Debt Collection Improvement Act

Section 302 and 303 of the Controlled Substances Act ol 1970 (PI. 91-513] and Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (PL 104-134) (for federal taxpayer identifying number and/or social secunly number). 

The Debt Collection Improvements Act 0f1996 (PL 104-134) r urres that you fomish your Taxpayer Identitrcalian Number and/or Social Security Number on this application. This number is required tor debt oollection procedures If your fee is not coiiectroie. 

At the time the matrix was drafted, for violations after January 30,1997 the one day 12(b) penalty was S6600, the one day 13 penalty was 1430, and the variable 13 penalty was capped at 11,000 per count. Pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, EPA is required to increase penalties at least every four years to ensure that inflation does not erode the deterrent effect of the penalties. The penalty for a particular violation depends on the date of the violation, so the Code of Federal Regulations should be consulted to determine the appropriate penalty. ... 

A matrix in the ERP supplies the gravity based penalties for each combination of nature, circumstances, and extent. However, the penalties applicable to violations that occurred in 2006,2007, and 2008 must be increased by a factor of 1.3, and the penalties applicable to 2009 violations that occurred after January 12,2009 must be increased by a factor of 1.5. These increased penalties are required by the Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, 28 U.S.C. 2461, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 31 U.S.C. 3701, which required each federal agency to adjust its maximum penalties to maintain a deterrent effect in the face of inflation. As required by that legislation, EPA increased the daily maximum penalties to 27,500 effective after January 30,1997 and again to 32,500 effective March 15,2004, and again to 37,500 effective January 12,2009. The Debt Collection Improvement Act requires penalty adjustments every four years and so another increase should be forthcoming in 2013. 

The following tables of fines and penalties list the violations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), which are revised periodically to reflect adjustments for inflation in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996. The present flne and penalty amounts can be found in Appenix A and B to 386. 

Renalties are current for violations after January 12, 2009, the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 requires ERA to review the civil monetary penalties under the statutes it administers at least once every four years and to adjust such penalties as necessary for inflation. 

I The Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 [Public Law 104-134, title III, chapter 10, Sec. 31001, par. (s). 110 Stat. 1321-373] amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 to require agencies to adjust for inflation "each civil monetary penalty provided by law within the jurisdiction of the Federal agency and to publish that regulation in the Federal Register. Pursuant to that authority, the inflation-adjusted civil penalties listed in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this appendix supersede the corresponding civil penalty amounts listed in title 49, United States Code. 

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