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and within 1.3 miles each side of a 079°
bearing, extending from the 8.7-mile
radius to 11.6 miles east of the Eagle
County Regional Airport.
Lastly, this amendment updates the
airport’s geographic coordinates to
match the FAA’s aeronautical database.
§ 71.1
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
Paragraph 5000
Class D Airspace.
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The FAA has determined that this
regulation only involves an established
body of technical regulations for which
frequent and routine amendments are
necessary to keep them operationally
current, is non-controversial and
unlikely to result in adverse or negative
comments. It, therefore: (1) Is not a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a
‘‘significant rule’’ under DOT
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44
FR 11034; February 26, 1979); and (3)
does not warrant preparation of a
regulatory evaluation as the anticipated
impact is so minimal. Since this is a
routine matter that will only affect air
traffic procedures and air navigation, it
is certified that this rule, when
promulgated, would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Environmental Review
The FAA has determined that this
action qualifies for categorical exclusion
under the National Environmental
Policy Act in accordance with FAA
Order 1050.1F, ‘‘Environmental
Impacts: Policies and Procedures,’’
paragraph 5–6.5a. This airspace action
is not expected to cause any potentially
significant environmental impacts, and
no extraordinary circumstances exist
that warrant preparation of an
environmental assessment.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference,
Navigation (air).
Adoption of the Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Federal Aviation Administration
amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
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PART 71—DESIGNATION OF CLASS A,
B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND
REPORTING POINTS
1. The authority citation for 14 CFR
part 71 continues to read as follows:
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40113, 40120; E.O. 10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR,
1959–1963 Comp., p. 389.
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2. The incorporation by reference in
14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11D,
Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 8, 2019, and
effective September 15, 2019, is
amended as follows:
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That airspace extending upward from the
surface to and including 9,100 feet MSL
within a 4.4-mile radius, and extending from
the 4.4-mile radius to a 6.5-mile radius along
the 199° bearing, thence clockwise to the
277° bearing, and extending from the 4.4mile radius to a 6.5-mile radius along the 45°
bearing, thence clockwise to the 103° bearing
from the Eagle County Regional Airport. This
Class D airspace area is effective during the
specific dates and times established in
advance by a Notice to Airmen. The effective
date and time will thereafter be continuously
published in the Chart Supplement.
Paragraph 6002 Class E Airspace Areas
Designated as a Surface Area.
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Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas
Designated as an Extension to a Class D or
Class E.
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ANM CO E4 Eagle, CO
Eagle County Regional Airport, CO
(Lat. 39°38′34″ N, long. 106°54′57″ W)
That airspace extending upward from the
surface within 1.0 mile each side of the 079°
bearing, extending from the 6.5-mile radius
to the 8.7-mile radius east of the Eagle
County Regional Airport.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas
Extending Upward From 700 Feet or More
Above the Surface of the Earth.
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ANM CO E5 Eagle, CO
Eagle County Regional Airport, CO
(Lat. 39°38′34″ N, long. 106°54′57″ W)
That airspace extending upward from 700
feet above the surface within an 8.7-mile
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That airspace extending upward from the
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extending from the 4.4-mile radius to a 6.5mile radius along the 199° bearing, thence
clockwise to the 277° bearing, and extending
from the 4.4-mile radius to a 6.5-mile radius
along the 45° bearing, thence clockwise to the
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Department of Labor Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
Annual Adjustments for 2020
Employment and Training
Administration, Office of Workers’
Compensation Programs, Office of the
Secretary, Wage and Hour Division,
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, and Mine
Safety and Health Administration,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of Labor
(Department) is publishing this final
rule to adjust for inflation the civil
monetary penalties assessed or enforced
by the Department, pursuant to the
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by
the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act Improvements Act of
SUMMARY:
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2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The
Inflation Adjustment Act requires the
Department to annually adjust its civil
money penalty levels for inflation no
later than January 15 of each year. The
Inflation Adjustment Act provides that
agencies shall adjust civil monetary
penalties notwithstanding Section 553
of the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA). Additionally, the Inflation
Adjustment Act provides a cost-of-living
formula for adjustment of the civil
penalties. Accordingly, this final rule
sets forth the Department’s 2020 annual
adjustments for inflation to its civil
monetary penalties.
This final rule is effective on
January 15, 2020. As provided by the
Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased
penalty levels apply to any penalties
assessed after January 15, 2020.
DATES:
Erin
FitzGerald, Senior Policy Advisor, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693–5076
(this is not a toll-free number). Copies
of this final rule may be obtained in
alternative formats (large print, Braille,
audio tape or disc), upon request, by
calling (202) 693–5959 (this is not a tollfree number). TTY/TDD callers may dial
toll-free 1–877–889–5627 to obtain
information or request materials in
alternative formats.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Preamble Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Adjustment for 2020
III. Paperwork Reduction Act
IV. Administrative Procedure Act
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review, Executive Order
13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review, and Executive Order
13771: Reducing Regulations and
Controlling Regulatory Costs
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act
VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal
Governments
D. The Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act of 1999: Assessment
of Federal Regulations and Policies on
Families
E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy Supply
H. Executive Order 12630: Constitutionally
Protected Property Rights
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice
Reform Analysis
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I. Background
On November 2, 2015, Congress
enacted the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015, Public Law 114–74, 701
(Inflation Adjustment Act), which
further amended the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990 as previously amended by the
1996 Debt Collection Improvement Act
(collectively, the ‘‘Prior Inflation
Adjustment Act’’), to improve the
effectiveness of civil monetary penalties
and to maintain their deterrent effect.
The Inflation Adjustment Act required
agencies to: (1) Adjust the level of civil
monetary penalties with an initial
‘‘catch-up’’ adjustment through an
interim final rule (IFR); and (2) make
subsequent annual adjustments for
inflation no later than January 15 of
each year.
On July 1, 2016, the Department
published an IFR that established the
initial catch-up adjustment for most
civil penalties that the Department
administers and requested comments.
See 81 FR 43430 (DOL IFR). On January
18, 2017, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2017 Annual
Adjustment for those civil monetary
penalties adjusted in the DOL IFR. See
82 FR 5373 (DOL 2017 Annual
Adjustment). On July 1, 2016, the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor
(DOL) (collectively, ‘‘the Departments’’)
jointly published an IFR that established
the initial catch-up adjustment for civil
monetary penalties assessed or enforced
in connection with the employment of
temporary nonimmigrant workers under
the H–2B program. See 81 FR 42983
(Joint IFR). On March 17, 2017, the
Departments jointly published the final
rule establishing the 2017 Annual
Adjustment for the H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 82 FR 14147 (Joint 2017
Annual Adjustment). The Joint 2017
Annual Adjustment also explained that
DOL would make future adjustments to
the H–2B civil monetary penalties
consistent with DOL’s delegated
authority under 8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14),
Immigration and Nationality Act section
214(c)(14), and the Inflation Adjustment
Act. See 82 FR 14147–48. On January 2,
2018, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2018 Annual
Adjustment for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department,
including H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 83 FR 7 (DOL 2018
Annual Adjustment). On January 23,
2019, the Department published the
final rule establishing the 2019 Annual
Adjustment for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department,
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including H–2B civil monetary
penalties. See 84 FR 213 (DOL 2019
Annual Adjustment).
This rule implements the 2020 annual
inflation adjustments, as required by the
Inflation Adjustment Act, for civil
monetary penalties assessed or enforced
by the Department, including H–2B civil
monetary penalties.1 The Inflation
Adjustment Act provides that the
increased penalty levels apply to any
penalties assessed after the effective
date of the increase. Pursuant to the
Inflation Adjustment Act, this final rule
is published notwithstanding Section
553 of the APA.
This rule is not an Executive Order
13771 regulatory action because this
rule is not significant under Executive
Order 12866.
Pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this rule as not a ‘major rule,’
as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
II. Adjustment for 2020
The Department has undertaken a
thorough review of civil penalties
administered by its various components
pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment
Act and in accordance with guidance
issued by the Office of Management and
Budget.2
The Department first identified the
most recent penalty amount, which is
the amount established by the 2019
annual adjustment as set forth in the
DOL 2019 Annual Adjustment
published on January 23, 2019. The
Department is required to calculate the
annual adjustment based on the
Consumer Price Index for all Urban
Consumers (CPI–U). Annual inflation
adjustments are based on the percent
change between the October CPI–U
preceding the date of the adjustment,
and the prior year’s October CPI–U; in
this case, the percent change between
the October 2019 CPI–U and the October
2018 CPI–U. The cost-of-living
adjustment multiplier for 2020, based
on the Consumer Price Index (CPI–U)
for the month of October 2019, not
seasonally adjusted, is 1.01764.3 In
1 The Department is also responsible for
administering and enforcing a newly-enacted civil
monetary penalty under the Fair Labor Standards
Act (see Pub. L. 115–141, section 1201 (2018)) and
proposed regulations to codify this civil monetary
penalty in the Code of Federal Regulations on
October 8, 2019. See Tip Regulations Under the Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 84 FR 53956
(proposed Oct. 8, 2019).
2 M–20–05, Implementation of Penalty Inflation
Adjustments for 2020, Pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements
Act of 2015 (Dec. 16, 2019).
3 OMB provided the year-over-year multiplier,
rounded to 5 decimal points. Id. at 1.
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order to compute the 2020 annual
adjustment, the Department multiplied
the most recent penalty amount for each
applicable penalty by the multiplier,
1.01764, and rounded to the nearest
dollar. This resulted in increases to all
but four of the penalties administered
by the Department, as set forth in the
Appendix.
