-11156 Hazardous Materials Training Requirements, 25742 2025-11160 Petition for Exemption; Summary: AeroVironment, Inc., 25741-25742 2025-10965 MHD Rockland Services, Inc., 25739 2025-11115 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 25609-25611, 25613 2025-11163 2025-11164 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 25611 2025-11165 Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments, etc.: Ampersand Ogdensburg Hydro, LLC, 25608-25609 2025-11167 Lower Saranac Hydro Partners, LLC, 25611-25613 2025-11166 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Motor Carrier Identification Report, 25742-25744 2025-11169 Federal Railroad Federal Railroad Administration NOTICES Petition for Waiver of Compliance, 25744-25746 2025-11089 2025-11090 2025-11091 2025-11092 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Species: Endangered Species Status for Seven Species of Pangolin, 25564-25582 2025-10288 Removal of Gila Chub From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, 25552-25559 2025-10785 Species Not Warranted for Listing as Endangered or Threatened Species, 25559-25564 2025-10777 NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 25622-25623 2025-11126 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, Supplemental New Drug Application 205422/S-012 for Rexulti (brexpiprazole) Tablets, 25619-25621 2025-10989 Geological Geological Survey NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Generic Clearance for Natural Hazard Disaster-Related Data Collection, 25623-25624 2025-11084 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Geological Survey See National Park Service Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Return of Excise Tax on Undistributed Income of Real Estate Investment Trusts, 25748-25749 2025-11083 Return of Excise Tax on Undistributed Income of Regulated Investment Companies, 25749 2025-11082 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Advisory Council, 25748 2025-10990 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Determinations, Investigations, etc.: Slag Pots from the People's Republic of China, 25584-25586 2025-10982 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Ink Cartridges and Components Thereof, 25643-25644 2025-11086 Certain Ink Cartridges and Components Thereof II, 25644-25645 2025-11106 High Chrome Cast Iron Grinding Media from India, 25642 2025-10993 Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products from China and Vietnam, 25642 2025-10964 Labor Department Labor Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Occupational Safety and Health State Plans, 25646 2025-11088 The 1,2-Dibromo-3-Chloropropane Standard, 25645-25646 2025-11104 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Licenses; Exemptions, Applications, Amendments, etc.: Exclusive, Co-Exclusive or Partially Exclusive Patent License, 25646-25647 2025-11093 2025-11102 National Archives National Archives and Records Administration NOTICES Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Policy Advisory Committee, 25647-25648 2025-11168 National Institute National Institute of Standards and Technology NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Generic Clearance for Program Evaluation Data Collections, 25586-25587 2025-11162 Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, 25587-25588 2025-11133 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska: Cook Inlet; Final 2025 Harvest Specifications for Salmon, 25508-25516 2025-11159 NOTICES Funding Opportunity: Brennan Ocean Mapping Fund for Ocean and Coastal Mapping and Request for Partnership Proposals, 25588-25590 2025-11107 National Park National Park Service RULES National Capital Region: America250 Events, 25498-25501 2025-11155 NOTICES Inventory Completion: Archaeological Survey of Idaho Western Repository, Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, ID, 25626 2025-11141 California Department of Transportation, Oakland, CA, 25627-25628 2025-11152 California State University, Chico, CA, 25635-25636 2025-11147 David A. Fredrickson Archaeological Collections Facility at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, 25631-25632 2025-11142 Duke University, Durham, NC, 25625-25626 2025-11134 Los Rios Community College District, Sacramento, CA, 25630, 25633-25635 2025-11140 2025-11146 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE, 25640-25641 2025-11151 U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD, 25630-25631 2025-11148 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 25639-25640 2025-11145 William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 25628-25629 2025-11135 Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 25633, 25639 2025-11139 2025-11144 Repatriation of Cultural Items: Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave, Golden, CO, 25632 2025-11150 Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, CO, 25636 2025-11143 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 25626-25627 2025-11137 Gunn Memorial Library and Museum, Washington, CT, 25624-25625 2025-11136 Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 25641-25642 2025-11149 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 25636-25639 2025-11138 National Telecommunications National Telecommunications and Information Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: NTIA Internet Use Survey, 25591-25592 2025-11114 Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Listening Session on Bolstering Data Center Growth, Resilience and Security, 25590-25591 2025-11170 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Permits; Applications, Issuances, etc.: Tennessee Valley Authority, Clinch River Nuclear Site, 25648 2025-11035 Patent Patent and