Civil Penalties; 2025 Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties

Document 2025-15720 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Interior in the Federal Register on August 18, 2025, with an effective date of August 18, 2025. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) issues this final rule to adjust for inflation the statutory civil monetary penalties that may be assessed for violations of Service-administered statutes and their implementing regulations. We issue this rule in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act) and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memorandum M-25-02. We are required to adjust civil monetary penalties annually for inflation according to a formula specified in the 2015 Act. This rule replaces the previously issued amounts with the updated amounts after using the 2025 inflation adjustment multiplier provided in M-25-02. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/18/2025-15720/civil-penalties-2025-inflation-adjustments-for-civil-monetary-penalties.

No. Document 2025-15720 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.