As provided by the Inflation
Adjustment Act, the increased penalty
levels apply to any penalties assessed
after the effective date of this rule.4
Accordingly, for penalties assessed after
January 15, 2020, whose associated
violations occurred after November 2,
2015, the higher penalty amounts
outlined in this rule will apply. The
tables below demonstrate the penalty
amounts that apply:
CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR THE H–2B TEMPORARY NON-AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROGRAM
Violations occurring
Penalty assessed
On or before November 2, 2015 ..................................
On or before November 2, 2015 ..................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
On or before August 1, 2016 ......................................
After August 1, 2016 ...................................................
After August 1, 2016, but on or before March 17,
2017.
After March 17, 2017 but on or before January 2,
2018.
After January 2, 2018 but on or before January 23,
2019.
After January 23, 2019 but on or before January 15,
2020.
After January 15, 2020 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
Which penalty level applies
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
August 1, 2016 levels.
March 17, 2017 levels.
January 2, 2018 levels.
January 23, 2019 levels.
January 15, 2020 levels.
CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR OTHER DOL PROGRAMS
Violations occurring
Penalty assessed
On or before November 2, 2015 ..................................
On or before November 2, 2015 ..................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
On or before August 1, 2016 ......................................
After August 1, 2016 ...................................................
After August 1, 2016, but on or before January 13,
2017.
After January 13, 2017 but on or before January 2,
2018.
After January 2, 2018 but on or before January 23,
2019.
After January 23, 2019 but on or before January 15,
2020.
After January 15, 2020 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
After November 2, 2015 ...............................................
III. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires that the
Department consider the impact of
paperwork and other information
collection burdens imposed on the
public. The Department has determined
that this final rule does not require any
collection of information.
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IV. Administrative Procedure Act
The Inflation Adjustment Act
provides that agencies shall annually
adjust civil monetary penalties for
inflation notwithstanding Section 553 of
the APA. Additionally, the Inflation
Adjustment Act provides a
nondiscretionary cost-of-living formula
for annual adjustment of the civil
monetary penalties. For these reasons,
the requirements in sections 553(b), (c),
and (d) of the APA, relating to notice
and comment and requiring that a rule
be effective 30 days after publication in
the Federal Register, are inapplicable.
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory
Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and
Regulatory Review
Executive Order 12866 requires that
regulatory agencies assess both the costs
and benefits of significant regulatory
actions. Under the Executive Order, a
‘‘significant regulatory action’’ is one
meeting any of a number of specified
conditions, including the following:
Having an annual effect on the economy
of $100 million or more; creating a
serious inconsistency or interfering with
an action of another agency; materially
altering the budgetary impact of
entitlements or the rights of entitlement
recipients, or raising novel legal or
policy issues.
The Department has determined that
this final rule is not a ‘‘significant’’
regulatory action and a cost-benefit and
economic analysis is not required. This
regulation merely adjusts civil monetary
penalties in accordance with inflation as
required by the Inflation Adjustment
Which penalty level applies
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
August 1, 2016 levels.
January 13, 2017 levels.
January 2, 2018 levels.
January 23, 2019 levels.
January 15, 2020 levels.
Act, and has no impact on disclosure or
compliance costs. The benefit provided
by the inflationary adjustment to the
maximum civil monetary penalties is
that of maintaining the incentive for the
regulated community to comply with
the laws enforced by the Department,
and not allowing the incentive to be
diminished by inflation.
Executive Order 13563 directs
agencies to assess all costs and benefits
of available regulatory alternatives and,
if regulation is necessary, to select
regulatory approaches that maximize
net benefits (including potential
economic, environmental, public health
and safety effects, distributive impacts,
and equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of
quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and
promoting flexibility to minimize
burden.
The Inflation Adjustment Act directed
the Department to issue the annual
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ready access to key information about each penalty.
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adjustments without regard to Section
553 of the APA. In that context,
Congress has already determined that
any possible increase in costs is justified
by the overall benefits of such
adjustments. This final rule makes only
the statutory changes outlined herein;
thus there are no alternatives or further
analysis required by Executive Order
13563.
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement
Fairness Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5
U.S.C. 601 et seq. (RFA), imposes
certain requirements on Federal agency
rules that are subject to the notice and
comment requirements of the APA, 5
U.S.C. 553(b). This final rule is exempt
from the requirements of the APA
because the Inflation Adjustment Act
directed the Department to issue the
annual adjustments without regard to
Section 553 of the APA. Therefore, the
requirements of the RFA applicable to
notices of proposed rulemaking, 5
U.S.C. 603, do not apply to this rule.
Accordingly, the Department is not
required to either certify that the final
rule would not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities or conduct a
regulatory flexibility analysis.
VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995
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The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531–1538, requires
Federal agencies to assess the effects of
their discretionary regulatory actions. In
particular, the Act addresses actions
that may result in the expenditure by a
State, local, or Tribal government, in the
aggregate, or by the private sector of
$100,000,000 (adjusted for inflation) or
more in any one year. This Final Rule
will not result in such an expenditure.
Therefore, no actions were deemed
necessary under the provisions of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995.
1902.4(c)(2)(xi); 1902.37(b)(12). State
Plans are required to increase their
penalties in alignment with OSHA’s
penalty increases to maintain at least as
effective penalty levels.
State Plans are not required to impose
monetary penalties on state and local
government employers. See
§ 1956.11(c)(2)(x). Five (5) states and
one territory have State Plans that cover
only state and local government
employees: Connecticut, Illinois, Maine,
New Jersey, New York, and the Virgin
Islands. Therefore, the requirements to
increase the penalty levels do not apply
to these State Plans. Twenty-one states
and one U.S. territory have State Plans
that cover both private sector employees
and state and local government
employees: Alaska, Arizona, California,
Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina,
Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia,
Washington, and Wyoming. They must
increase their penalties for privatesector employers.
Other than as listed above, this final
rule does not have federalism
implications because it does not have
substantial direct effects on the states,
on the relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government. Accordingly,
Executive Order 13132, Federalism,
requires no further agency action or
analysis.
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal
Governments
This final rule does not have ‘‘tribal
implications’’ because it does not have
substantial direct effects on one or more
Indian tribes, on the relationship
between the Federal government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of
power and responsibilities between the
Federal government and Indian tribes.
Accordingly, Executive Order 13175,
Consultation and Coordination with
Indian Tribal Governments, requires no
further agency action or analysis.
Section 18 of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29
U.S.C. 667) requires Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)-approved State Plans to have
standards and an enforcement program
that are at least as effective as federal
OSHA’s standards and enforcement
program. OSHA-approved State Plans
must have maximum and minimum
penalty levels that are at least as
effective as federal OSHA’s per Section
18(c)(2) of the OSH Act. See also 29 CFR
D. The Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act of
1999: Assessment of Federal
Regulations and Policies on Families
This final rule will have no effect on
family well-being or stability, marital
commitment, parental rights or
authority, or income or poverty of
families and children. Accordingly,
section 654 of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act of 1999
(5 U.S.C. 601 note) requires no further
agency action, analysis, or assessment.
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E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of
Children From Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks
This final rule will have no adverse
impact on children. Accordingly,
Executive Order 13045, Protection of
Children from Environmental Health
Risks and Safety Risks, as amended by
Executive Orders 13229 and 13296,
requires no further agency action or
analysis.
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
A review of this final rule in
accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; the
regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality, 40 CFR part
1500 et seq.; and the Departmental
NEPA procedures, 29 CFR part 11,
indicates that the final rule will not
have a significant impact on the quality
of the human environment. As a result,
there is no corresponding
environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement.
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy
Supply
This final rule has been reviewed for
its impact on the supply, distribution,
and use of energy because it applies, in
part, to the coal mining and uranium
industries. Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) has concluded
that the adjustment of civil monetary
penalties to keep pace with inflation
and thus maintain the incentive for
operators to maintain safe and healthful
workplaces is not a significant energy
action because it is not likely to have a
significant adverse effect on the supply,
distribution, or use of energy.
This final rule has not been identified
to have other impacts on energy supply.
Accordingly, Executive Order 13211
requires no further Agency action or
analysis.
H. Executive Order 12630:
Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights
This final rule will not implement a
policy with takings implications.
Accordingly, Executive Order 12630,
Governmental Actions and Interference
with Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights, requires no further agency action
or analysis.
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice
Reform Analysis
This final rule was drafted and
reviewed in accordance with Executive
Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This
final rule was written to provide a clear
legal standard for affected conduct and
was carefully reviewed to eliminate
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drafting errors and ambiguities, so as to
minimize litigation and undue burden
on the Federal court system. The
Department has determined that this
final rule meets the applicable standards
provided in section 3 of Executive Order
12988.
List of Subjects
20 CFR Part 655
Immigration, Labor, Penalties.
20 CFR Part 702
Administrative practice and
procedure, Longshore and harbor
workers, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Workers’
compensation.
29 CFR Part 825
Administrative practice and
procedure, Airmen, Employee benefit
plans, Health, Health insurance, Labor
management relations, Maternal and
child health, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Teachers.
29 CFR Part 1903
Intergovernmental relations, Law
enforcement, Occupational Safety and
Health, Penalties.
20 CFR Part 725
Administrative practice and
procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 2560
Employee benefit plans, Employee
Retirement Income Security Act, Law
enforcement, Penalties, Pensions,
Reporting and recordkeeping.