Trademark Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Madrid Protocol, 25592-25593 2025-11113 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission NOTICES Deadline to File a Notice of Intervention, 25649-25650 2025-11122 New Postal Products, 25648-25649, 25651-25652 2025-11085 2025-11124 Streamlined Negotiated Service Agreement Review and New Postal Product, 25650-25651 2025-11108 Postal Service Postal Service RULES Equal Access to Justice Act in Postal Service Proceedings, 25501 2025-10962 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission PROPOSED RULES Withdrawal of Proposed Regulatory Actions, 25531-25533 2025-11110 NOTICES Application: Trinity Capital Inc., et al., 25699 2025-10988 Venerable Variable Insurance Trust and Venerable Investment Advisers, LLC, 25686-25687 2025-10987 Vista Credit Strategic Lending Corp., et al., 25663 2025-10983 Joint Industry Plan: National Market System, 25721-25725 2025-11099 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., 25666-25673 2025-10970 Cboe Exchange, Inc., 25725-25730 2025-10969 Cboe Exchange, Inc., Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc., Cboe EDGX Exchange, Inc., 25707-25709 2025-11097 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 25674-25686, 25689-25693 2025-10971 2025-10978 2025-10979 Investors Exchange LLC, 25663-25665, 25694-25697 2025-10972 2025-10975 LCH SA, 25730-25732 2025-11098 MEMX LLC, 25710-25721 2025-10976 MIAX PEARL, LLC, 25652-25657, 25699-25705 2025-10973 2025-10974 Nasdaq MRX, LLC, 25657-25659 2025-11101 Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, 25705-25707 2025-11094 New York Stock Exchange LLC, 25659-25663 2025-11100 New York Stock Exchange LLC; NYSE American LLC; NYSE Arca, Inc., et al., 25698-25699 2025-10977 NYSE American LLC; NYSE Arca Inc., 25687-25689 2025-11096 NYSE Arca, Inc., 25697-25698 2025-10986 The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, 25707 2025-11095 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 25733-25734 2025-11130 2025-11132 Disaster Declaration: Missouri, 25732-25733 2025-11111 Missouri; Public Assistance Only, 25732 2025-11112 Social Social Security Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 25734-25739 2025-11123 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Federal Railroad Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Internal Revenue Service RULES Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment, 25483-25484 2025-10963 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Environmental Protection Agency, 25752-25781 2025-10991 Part III Environmental Protection Agency, 25784-25871 2025-11128 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws. To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 90 115 Tuesday, June 17, 2025 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of the Secretary of the Treasury 31 CFR Parts 16, 27 and 50 Inflation Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalties AGENCY: Departmental Offices Treasury. ACTION: Final rule SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury (“Department” or “Treasury”) publishes this final rule to adjust its civil monetary penalties (“CMPs”) for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as “the Act”). DATES: Effective June 17, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information regarding the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program's CMPs, contact Richard Ifft, Lead Management and Senior Insurance Policy Analyst, Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, Federal Insurance Office, Room 1410 MT, Department of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20220, at
(202)622-2922 (not a toll-free number), or Sherry Rowlett, Program Analyst, Federal Insurance Office, at
(202)622-1890 (not a toll free number). Persons who have difficulty hearing or speaking may access these numbers via TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Relay Service at
(800)877-8339. For information regarding the Treasury-wide CMPs, contact Richard Dodson, Senior Counsel, General Law, Ethics, and Regulation, 202-622-9949. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background In order to improve the effectiveness of CMPs and to maintain their deterrent effect, the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (“the Inflation Adjustment Act”), as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Pub. L. 114-74) (“the 2015 Act”), requires Federal agencies to adjust each CMP provided by law within the jurisdiction of the agency. The 2015 Act requires agencies to adjust the level of CMPs with an initial “catch-up” adjustment through an interim final rulemaking and to make subsequent annual adjustments for inflation, without needing to provide notice and the opportunity for public comment required by 5 U.S.C. 553. This rule constitutes the Department's 2025 annual adjustment. The 2015 Act provides that any increase in a CMP shall apply to CMPs that are assessed after the date the increase takes effect, regardless of whether the underlying violation predated such increase. 