45 CFR 1149.59 - How are penalty and assessment amounts determined?

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 24, 2024

Title 45 - Public Welfare last revised: Nov 19, 2024

View all text of Subpart G [§ 1149.57 - § 1149.74]

§ 1149.59 - How are penalty and assessment amounts determined?

In determining an appropriate amount of civil penalties and assessments, the ALJ and the authority head, upon appeal, should evaluate any circumstances that mitigate or aggravate the violation and should articulate in their opinions the reasons that support the penalties and assessments they impose.

authority: 5 U.S.C. App. 8G(a)(2); 20 U.S.C. 959; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3801-3812.

source: 79 FR 67081, Nov. 12, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 45 CFR 1149.59