20 CFR Part 726
Administrative practice and
procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Mines, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 2575
Administrative practice and
procedure, Employee benefit plans,
Employee Retirement Income Security
Act, Health care, Penalties, Pensions.
29 CFR Part 500
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Housing, Insurance,
Intergovernmental relations,
Investigations, Migrant labor, Motor
vehicle safety, Occupational safety and
health, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Wages,
Whistleblowing.
29 CFR Part 501
Administrative practice and
procedure, Agriculture, Aliens,
Employment, Housing, Housing
standards, Immigration, Labor, Migrant
labor, Penalties, Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 503
Administrative practice and
procedure, Aliens, Employment,
Housing, Immigration, Labor, Penalties,
Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 530
Administrative practice and
procedure, Clothing, Homeworkers,
Indians—arts and crafts, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Surety bonds, Watches
and jewelry.
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29 CFR Part 801
Administrative practice and
procedure, Employment, Lie detector
tests, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 570
Child labor, Law enforcement,
Penalties.
29 CFR Part 578
Penalties, Wages.
29 CFR Part 579
Child labor, Penalties.
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29 CFR Part 2590
Employee benefit plans, Employee
Retirement Income Security Act, Health
care, Health insurance, Penalties,
Pensions, Reporting and recordkeeping.
30 CFR Part 100
Mine safety and health, Penalties.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, 20 CFR chapters V and VI, 29
CFR subtitle A and chapters V, XVII,
and XXV, and 30 CFR chapter I are
amended as follows.
Employment and Training
Administration
PART 655—TEMPORARY
EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN
WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES
1. The authority citation for part 655
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Section 655.0 issued under 8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)
and (ii), 8 U.S.C. 1103(a)(6), 1182(m), (n) and
(t), 1184(c), (g), and (j), 1188, and 1288(c) and
(d); sec. 3(c)(1), Pub. L. 101–238, 103 Stat.
2099, 2102 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 221(a),
Pub. L. 101–649, 104 Stat. 4978, 5027 (8
U.S.C. 1184 note); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102–
232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103–206, 107 Stat.
2428; sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105–277, 112 Stat.
2681 (8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 2(d), Pub. L.
106–95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C. 1182
note); 29 U.S.C. 49k; Pub. L. 107–296, 116
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paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column.
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Paragraph
§ 655.620(a) ............................
§ 655.801(b) ............................
§ 655.810(b)(1) introductory
text .......................................
§ 655.810(b)(2) introductory
text .......................................
§ 655.810(b)(3) introductory
text .......................................
Remove
Add
$9,472
7,710
$9,639
7,846
1,895
1,928
7,710
7,846
53,969
54,921
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PART 702—ADMINISTRATION AND
PROCEDURE
Title 20—Employees’ Benefits
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Programs
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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Stat. 2135, as amended; Pub. L. 109–423, 120
Stat. 2900; 8 CFR 214.2(h)(4)(i); and 8 CFR
214.2(h)(6)(iii); and sec. 6, Pub. L. 115–128,
132 Stat. 1547 (48 U.S.C. 1806).
Subpart A issued under 8 CFR 214.2(h).
Subpart B issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188; and 8
CFR 214.2(h).
Subpart E issued under 48 U.S.C. 1806.
Subparts F and G issued under 8 U.S.C.
1288(c) and (d); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103–206,
107 Stat. 2428; and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note, Pub.
L. 114–74 at section 701.
Subparts H and I issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and (b)(1), 1182(n) and
(t), and 1184(g) and (j); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L.
102–232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101
note); sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105–277, 112 Stat.
2681; 8 CFR 214.2(h); and 28 U.S.C. 2461
note, Pub. L. 114–74 at section 701.
Subparts L and M issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) and 1182(m); sec. 2(d),
Pub. L. 106–95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C.
1182 note); Pub. L. 109–423, 120 Stat. 2900;
and 8 CFR 214.2(h).
3. The authority citation for part 702
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.;
33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.;
43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of
1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701;
Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR
3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary’s Order 10–
2009, 74 FR 58834.
§ § 702.204, 702.236, and 702.271
[Amended]
4. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount or date
indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the section or
paragraph and add in its place the dollar
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amount or date indicated in the right
column.
Section/paragraph
Remove
§ 702.204 ...............................................................................
§ 702.204 ...............................................................................
§ 702.236 ...............................................................................
§ 702.236 ...............................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ......................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ......................................................................
§ 702.271(a)(2) ......................................................................
$24,017 ................................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
$292 .....................................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
$2,402 ..................................................................................
$12,007 ................................................................................
PART 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS
UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH
ACT, AS AMENDED
5. The authority citation for part 725
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at
sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950,
15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 921,
932, 936; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405;
Secretary’s Order 10–2009, 74 FR 58834.
[Amended]
6. In § 725.621, amend paragraph (d)
by removing ‘‘January 23, 2019’’ and
adding in its place ‘‘January 15, 2020’’
and by removing ‘‘$1,462’’ and adding
in its place ‘‘$1,488’’.
■
PART 726—BLACK LUNG BENEFITS;
REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINE
OPERATOR’S INSURANCE
7. The authority citation for part 726
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et
seq., 902(f), 925, 932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C.
§ 726.302
[Amended]
8. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount or date
indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph
and add in its place the dollar amount
or date indicated in the right column.
■
Remove
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table Introductory text ...............................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(2)(i) table ..........................................................
§ 726.302(c)(4) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(4) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(5) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(5) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(6) ......................................................................
§ 726.302(c)(6) ......................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
$143 .....................................................................................
285 .......................................................................................
428 .......................................................................................
569 .......................................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
$143 .....................................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
$428 .....................................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
$2,924 ..................................................................................
Wage and Hour Division
Title 29—Labor
PART 500—MIGRANT AND SEASONAL
AGRICULTURAL WORKER
PROTECTION
9. The authority citation for part 500
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: Pub. L. 97–470, 96 Stat. 2583
(29 U.S.C. 1801–1872); Secretary’s Order No.
01–2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec.
24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
and Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat 584.
§ 500.1
[Amended]
10. In § 500.1, amend paragraph (e) by
removing ‘‘$2,505’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$2,549’’.
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PART 501—ENFORCEMENT OF
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR
TEMPORARY ALIEN AGRICULTURAL
WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER
SECTION 218 OF THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT
11. The authority citation for part 501
continues to read as follows:
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January
$146.
290.
436.
579.
January
$146.
January
$436.
January
$2,976.
Paragraph
§ 501.19(c)(1) ......................
§ 501.19(c)(2) ......................
§ 501.19(c)(4) ......................
§ 501.19(d) ..........................
§ 501.19(e) ..........................
§ 501.19(f) ...........................
15, 2020.
15, 2020.
15, 2020.
15, 2020.
Remove
5,839
57,813
115,624
5,839
17,344
17,344
Add
5,942
58,833
117,664
5,942
17,650
17,650
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Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a),
1184(c), and 1188; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114–74 at § 701.
§ 501.19
[Amended]
12. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column.
PART 503—ENFORCEMENT OF
OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY
NONIMMIGRANT NONAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
DESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION
AND NATIONALITY ACT
■
Paragraph
§ 501.19(c) introductory text
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$24,441.
January 15, 2020.
$297.
January 15, 2020.
January 15, 2020.
$2,444.
$12,219.
901 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701; Reorganization
Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; Secretary’s
Order 10–2009, 74 FR 58834.
Paragraph
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
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13. The authority citation for part 503
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b); 8
U.S.C. 1184; 8 CFR 214.2(h); 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at
§ 701.
$1,766
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§ 503.23
[Amended]
14. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph, and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column:
■
Paragraph
Remove
Add
§ 503.23(b) ..............................
§ 503.23(c) ...............................
§ 503.23(d) ..............................
$12,695
12,695
12,695
$12,919
12,919
12,919
16. In § 530.302, amend paragraph (a)
by removing ‘‘$1,052’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$1,071’’ and revise paragraph (b).
The revision reads as follows:
■
PART 530—EMPLOYMENT OF
HOMEWORKERS IN CERTAIN
INDUSTRIES
15. The authority citation for part 530
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Sec. 11, 52 Stat. 1066 (29
U.S.C. 211) as amended by sec. 9, 63 Stat.
910 (29 U.S.C. 211(d)); Secretary’s Order No.
01–2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec.
24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
§ 530.302
Amounts of civil penalties.
*
*
*
*
*
(b) The amount of civil money
penalties shall be determined per
affected homeworker within the limits
set forth in the following schedule,
except that no penalty shall be assessed
in the case of violations which are
deemed to be de minimis in nature:
Penalty per affected homeworker
Nature of violation
Minor
Recordkeeping ...........................................................................................................
Monetary violations ....................................................................................................
Employment of homeworkers without a certificate ....................................................
Other violations of statutes, regulations or employer assurances ............................
PART 570—CHILD LABOR
REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND
STATEMENTS OF INTERPRETATION
17. The authority citation for subpart
G of part 570 continues to read as
follows:
■
Authority: 52 Stat. 1060–1069, as
amended; 29 U.S.C. 201–219; 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at
§ 701.
§ 570.140
[Amended]
18. In § 570.140, amend paragraph
(b)(1) by removing ‘‘$12,845’’ and
adding in its place ‘‘$13,072’’ and
paragraph (b)(2) by removing ‘‘$58,383’’
and adding in its place ‘‘$59,413’’.
