Adjustment of Civil Penalties for Inflation for Fiscal Year 2025

Document 2024-31471 is a Final Rule published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025, with an effective date of January 15, 2025. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalties it can assess under statutes enforced by the agency. These changes are mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The NRC is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalty for a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or any regulation or order issued under the Atomic Energy Act from $362,814 to $372,240 per violation, per day. Additionally, the NRC is amending provisions concerning program fraud civil penalties by adjusting the maximum civil monetary penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act from $13,946 to $14,308 for each false claim or statement. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2024-31471/adjustment-of-civil-penalties-for-inflation-for-fiscal-year-2025.

No. Document 2024-31471 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.