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            <NAME>Bureau of Ocean Energy Management</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Oil and Gas and Sulphur Operations in the Outer Continental Shelf--Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustments</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>Agencies are required to publish the annual inflation adjustments for civil penalties in the Federal Register by no later than January 15, 2017, and by no later than January 15 each subsequent year. The purpose of these adjustments is to maintain the deterrent effect of civil penalties and to further the policy goals of the underlying statutes.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Routine and Frequent</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Not subject to, not significant</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
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            <CFR>30 CFR 550</CFR>
            <CFR>30 CFR 553</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 104-410</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>01/15/2019</DLINE_DATE>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, requires Federal agencies to promulgate annual inflation adjustments for civil monetary penalties.  </LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/00/2019</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Deanna</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Meyer-Pietruszka</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, OPRA</TITLE>
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                    <CODE>1010</CODE>
                    <NAME>Bureau of Ocean Energy Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>BOEM</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 208-6352</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>deanna.meyer-pietruszka@boem.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1849 C Street NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20240</ZIP>
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