■
PART 578—MINIMUM WAGE AND
OVERTIME VIOLATIONS—CIVIL
MONEY PENALTIES
19. The authority citation for part 578
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Sec. 9, Pub. L. 101–157, 103
Stat. 938, sec. 3103, Pub. L. 101–508, 104
Stat. 1388–29 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)), Pub. L. 101–
410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as
amended by Pub. L. 104–134, section
31001(s), 110 Stat. 1321–358, 1321–373, and
Pub. L. 114–74, 129 Stat 584.
§ 578.3
[Amended]
20. In § 578.3, amend paragraph (a) by
removing ‘‘$2,014’’ and adding in its
place ‘‘$2,050’’.
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PART 579—CHILD LABOR
VIOLATIONS—CIVIL MONEY
PENALTIES
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22. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column.
■
Paragraph
Remove
Add
§ 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A) ....................
§ 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B) ....................
§ 579.1(a)(2) ............................
$12,845
58,383
2,014
$13,072
59,413
2,050
PART 801—APPLICATION OF THE
EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH
PROTECTION ACT OF 1988
23. The authority citation for part 801
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Pub. L. 100–347, 102 Stat. 646,
29 U.S.C. 2001–2009; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701, 129
Stat 584.
§ 801.42
[Amended]
24. In § 801.42 amend paragraph (a)
introductory text by removing
‘‘$21,039’’ and adding in its place
‘‘$21,410’’.
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214–428
214–428
214–428
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Repeated, intentional
or knowing
$428–1,071
..........................................
428–1,071
428–1,071
PART 825—THE FAMILY AND
MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
25. The authority citation for part 825
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2654; 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114–
74 at sec. 701.
§ 825.300
[Amended]
26. In § 825.300 amend paragraph
(a)(1) by removing ‘‘$173’’ and adding in
its place ‘‘$176’’.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
Title 29—Labor
PART 1903—INSPECTIONS,
CITATIONS, AND PROPOSED
PENALTIES
27. The authority citation for part
1903 continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: Secs. 8 and 9 of the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
(29 U.S.C. 657, 658); 5 U.S.C. 553; 28 U.S.C.
2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990), as amended by
Section 701, Pub. L. 114–74; Secretary of
Labor’s Order No. 1–2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan.
25, 2012).
§ 1903.15
[Amended]
28. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount or date
indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph
and add in its place the dollar amount
or date indicated in the right column.
■
■
21. The authority citation for part 579
continues to read as follows:
■
$21–214
21–214
........................
21–214
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 203(l), 211, 212,
213(c), 216; Reorg. Plan No. 6 of 1950, 64
Stat. 1263, 5 U.S.C. App; secs. 25, 29, 88 Stat.
72, 76; Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 01–
2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24,
2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
and Pub. L. 114–7, 129 Stat 584.
§ 579.1
Substantial
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Paragraph
Remove
§ 1903.15(d) introductory text ................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(1) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(1) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(2) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(3) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(4) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(5) ......................................................................
§ 1903.15(d)(6) ......................................................................
January 23, 2019 .................................................................
$9,472 ..................................................................................
$132,598 ..............................................................................
$132,598 ..............................................................................
$13,260 ................................................................................
$13,260 ................................................................................
$13,260 ................................................................................
$13,260 ................................................................................
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
TABLE XIV—PENALTY CONVERSION
TABLE—Continued
Title 30—Mineral Resources
29. The authority citation for part 100
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 815,
820, 957; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114–74 at sec. 701.
30. In § 100.3, amend paragraph (a)(1)
introductory text by removing ‘‘72,620’’
and adding in its place ‘‘73,901’’ and in
paragraph (g) by revising Table XIV—
Penalty Conversion Table.
The revision reads as follows:
■
§ 100.3 Determination of penalty amount;
regular assessment.
*
*
*
(g) * * *
*
*
TABLE XIV—PENALTY CONVERSION
TABLE
Penalty
($)
Points
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
or fewer ...............................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
..............................................
137
150
161
175
190
206
222
242
261
283
306
332
361
390
421
458
76 ..............................................
77 ..............................................
78 ..............................................
79 ..............................................
80 ..............................................
81 ..............................................
82 ..............................................
83 ..............................................
84 ..............................................
85 ..............................................
86 ..............................................
87 ..............................................
88 ..............................................
89 ..............................................
90 ..............................................
91 ..............................................
92 ..............................................
93 ..............................................
94 ..............................................
95 ..............................................
96 ..............................................
97 ..............................................
98 ..............................................
99 ..............................................
100 ............................................
101 ............................................
102 ............................................
103 ............................................
104 ............................................
105 ............................................
106 ............................................
107 ............................................
108 ............................................
109 ............................................
110 ............................................
111 ............................................
112 ............................................
113 ............................................
114 ............................................
115 ............................................
116 ............................................
117 ............................................
118 ............................................
119 ............................................
120 ............................................
498
536
582
631
684
740
801
869
941
1,021
1,105
1,196
1,296
1,404
1,521
1,648
1,784
1,932
2,094
2,268
2,457
2,661
2,884
3,124
3,385
3,666
3,971
4,302
4,660
5,049
5,469
5,925
6,418
6,953
7,532
8,157
8,839
9,575
10,373
11,236
12,171
13,186
14,284
15,474
16,762
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Penalty
($)
Points
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
............................................
or more ..............................
*
*
*
*
§§ 100.4 and 100.5
18,159
19,670
21,309
23,085
25,004
27,089
29,346
31,789
34,437
37,306
40,413
43,778
47,423
51,207
54,988
58,773
62,553
66,337
70,118
73,901
*
[Amended]
31. In the following table, for each
paragraph indicated in the left column,
remove the dollar amount indicated in
the middle column from wherever it
appears in the paragraph, and add in its
place the dollar amount indicated in the
right column.
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Paragraph
Remove
Add
§ 100.4(a) ................................
§ 100.4(b) ................................
§ 100.4(c) introductory text ......
§ 100.4(c) introductory text ......
§ 100.5(c) .................................
§ 100.5(d) ................................
§ 100.5(e) ................................
$2,421
4,840
6,052
72,620
7,867
332
266,275
$2,464
4,925
6,159
73,901
8,006
338
270,972
Note: The following Appendix will not
appear in the Code of Federal Regulations.
2019
Agency
January 15, 2020.
$9,639.
$134,937.
$134,937.
$13,494.
$13,494.
$13,494.
$13,494.
TABLE XIV—PENALTY CONVERSION
TABLE—Continued
Penalty
($)
Points
PART 100—CRITERIA AND
PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED
ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES
Add
2020
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Regular Assessment ................................
30 CFR 100.3(a) .....
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$72,620 .........
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$73,901
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MSHA ....
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Federal Mine
Safety &
Health Act of
1977.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Penalty Conversion Table ........................
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
MSHA ....
EBSA .....
EBSA .....
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EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
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Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
30 CFR 100.3(g) .....
$135
$72,620 .........
$137 ..............
$73,901
Minimum Penalty for any order issued
under 104(d)(1) of the Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.4(a) .....
2,421
.......................
$2,464 ...........
Minimum penalty for any order issued
under 104(d)(2) of the Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.4(b) .....
4,840
.......................
$4,925 ...........
Penalty for failure to provide timely notification under 103(j) of the Mine Act.
39 CFR 100.4(c) .....
6,052
$72,620 .........
$6,159 ...........
$73,901
Any operator who fails to correct a violation for which a citation or order was
issued under 104(a) of the Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.5(c) .....
........................
$7,867 ...........
.......................
$8,006
Violation of mandatory safety standards
related to smoking standards.
30 CFR 100.5(d) .....
........................
$332 ..............
.......................
$338
Flagrant violations under 110(b)(2) of the
Mine Act.
30 CFR 100.5(e) .....
........................
$266,275 .......
.......................
$270,972
Section 209(b): Per plan year for failure
to furnish reports (e.g., pension benefit
statements) to certain former employees or maintain employee records
each employee a separate violation..
Section 502(c)(2)—Per day for failure/refusal to properly file plan annual report.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$30 ................
.......................
$31
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$2,194 ...........
.......................
$2,233
Section 502(c)(4)—Per day for failure to
disclose certain documents upon request under ERISA 101(k) and (l); failure to furnish notices under 101(j) and
514(e)(3)—each statutory recipient a
separate violation.
Section 502(c)(5)—Per day for each failure to file annual report for Multiple
Employer
Welfare
Arrangements
(MEWAs) under 101(g).
Section 502 (c)(6)—Per day for each failure to provide Secretary of Labor requested documentation not to exceed
a per-request maximum.
Section 502 (c)(7)—Per day for each failure to provide notices of blackout periods and of right to divest employer securities– each statutory recipient a separate violation.
Section 502 (c)(8)—Per each failure by
an endangered status multiemployer
plan to adopt a funding improvement
plan or meet benchmarks; or failure of
a critical status multiemployer plan to
adopt a rehabilitation plan.
Section 502(c)(9)(A)—Per day for each
failure by an employer to inform employees of CHIP coverage opportunities under Section 701(f)(3)(B)(i)(l)—
each employee a separate violation.
Section 502(c)(9)(B)—Per day for each
failure by a plan to timely provide to
any State information required to be
disclosed under Section 701(f)(3)(B)(ii),
as added by CHIP regarding coverage
coordination—each
participant/beneficiary a separate violation.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,736 ...........
.......................
$1,767
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,597 ...........
.......................
$1,625
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
.......................