1 1 However, the increased CMPs apply only with respect to underlying violations occurring after the date of enactment of the 2015 Act, *i.e.,* after November 2, 2015. II. Method of Calculation The method of calculating CMP adjustments applied in this final rule is required by the 2015 Act. Under the 2015 Act and the Office of Management and Budget guidance required by the 2015 Act, annual inflation adjustments subsequent to the initial catch-up adjustment are based on the percent change between the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”) for the October preceding the date of the adjustment and the prior year's October CPI-U. As set forth in Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)Memorandum M-25-02 of December 17, 2024, the adjustment multiplier for 2025 is 1.02598. Under the 2015 Act, any increase in CMP must be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1. With regard to the CMPs assessed under 31 U.S.C. 3802(a), the penalty amount for 2024 ($9,704) is multiplied by 1.02598, resulting in a maximum penalty amount of $9,956 for 2025. With regard to the CMPs assessed under 31 U.S.C. 333(c), the first penalty under this section was adjusted to $9,704 in 2024. This amount is multiplied by 1.02598, resulting in a penalty of $9,956 for 2025. The second penalty under this section was adjusted to $48,512 in 2024. Multiplying this amount by 1.02598, results in a penalty of $49,772 for 2025. Finally, with regard to the CMP assessed under Section 104 of Title I, Public Law 107-297, as amended, the penalty amount for 2024 ($1,697,012) is multiplied by 1.02598 resulting in a penalty of $1,741,100 for 2025. Procedural Matters 1. Administrative Procedure Act The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Section 701(b)) requires agencies to make annual adjustments for inflation to CMPs, without needing to provide notice and the opportunity for public comment and a delayed effective date required by 5 U.S.C. 553. Additionally, the methodology used for adjusting CMPs for inflation is provided by statute, with no discretion provided to agencies regarding the substance of the adjustments for inflation to CMPs. The Department is charged only with performing ministerial computations to determine the dollar amount of adjustments for inflation to CMPs. Accordingly, prior public notice, an opportunity for public comment, and a delayed effective date are not required for this rule. 2. Regulatory Flexibility Act Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required, the provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 *et seq.* ) do not apply. 3. Executive Order 12866 This rule is not a significant regulatory action as defined in section 3.f of Executive Order 12866, as amended. 4. Paperwork Reduction Act The provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR part 1320, do not apply to this rule because there are no new or revised recordkeeping or reporting requirements. List of Subjects 31 CFR Part 16 Administrative Practice and Procedure, Claims, Fraud, Penalties 31 CFR Part 27 Administrative Practice and Procedure, Penalties. 31 CFR Part 50 Insurance, Terrorism. Authority and Issuance For the reasons set forth in the preamble, part 16, part 27 and part 50 of title 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations are amended as follows: PART 16—REGULATIONS IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAM FRAUD CIVIL REMEDIES ACT OF 1986 1. The authority citation for part 16 continues to read as follows: Authority: 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812 2. Amend § 16.3 by revising paragraphs (a)(1)(iv) and (b)(1)(ii) to read as follows: § 16.3 Basis for civil penalties and assessments.
(a)* * *
(1)* * *
(iv)Is for payment for the provision of property or services which the person has not provided as claimed, shall be subject, in addition to any other remedy that may be prescribed by law, to a civil penalty of not more than $9,956
(2025)for each such claim.
(b)* * *
(1)* * *
(ii)Includes or is accompanied by an express certification or affirmation of the truthfulness and accuracy of the content of the statement, shall be subject, in addition to any other remedy that may be prescribed by law, to a civil penalty of not more than $9,956
(2025)for each such statement. PART 27—CIVIL PENALTY ASSESSMENT FOR MISUSE OF DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY NAMES, SYMBOLS, ETC. 3. The authority citation for part 27 continues to read as follows: Authority: 31 U.S.C. 321, 333 4. Amend § 27.3 by revising paragraph
(c)to read as follows: § 27.3 Assessment of civil penalties.
(c)*Civil penalty.* An assessing official may impose a civil penalty on any person who violates the provisions of paragraph
(a)of this section. The amount of a civil monetary penalty shall not exceed $9,956
(2025)for each and every use of any material in violation of paragraph (a), except that such penalty shall not exceed $49,772 for each and every use if such use is in a broadcast or telecast. PART 50—TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE PROGRAM 5. Amend the authority citation for part 50 to read as follows: Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 321; Title I, Pub. L. 107-297, 116 Stat. 2322, as amended by Pub. L. 109-144, 119 Stat. 2660, Pub. L. 110-160, 121 Stat. 1839, Pub. L. 114-1, 129 Stat. 3, and Pub. L. 116-94, 133 Stat. 2534 (15 U.S.C. 6701 note); Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat. 601, Title VII (28 U.S.C. 2461 note). 6. Amend § 50.83 by revising paragraph
(a)to read as follows: § 50.83 Adjustment of civil monetary penalty amount.
(a)*Inflation adjustment.* Any penalty under the Act and these regulations may not exceed the greater of $1,741,100 and, in the case of any failure to pay, charge, collect or remit amounts in accordance with the Act or these regulations such amount in dispute. Rachel Miller, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2025-10963 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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Final rule SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury (“Department” or “Treasury”) publishes this final rule to adjust its civil monetary penalties (“CMPs”) for inflation as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (collectively referred to herein as “the Act”)
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