1014-AA42 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1014 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement BSEE 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act; 2019 Inflation Adjustments for Civil Penalties

This rulemaking would adjust the level of civil monetary penalties contained in the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) regulations pursuant to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (FCPIA of 2015) and Office of Management and Budget guidance. The civil penalty inflation adjustment accounts for one year of inflation spanning from October 2017 to October 2018. Annual inflation adjustments are applied to all Federal agencies’ civil penalties and 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.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 30 CFR 250.1403 43 U.S.C. 1350(b)(1) sec. 701 of Pub. L. 114-74 Statutory Final 01/15/2019 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 The FCPIA of 2015 requires Federal agencies to make annual adjustments for inflation to civil penalties. Agencies are required to publish the annual inflation adjustments in the Federal Register by no later than January 15 of each year. No Final Action 01/00/2019 No None No No No Lakeisha Harrison Chief, Regulations and Standards Branch 1014 Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement BSEE 703 787-1552 703 787-1555 lakeisha.harrison@bsee.gov 45600 Woodland Road, Sterling VA 20166