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$156 per day,
not to exceed $1,566
per request.
$139 ..............
.......................
$159 per day,
not to exceed $1,594
per request.
$141
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,378 ...........
.......................
$1,402
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$117 ..............
.......................
$119
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$117 ..............
.......................
$119
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Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$117 ..............
.......................
$119
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
Section 502(c)(10)—Failure by any plan
sponsor of group health plan, or any
health insurance issuer offering health
insurance coverage in connection with
the plan, to meet the requirements of
Sections 702(a)(1)(F), (b)(3), (c) or (d);
or Section 701; or Section 702(b)(1)
with respect to genetic information—
daily per participant and beneficiary
during non-compliance period.
Section 502(c)(10)—uncorrected de minimis violation.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
$2,919
.......................
$2,970 ...........
Section 502(c)(10)—uncorrected
tions that are not de minimis.
viola-
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
$17,515
.......................
$17,824 .........
Section 502(c)(10)—unintentional failure
maximum cap.
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$583,830 .......
.......................
$594,129
Section 502(c)(12)—Per day for each failure of a CSEC plan in restoration status to adopt a restoration plan.
Section 502 (m)—Failure of fiduciary to
make a proper distribution from a defined benefit plan under section 206(e)
of ERISA.
Failure to provide Summary of Benefits
Coverage under PHS Act section
2715(f), as incorporated in ERISA section 715 and 29 CFR 2590.715–
2715(e).
Serious Violation .......................................
29CFR 2575.1–3 .....
........................
$107 ..............
.......................
$109
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$16,915 .........
.......................
$17,213
29 CFR 2575.1–3 ...
........................
$1,156 ...........
.......................
$1,176
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(3).
........................
$13,260 .........
.......................
$13,494
Other-Than-Serious ..................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(4).
........................
$13,260 .........
.......................
$13,494
Willful ........................................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(1).
9,472
$132,598 .......
$9,639 ...........
$134,937
Repeated ..................................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(2).
........................
$132,598 .......
.......................
$134,937
Posting Requirement ................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(6).
........................
$13,260 .........
.......................
$13,494
Failure to Abate ........................................
29 CFR
1903.15(d)(5).
........................
$13,260 per
day.
.......................
$13,494 per
day.
FMLA ........................................................
........................
$173 ..............
.......................
$176
FLSA .........................................................
29 CFR
825.300(a)(1).
29 CFR 578.3(a) .....
........................
$2,014 ...........
.......................
$2,050
Child Labor ...............................................
29 CFR 579.1(a)(2)
........................
$2,014 ...........
.......................
$2,050
Child Labor ...............................................
29 CFR
570.140(b)(1).
29 CFR
579.1(a)(1)(i)(A).
29 CFR
570.140(b)(2).
29 CFR
579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).
29 CFR
570.140(b)(2); 29
CFR
579.1(a)(1)(i)(B)
Doubled.
29 CFR 500.1(e) .....
........................
$12,845 .........
.......................
$13,072
........................
$12,845 .........
.......................
$13,072
........................
$58,383 .........
.......................
$59,413
........................
$58,383 .........
.......................
$59,413
........................
$116,766 .......
.......................
$118,826
........................
$2,505 ...........
.......................
$2,549
........................
$1,895 ...........
.......................
$1,928
........................
$7,710 ...........
.......................
$7,846
........................
$7,710 ...........
.......................
$7,846
........................
$53,969 .........
.......................
$54,921
EBSA .....
EBSA .....
EBSA .....
EBSA .....
EBSA .....
Employee Retirement Income
Security Act.
OSHA ....
Occupational
Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational
Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational
Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational
Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational
Safety and
Health Act.
Occupational
Safety and
Health Act.
Family and Medical Leave Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
OSHA ....
OSHA ....
OSHA ....
OSHA ....
OSHA ....
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WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
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WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker
Protection Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
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Child Labor ...............................................
Child Labor that causes serious injury or
death.
Child Labor that causes serious injury or
death.
Child Labor willful or repeated that
causes serious injury or death (penalty
amount doubled).
MSPA ........................................................
H1B ...........................................................
H1B retaliation ..........................................
H1B willful or discrimination .....................
H1B willful that resulted in displacement
of a US worker.
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20 CFR 655.801(b)
20 CFR
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Name/description
WHD ......
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Contract Work
Hours and
Safety Standards Act.
Contract Work
Hours and
Safety Standards Act.
Walsh-Healey
Public Contracts Act.
Employee Polygraph Protection Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Immigration &
Nationality Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Fair Labor
Standards Act.
Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Longshore and
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
Black Lung Benefits Act.
D–1 ...........................................................
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
WHD ......
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OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
OWCP ...
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nearest dollar)
Min penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
Max penalty
(rounded to
nearest dollar)
20 CFR 655.620(a)
........................
$9,472 ...........
.......................
$9,639
CWHSSA ..................................................
29 CFR 5.5(b)(2) .....
........................
$27 ................
.......................
$27
CWHSSA ..................................................
29 CFR 5.8(a) .........
........................
$27 ................
.......................
$27
Walsh-Healey ...........................................
41 CFR 50–201.3(e)
........................
$27 ................
.......................
$27
EPPA ........................................................
29 CFR 801.42(a) ...
........................
$21,039 .........
.......................
$21,410
H2A ...........................................................
29 CFR 501.19(c) ...
........................
$1,735 ...........
.......................
$1,766
H2A willful or discrimination .....................
29 CFR 501.19(c)(1)
........................
$5,839 ...........
.......................
$5,942
H2A Safety or health resulting in serious
injury or death.
H2A willful or repeated safety or health
resulting in serious injury or death.
H2A failing to cooperate in an investigation.
H2A displacing a US worker ....................
29 CFR 501.19(c)(2)
........................
$57,813 .........
.......................
$58,833
29 CFR 501.19(c)(4)
........................
$115,624 .......
.......................
$117,664
29 CFR 501.19(d) ...
........................
$5,839 ...........
.......................
$5,942
29 CFR 501.19(e) ...
........................
$17,344 .........
.......................
$17,650
H2A improperly rejecting a US worker .....
29 CFR 501.19(f) ....
........................
$17,344 .........
.......................
$17,650
H–2B .........................................................
29 CFR 503.23(b) ...
........................
$12,695 .........
.......................
$12,919
H–2B .........................................................
29 CFR 503.23(c) ...
........................
$12,695 .........
.......................
$12,919
H–2B .........................................................
29 CFR 503.23(d) ...
........................
$12,695 .........
.......................
$12,919
Home Worker ...........................................
29 CFR 530.302(a)
........................
$1,052.00 ......
.......................
$1,071
Home Worker ...........................................
29 CFR 530.302(b)
21
$1,052.00 ......
$21 ................
$1,071
Failure to file first report of injury or filing
a false statement or misrepresentation
in first report.
20 CFR 702.204 .....
........................
$24,017 .........
.......................
$24,441
Failure to report termination of payments
20 CFR 702.236 .....
........................
$292 ..............
.......................
$297
Discrimination against employees who
claim compensation or testify in a
LHWCA proceeding.
20 CFR
702.271(a)(2).
2,402
$12,007 .........
$2,444 ...........
$12,219
Failure to report termination of payments
20 CFR 725.621 (d)
........................
$1,462 ...........
.......................
$1,488
Failure to file required reports ..................
20 CFR 725.621(d)
........................
$1,462 ...........
.......................
$1,488
Failure to secure payment of benefits for
mines with fewer than 25 employees.
Failure to secure payment of benefits for
mines with 25–50 employees.
Failure to secure payment of benefits for
mines with 51–100 employees.
Failure to secure payment of benefits for
mines with more than 100 employees.
Failure to secure payment of benefits
after 10th day of notice.
Failure to secure payment of benefits for
repeat offenders.
Failure to secure payment of benefits ......
20 CFR
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(2)(i).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(4).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(5).
20 CFR
726.302(c)(5).
143
.......................
$146 ..............
285
.......................
$290 ..............
428
.......................
$436 ..............
569
.......................
$579 ..............
143
.......................
$146 ..............
428
.......................
$436 ..............
........................
$2,924 ...........
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of
January, 2020.
Eugene Scalia,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2020–00486 Filed 1–14–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510–HL–P
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
29 CFR Part 4022
Benefits Payable in Terminated SingleEmployer Plans; Interest Assumptions
for Paying Benefits
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
This final rule amends the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s
regulation on Benefits Payable in
Terminated Single-Employer Plans to
prescribe certain interest assumptions
under the regulation for plans with
valuation dates in February 2020. These
interest assumptions are used for paying
certain benefits under terminating
single-employer plans covered by the
pension insurance system administered
by PBGC.
DATES: Effective February 1, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Katz (katz.gregory@pbgc.gov),
Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC
20005, 202–326–4400 ext. 3829. (TTY
users may call the Federal relay service
toll-free at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to
be connected to 202–326–4400, ext.
3829.)
SUMMARY:
PBGC’s
regulation on Benefits Payable in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Rate set
For plans with a valuation
date
On or after
*
316
Before
Terminated Single-Employer Plans (29
CFR part 4022) prescribes actuarial
assumptions—including interest
assumptions—for paying plan benefits
under terminated single-employer plans
covered by title IV of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA). The interest assumptions in
the regulation are also published on
PBGC’s website (https://www.pbgc.gov).
