# Regulus search export - Query: `74 FR 68701` - Source type: All - Part: All - Source: All - Status: All - Jurisdiction: All - Collection: All - Incident class: All - Sort: relevance - Date from: Any - Date to: Any - As of: Current corpus - Results: 1 - Exported: 2026-08-25T18:24:59.270Z ## 1. Hazardous Materials: Adjustment of Maximum and Minimum Civil Penalties **Citation:** 74 FR 68701 **Type / status:** rulemaking / historical **Agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration **Effective / published:** 2009-12-31 / 2009-12-29 PHMSA is adjusting the maximum and minimum civil penalties for a knowing violation of the Federal hazardous material transportation law or a regulation, order, special permit, or approval issued under that law. The maximum civil penalty is increased to $55,000, and to $110,000 for a violation that results in death, serious illness, or severe injury to any person or substantial destruction of property. The minimum civil penalty is increased to $275, and to $495 for a violation related to training. These adjustments are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. ### Provenance - Official: Yes - Source: - Source ID: `federal-register` - SHA-256: `a2b84d1ad2f0dd9675fde80d8c1f24a5f5e5cc86a439edc8041c816823c28296` - Retrieved: 2026-08-20T06:04:51.294Z - Document slug: `federal-register-e9-30696` - Related records: 4