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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>202510</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment </RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The Commission is planning to issue a final rule to amend its regulations governing the maximum civil monetary penalties assessable for violations of statutes, rules, and orders within the Commission&rsquo;s jurisdiction The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended most recently by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, requires the Commission to issue this final rule.</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>Undetermined</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <EO_13771_DESIGNATION>Regulatory</EO_13771_DESIGNATION>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>18 CFR 250</CFR>
            <CFR>18 CFR 385</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 U.S.C. 717 to 717w</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>15 U.S.C. 3301 to 3432</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 7101 to 7352</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 2461 note</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 551 to 557</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 U.S.C. 791a to 825v</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 U.S.C. 2601 to 2645</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 2461</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>31 U.S.C. 3701 and 9701</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 16441</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 16451 to 16463</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 U.S.C. 60502</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>49 App. U.S.C. 1 to 85 (1988)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 2461 note (1990)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>28 U.S.C. 2461 note (2015)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>None</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Todd</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Hettenbach</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Legal Information, Office of Enforcement and Regulatory Accounting</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1902</CODE>
                    <NAME>Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FERC</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 502-8794</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>todd.hettenbach@ferc.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>888 First Street NE,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20426</ZIP>
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