PBGC uses the interest assumptions in
appendix B to part 4022 (‘‘Lump Sum
Interest Rates for PBGC Payments’’) to
determine whether a benefit is payable
as a lump sum and to determine the
amount to pay. Because some privatesector pension plans use these interest
rates to determine lump sum amounts
payable to plan participants (if the
resulting lump sum is larger than the
amount required under section 417(e)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code and
section 205(g)(3) of ERISA), these rates
are also provided in appendix C to part
4022 (‘‘Lump Sum Interest Rates for
Private-Sector Payments’’).
This final rule updates appendices B
and C of the benefit payments regulation
to provide the rates for February 2020
measurement dates.
The February 2020 lump sum interest
assumptions will be 0.25 percent for the
period during which a benefit is (or is
assumed to be) in pay status and 4.00
percent during any years preceding the
benefit’s placement in pay status. In
comparison with the interest
assumptions in effect for January 2020,
these assumptions represent no change
in the immediate rate and are otherwise
unchanged.
PBGC updates appendices B and C
each month. PBGC has determined that
notice and public comment on this
amendment are impracticable and
contrary to the public interest. This
*
3–1–20
3. In appendix C to part 4022, rate set
316 is added at the end of the table to
read as follows:
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insurance, Pensions, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
In consideration of the foregoing, 29
CFR part 4022 is amended as follows:
PART 4022—BENEFITS PAYABLE IN
TERMINATED SINGLE-EMPLOYER
PLANS
1. The authority citation for part 4022
continues to read as follows:
■
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302, 1322, 1322b,
1341(c)(3)(D), and 1344.
2. In appendix B to part 4022, rate set
316 is added at the end of the table to
read as follows:
■
Appendix B to Part 4022—Lump Sum
Interest Rates for PBGC Payments
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Deferred annuities
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Immediate
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finding is based on the need to issue
new interest assumptions promptly so
that they are available for plans that rely
on our publication of them each month
to calculate lump sum benefit amounts.
Because of the need to provide
immediate guidance for the payment of
benefits under plans with valuation
dates during February 2020, PBGC finds
that good cause exists for making the
assumptions set forth in this
amendment effective less than 30 days
after publication.
PBGC has determined that this action
is not a ‘‘significant regulatory action’’
under the criteria set forth in Executive
Order 12866.
Because no general notice of proposed
rulemaking is required for this
amendment, the Regulatory Flexibility
Act of 1980 does not apply. See 5 U.S.C.
601(2).
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
20 CFR Part 655
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
20 CFR Parts 702, 725, and 726
Wage and Hour Division
29 CFR Parts 500, 501, 503, 530, 570, 578, 579, 801, and 825
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
29 CFR Part 1903
Employee Benefits Security Administration
29 CFR Part 2560, 2575, and 2590
Mine Safety and Health Administration
30 CFR Part 100
RIN 1290-AA38
Department of Labor Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Annual Adjustments for 2020
AGENCY: Employment and Training Administration, Office of Workers'
Compensation Programs, Office of the Secretary, Wage and Hour Division,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Employee Benefits
Security Administration, and Mine Safety and Health Administration,
Department of Labor.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (Department) is publishing this
final rule to adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department, pursuant to the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as amended by the Federal
Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of
[[Page 2293]]
2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act). The Inflation Adjustment Act requires
the Department to annually adjust its civil money penalty levels for
inflation no later than January 15 of each year. The Inflation
Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall adjust civil monetary
penalties notwithstanding Section 553 of the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA). Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a cost-
of-living formula for adjustment of the civil penalties. Accordingly,
this final rule sets forth the Department's 2020 annual adjustments for
inflation to its civil monetary penalties.
DATES: This final rule is effective on January 15, 2020. As provided by
the Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased penalty levels apply to any
penalties assessed after January 15, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin FitzGerald, Senior Policy
Advisor, U.S. Department of Labor, Room S-2312, 200 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20210; telephone: (202) 693-5076 (this is not a
toll-free number). Copies of this final rule may be obtained in
alternative formats (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc), upon
request, by calling (202) 693-5959 (this is not a toll-free number).
TTY/TDD callers may dial toll-free 1-877-889-5627 to obtain information
or request materials in alternative formats.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Preamble Table of Contents
I. Background
II. Adjustment for 2020
III. Paperwork Reduction Act
IV. Administrative Procedure Act
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review, Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, and
Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulations and Controlling
Regulatory Costs
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act
VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal Governments
D. The Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of
1999: Assessment of Federal Regulations and Policies on Families
E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy Supply
H. Executive Order 12630: Constitutionally Protected Property
Rights
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice Reform Analysis
I. Background
On November 2, 2015, Congress enacted the Federal Civil Penalties
Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Public Law 114-74,
701 (Inflation Adjustment Act), which further amended the Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 as previously amended by the
1996 Debt Collection Improvement Act (collectively, the ``Prior
Inflation Adjustment Act''), to improve the effectiveness of civil
monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. The
Inflation Adjustment Act required agencies to: (1) Adjust the level of
civil monetary penalties with an initial ``catch-up'' adjustment
through an interim final rule (IFR); and (2) make subsequent annual
adjustments for inflation no later than January 15 of each year.
On July 1, 2016, the Department published an IFR that established
the initial catch-up adjustment for most civil penalties that the
Department administers and requested comments. See 81 FR 43430 (DOL
IFR). On January 18, 2017, the Department published the final rule
establishing the 2017 Annual Adjustment for those civil monetary
penalties adjusted in the DOL IFR. See 82 FR 5373 (DOL 2017 Annual
Adjustment). On July 1, 2016, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) (collectively, ``the
Departments'') jointly published an IFR that established the initial
catch-up adjustment for civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced
in connection with the employment of temporary nonimmigrant workers
under the H-2B program. See 81 FR 42983 (Joint IFR). On March 17, 2017,
the Departments jointly published the final rule establishing the 2017
Annual Adjustment for the H-2B civil monetary penalties. See 82 FR
14147 (Joint 2017 Annual Adjustment). The Joint 2017 Annual Adjustment
also explained that DOL would make future adjustments to the H-2B civil
monetary penalties consistent with DOL's delegated authority under 8
U.S.C. 1184(c)(14), Immigration and Nationality Act section 214(c)(14),
and the Inflation Adjustment Act. See 82 FR 14147-48. On January 2,
2018, the Department published the final rule establishing the 2018
Annual Adjustment for civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by
the Department, including H-2B civil monetary penalties. See 83 FR 7
(DOL 2018 Annual Adjustment). On January 23, 2019, the Department
published the final rule establishing the 2019 Annual Adjustment for
civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced by the Department,
including H-2B civil monetary penalties. See 84 FR 213 (DOL 2019 Annual
Adjustment).
This rule implements the 2020 annual inflation adjustments, as
required by the Inflation Adjustment Act, for civil monetary penalties
assessed or enforced by the Department, including H-2B civil monetary
penalties.\1\ The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that the increased
penalty levels apply to any penalties assessed after the effective date
of the increase. Pursuant to the Inflation Adjustment Act, this final
rule is published notwithstanding Section 553 of the APA.
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\1\ The Department is also responsible for administering and
enforcing a newly-enacted civil monetary penalty under the Fair
Labor Standards Act (see Pub. L. 115-141, section 1201 (2018)) and
proposed regulations to codify this civil monetary penalty in the
Code of Federal Regulations on October 8, 2019. See Tip Regulations
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), 84 FR 53956 (proposed
Oct. 8, 2019).
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This rule is not an Executive Order 13771 regulatory action because
this rule is not significant under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs designated this rule
as not a `major rule,' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
II. Adjustment for 2020
The Department has undertaken a thorough review of civil penalties
administered by its various components pursuant to the Inflation
Adjustment Act and in accordance with guidance issued by the Office of
Management and Budget.\2\
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\2\ M-20-05, Implementation of Penalty Inflation Adjustments for
2020, Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Dec. 16, 2019).
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The Department first identified the most recent penalty amount,
which is the amount established by the 2019 annual adjustment as set
forth in the DOL 2019 Annual Adjustment published on January 23, 2019.
The Department is required to calculate the annual adjustment based on
the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Annual
inflation adjustments are based on the percent change between the
October CPI-U preceding the date of the adjustment, and the prior
year's October CPI-U; in this case, the percent change between the
October 2019 CPI-U and the October 2018 CPI-U. The cost-of-living
adjustment multiplier for 2020, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-
U) for the month of October 2019, not seasonally adjusted, is
1.01764.\3\ In
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order to compute the 2020 annual adjustment, the Department multiplied
the most recent penalty amount for each applicable penalty by the
multiplier, 1.01764, and rounded to the nearest dollar. This resulted
in increases to all but four of the penalties administered by the
Department, as set forth in the Appendix.
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As provided by the Inflation Adjustment Act, the increased penalty
levels apply to any penalties assessed after the effective date of this
rule.\4\ Accordingly, for penalties assessed after January 15, 2020,
whose associated violations occurred after November 2, 2015, the higher
penalty amounts outlined in this rule will apply. The tables below
demonstrate the penalty amounts that apply:
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\4\ Appendix 1 consists of a table that provides ready access to
key information about each penalty.
Civil Monetary Penalties for the H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker Program
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Violations occurring Penalty assessed Which penalty level applies
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On or before November 2, 2015...... On or before August 1, 2016 Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
On or before November 2, 2015...... After August 1, 2016....... Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
After November 2, 2015............. After August 1, 2016, but August 1, 2016 levels.
on or before March 17,
2017.
After November 2, 2015............. After March 17, 2017 but on March 17, 2017 levels.
or before January 2, 2018.
After November 2, 2015............. After January 2, 2018 but January 2, 2018 levels.
on or before January 23,
2019.
After November 2, 2015............. After January 23, 2019 but January 23, 2019 levels.
on or before January 15,
2020.
After November 2, 2015............. After January 15, 2020..... January 15, 2020 levels.
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Civil Monetary Penalties for Other DOL Programs
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Violations occurring Penalty assessed Which penalty level applies
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On or before November 2, 2015...... On or before August 1, 2016 Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
On or before November 2, 2015...... After August 1, 2016....... Pre-August 1, 2016 levels.
After November 2, 2015............. After August 1, 2016, but August 1, 2016 levels.
on or before January 13,
2017.
After November 2, 2015............. After January 13, 2017 but January 13, 2017 levels.
on or before January 2,
2018.
After November 2, 2015............. After January 2, 2018 but January 2, 2018 levels.
on or before January 23,
2019.
After November 2, 2015............. After January 23, 2019 but January 23, 2019 levels.
on or before January 15,
2020.
After November 2, 2015............. After January 15, 2020..... January 15, 2020 levels.
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III. Paperwork Reduction Act
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507(d)) requires
that the Department consider the impact of paperwork and other
information collection burdens imposed on the public. The Department
has determined that this final rule does not require any collection of
information.
IV. Administrative Procedure Act
The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that agencies shall annually
adjust civil monetary penalties for inflation notwithstanding Section
553 of the APA. Additionally, the Inflation Adjustment Act provides a
nondiscretionary cost-of-living formula for annual adjustment of the
civil monetary penalties. For these reasons, the requirements in
sections 553(b), (c), and (d) of the APA, relating to notice and
comment and requiring that a rule be effective 30 days after
publication in the Federal Register, are inapplicable.
V. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive
Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
Executive Order 12866 requires that regulatory agencies assess both
the costs and benefits of significant regulatory actions. Under the
Executive Order, a ``significant regulatory action'' is one meeting any
of a number of specified conditions, including the following: Having an
annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more; creating a
serious inconsistency or interfering with an action of another agency;
materially altering the budgetary impact of entitlements or the rights
of entitlement recipients, or raising novel legal or policy issues.
The Department has determined that this final rule is not a
``significant'' regulatory action and a cost-benefit and economic
analysis is not required. This regulation merely adjusts civil monetary
penalties in accordance with inflation as required by the Inflation
Adjustment Act, and has no impact on disclosure or compliance costs.
The benefit provided by the inflationary adjustment to the maximum
civil monetary penalties is that of maintaining the incentive for the
regulated community to comply with the laws enforced by the Department,
and not allowing the incentive to be diminished by inflation.
Executive Order 13563 directs agencies to assess all costs and
benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is
necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize net benefits
(including potential economic, environmental, public health and safety
effects, distributive impacts, and equity). Executive Order 13563
emphasizes the importance of quantifying both costs and benefits,
reducing costs, harmonizing rules, and promoting flexibility to
minimize burden.
The Inflation Adjustment Act directed the Department to issue the
annual
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adjustments without regard to Section 553 of the APA. In that context,
Congress has already determined that any possible increase in costs is
justified by the overall benefits of such adjustments. This final rule
makes only the statutory changes outlined herein; thus there are no
alternatives or further analysis required by Executive Order 13563.
VI. Regulatory Flexibility Act and Small Business Regulatory
Enforcement Fairness Act
The Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. (RFA), imposes
certain requirements on Federal agency rules that are subject to the
notice and comment requirements of the APA, 5 U.S.C. 553(b). This final
rule is exempt from the requirements of the APA because the Inflation
Adjustment Act directed the Department to issue the annual adjustments
without regard to Section 553 of the APA. Therefore, the requirements
of the RFA applicable to notices of proposed rulemaking, 5 U.S.C. 603,
do not apply to this rule. Accordingly, the Department is not required
to either certify that the final rule would not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities or conduct a
regulatory flexibility analysis.
VII. Other Regulatory Considerations
A. The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538,
requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary
regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or Tribal government, in
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 (adjusted for
inflation) or more in any one year. This Final Rule will not result in
such an expenditure. Therefore, no actions were deemed necessary under
the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995.
B. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
Section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH
Act) (29 U.S.C. 667) requires Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)-approved State Plans to have standards and an
enforcement program that are at least as effective as federal OSHA's
standards and enforcement program. OSHA-approved State Plans must have
maximum and minimum penalty levels that are at least as effective as
federal OSHA's per Section 18(c)(2) of the OSH Act. See also 29 CFR
1902.4(c)(2)(xi); 1902.37(b)(12). State Plans are required to increase
their penalties in alignment with OSHA's penalty increases to maintain
at least as effective penalty levels.
State Plans are not required to impose monetary penalties on state
and local government employers. See Sec. 1956.11(c)(2)(x). Five (5)
states and one territory have State Plans that cover only state and
local government employees: Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey,
New York, and the Virgin Islands. Therefore, the requirements to
increase the penalty levels do not apply to these State Plans. Twenty-
one states and one U.S. territory have State Plans that cover both
private sector employees and state and local government employees:
Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Puerto
Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
and Wyoming. They must increase their penalties for private-sector
employers.
Other than as listed above, this final rule does not have
federalism implications because it does not have substantial direct
effects on the states, on the relationship between the national
government and the states, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Accordingly,
Executive Order 13132, Federalism, requires no further agency action or
analysis.
C. Executive Order 13175: Indian Tribal Governments
This final rule does not have ``tribal implications'' because it
does not have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes,
on the relationship between the Federal government and Indian tribes,
or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the
Federal government and Indian tribes. Accordingly, Executive Order
13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments,
requires no further agency action or analysis.
D. The Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 1999:
Assessment of Federal Regulations and Policies on Families
This final rule will have no effect on family well-being or
stability, marital commitment, parental rights or authority, or income
or poverty of families and children. Accordingly, section 654 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act of 1999 (5 U.S.C.
601 note) requires no further agency action, analysis, or assessment.
E. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental
Health Risks and Safety Risks
This final rule will have no adverse impact on children.
Accordingly, Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks, as amended by Executive
Orders 13229 and 13296, requires no further agency action or analysis.
F. Environmental Impact Assessment
A review of this final rule in accordance with the requirements of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.; the regulations of the Council on Environmental Quality, 40 CFR
part 1500 et seq.; and the Departmental NEPA procedures, 29 CFR part
11, indicates that the final rule will not have a significant impact on
the quality of the human environment. As a result, there is no
corresponding environmental assessment or an environmental impact
statement.
G. Executive Order 13211: Energy Supply
This final rule has been reviewed for its impact on the supply,
distribution, and use of energy because it applies, in part, to the
coal mining and uranium industries. Mine Safety and Health
Administration (MSHA) has concluded that the adjustment of civil
monetary penalties to keep pace with inflation and thus maintain the
incentive for operators to maintain safe and healthful workplaces is
not a significant energy action because it is not likely to have a
significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of
energy.
This final rule has not been identified to have other impacts on
energy supply. Accordingly, Executive Order 13211 requires no further
Agency action or analysis.
H. Executive Order 12630: Constitutionally Protected Property Rights
This final rule will not implement a policy with takings
implications. Accordingly, Executive Order 12630, Governmental Actions
and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights,
requires no further agency action or analysis.
I. Executive Order 12988: Civil Justice Reform Analysis
This final rule was drafted and reviewed in accordance with
Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform. This final rule was
written to provide a clear legal standard for affected conduct and was
carefully reviewed to eliminate
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drafting errors and ambiguities, so as to minimize litigation and undue
burden on the Federal court system. The Department has determined that
this final rule meets the applicable standards provided in section 3 of
Executive Order 12988.
List of Subjects
20 CFR Part 655
Immigration, Labor, Penalties.
20 CFR Part 702
Administrative practice and procedure, Longshore and harbor
workers, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Workers'
compensation.
20 CFR Part 725
Administrative practice and procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
20 CFR Part 726
Administrative practice and procedure, Black lung benefits, Coal
miners, Mines, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 500
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Housing, Insurance,
Intergovernmental relations, Investigations, Migrant labor, Motor
vehicle safety, Occupational safety and health, Penalties, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Wages, Whistleblowing.
29 CFR Part 501
Administrative practice and procedure, Agriculture, Aliens,
Employment, Housing, Housing standards, Immigration, Labor, Migrant
labor, Penalties, Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 503
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Employment, Housing,
Immigration, Labor, Penalties, Transportation, Wages.
29 CFR Part 530
Administrative practice and procedure, Clothing, Homeworkers,
Indians--arts and crafts, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Surety bonds, Watches and jewelry.
29 CFR Part 570
Child labor, Law enforcement, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 578
Penalties, Wages.
29 CFR Part 579
Child labor, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 801
Administrative practice and procedure, Employment, Lie detector
tests, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
29 CFR Part 825
Administrative practice and procedure, Airmen, Employee benefit
plans, Health, Health insurance, Labor management relations, Maternal
and child health, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Teachers.
29 CFR Part 1903
Intergovernmental relations, Law enforcement, Occupational Safety
and Health, Penalties.
29 CFR Part 2560
Employee benefit plans, Employee Retirement Income Security Act,
Law enforcement, Penalties, Pensions, Reporting and recordkeeping.
29 CFR Part 2575
Administrative practice and procedure, Employee benefit plans,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Health care, Penalties,
Pensions.
29 CFR Part 2590
Employee benefit plans, Employee Retirement Income Security Act,
Health care, Health insurance, Penalties, Pensions, Reporting and
recordkeeping.
30 CFR Part 100
Mine safety and health, Penalties.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 20 CFR chapters V and VI,
29 CFR subtitle A and chapters V, XVII, and XXV, and 30 CFR chapter I
are amended as follows.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Title 20--Employees' Benefits
PART 655--TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN WORKERS IN THE UNITED
STATES
0
1. The authority citation for part 655 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Section 655.0 issued under 8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(E)(iii), 1101(a)(15)(H)(i) and (ii), 8 U.S.C.
1103(a)(6), 1182(m), (n) and (t), 1184(c), (g), and (j), 1188, and
1288(c) and (d); sec. 3(c)(1), Pub. L. 101-238, 103 Stat. 2099, 2102
(8 U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 221(a), Pub. L. 101-649, 104 Stat. 4978,
5027 (8 U.S.C. 1184 note); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub. L. 102-232, 105
Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 323(c), Pub. L. 103-206,
107 Stat. 2428; sec. 412(e), Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681 (8
U.S.C. 1182 note); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316
(8 U.S.C. 1182 note); 29 U.S.C. 49k; Pub. L. 107-296, 116 Stat.
2135, as amended; Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; 8 CFR
214.2(h)(4)(i); and 8 CFR 214.2(h)(6)(iii); and sec. 6, Pub. L. 115-
128, 132 Stat. 1547 (48 U.S.C. 1806).
Subpart A issued under 8 CFR 214.2(h).
Subpart B issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c),
and 1188; and 8 CFR 214.2(h).
Subpart E issued under 48 U.S.C. 1806.
Subparts F and G issued under 8 U.S.C. 1288(c) and (d); sec.
323(c), Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2428; and 28 U.S.C. 2461 note,
Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701.
Subparts H and I issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) and
(b)(1), 1182(n) and (t), and 1184(g) and (j); sec. 303(a)(8), Pub.
L. 102-232, 105 Stat. 1733, 1748 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note); sec. 412(e),
Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; 8 CFR 214.2(h); and 28 U.S.C. 2461
note, Pub. L. 114-74 at section 701.
Subparts L and M issued under 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(c) and
1182(m); sec. 2(d), Pub. L. 106-95, 113 Stat. 1312, 1316 (8 U.S.C.
1182 note); Pub. L. 109-423, 120 Stat. 2900; and 8 CFR 214.2(h).
Sec. Sec. 655.620, 655.801, and 655.810 [Amended]
0
2. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
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Paragraph Remove Add
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Sec. 655.620(a)................................... $9,472 $9,639
Sec. 655.801(b)................................... 7,710 7,846
Sec. 655.810(b)(1) introductory text.............. 1,895 1,928
Sec. 655.810(b)(2) introductory text.............. 7,710 7,846
Sec. 655.810(b)(3) introductory text.............. 53,969 54,921
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs
PART 702--ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE
0
3. The authority citation for part 702 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. 901 et
seq.; 42 U.S.C. 1651 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L.
114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174,
64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
Sec. Sec. 702.204, 702.236, and 702.271 [Amended]
0
4. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount or date indicated in the middle column
from wherever it appears in the section or paragraph and add in its
place the dollar
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amount or date indicated in the right column.
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Section/paragraph Remove Add
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Sec. 702.204.......................... $24,017........................ $24,441.
Sec. 702.204.......................... January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Sec. 702.236.......................... $292........................... $297.
Sec. 702.236.......................... January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2).................... January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2).................... $2,402......................... $2,444.
Sec. 702.271(a)(2).................... $12,007........................ $12,219.
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PART 725--CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED
0
5. The authority citation for part 725 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec.
701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et
seq., 902(f), 921, 932, 936; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405;
Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
Sec. 725.621 [Amended]
0
6. In Sec. 725.621, amend paragraph (d) by removing ``January 23,
2019'' and adding in its place ``January 15, 2020'' and by removing
``$1,462'' and adding in its place ``$1,488''.
PART 726--BLACK LUNG BENEFITS; REQUIREMENTS FOR COAL MINE
OPERATOR'S INSURANCE
0
7. The authority citation for part 726 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 925,
932, 933, 934, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L.
114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174;
Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.
Sec. 726.302 [Amended]
0
8. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount or date indicated in the middle column
from wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the
dollar amount or date indicated in the right column.
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Paragraph Remove Add
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Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Introductory text.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table........... $143........................... $146.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table........... 285............................ 290.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table........... 428............................ 436.
Sec. 726.302(c)(2)(i) table........... 569............................ 579.
Sec. 726.302(c)(4).................... January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Sec. 726.302(c)(4).................... $143........................... $146.
Sec. 726.302(c)(5).................... January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Sec. 726.302(c)(5).................... $428........................... $436.
Sec. 726.302(c)(6).................... January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Sec. 726.302(c)(6).................... $2,924......................... $2,976.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Wage and Hour Division
Title 29--Labor
PART 500--MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORKER PROTECTION
0
9. The authority citation for part 500 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Pub. L. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2583 (29 U.S.C. 1801-1872);
Secretary's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24,
2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 500.1 [Amended]
0
10. In Sec. 500.1, amend paragraph (e) by removing ``$2,505'' and
adding in its place ``$2,549''.
PART 501--ENFORCEMENT OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY
ALIEN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS ADMITTED UNDER SECTION 218 OF THE
IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT
0
11. The authority citation for part 501 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a), 1184(c), and 1188; 28
U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701.
Sec. 501.19 [Amended]
0
12. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 501.19(c) introductory text................ $1,735 $1,766
Sec. 501.19(c)(1)............................... 5,839 5,942
Sec. 501.19(c)(2)............................... 57,813 58,833
Sec. 501.19(c)(4)............................... 115,624 117,664
Sec. 501.19(d).................................. 5,839 5,942
Sec. 501.19(e).................................. 17,344 17,650
Sec. 501.19(f).................................. 17,344 17,650
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PART 503--ENFORCEMENT OF OBLIGATIONS FOR TEMPORARY NONIMMIGRANT
NON-AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DESCRIBED IN THE IMMIGRATION AND
NATIONALITY ACT
0
13. The authority citation for part 503 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b); 8 U.S.C. 1184; 8 CFR
214.2(h); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation
Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701.
[[Page 2298]]
Sec. 503.23 [Amended]
0
14. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph, and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 503.23(b).................................... $12,695 $12,919
Sec. 503.23(c).................................... 12,695 12,919
Sec. 503.23(d).................................... 12,695 12,919
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PART 530--EMPLOYMENT OF HOMEWORKERS IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES
0
15. The authority citation for part 530 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sec. 11, 52 Stat. 1066 (29 U.S.C. 211) as amended by
sec. 9, 63 Stat. 910 (29 U.S.C. 211(d)); Secretary's Order No. 01-
2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79 FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
0
16. In Sec. 530.302, amend paragraph (a) by removing ``$1,052'' and
adding in its place ``$1,071'' and revise paragraph (b).
The revision reads as follows:
Sec. 530.302 Amounts of civil penalties.
* * * * *
(b) The amount of civil money penalties shall be determined per
affected homeworker within the limits set forth in the following
schedule, except that no penalty shall be assessed in the case of
violations which are deemed to be de minimis in nature:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty per affected homeworker
---------------------------------------------------------
Nature of violation Repeated, intentional or
Minor Substantial knowing
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Recordkeeping......................................... $21-214 $214-428 $428-1,071
Monetary violations................................... 21-214 214-428 ........................
Employment of homeworkers without a certificate....... .............. 214-428 428-1,071
Other violations of statutes, regulations or employer 21-214 214-428 428-1,071
assurances...........................................
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PART 570--CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS, ORDERS AND STATEMENTS OF
INTERPRETATION
0
17. The authority citation for subpart G of part 570 continues to read
as follows:
Authority: 52 Stat. 1060-1069, as amended; 29 U.S.C. 201-219; 28
U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at Sec. 701.
Sec. 570.140 [Amended]
0
18. In Sec. 570.140, amend paragraph (b)(1) by removing ``$12,845''
and adding in its place ``$13,072'' and paragraph (b)(2) by removing
``$58,383'' and adding in its place ``$59,413''.
PART 578--MINIMUM WAGE AND OVERTIME VIOLATIONS--CIVIL MONEY
PENALTIES
0
19. The authority citation for part 578 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Sec. 9, Pub. L. 101-157, 103 Stat. 938, sec. 3103,
Pub. L. 101-508, 104 Stat. 1388-29 (29 U.S.C. 216(e)), Pub. L. 101-
410, 104 Stat. 890 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note), as amended by Pub. L. 104-
134, section 31001(s), 110 Stat. 1321-358, 1321-373, and Pub. L.
114-74, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 578.3 [Amended]
0
20. In Sec. 578.3, amend paragraph (a) by removing ``$2,014'' and
adding in its place ``$2,050''.
PART 579--CHILD LABOR VIOLATIONS--CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES
0
21. The authority citation for part 579 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 203(l), 211, 212, 213(c), 216; Reorg. Plan
No. 6 of 1950, 64 Stat. 1263, 5 U.S.C. App; secs. 25, 29, 88 Stat.
72, 76; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 01-2014 (Dec. 19, 2014), 79
FR 77527 (Dec. 24, 2014); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-7, 129
Stat 584.
Sec. 579.1 [Amended]
0
22. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A)............................ $12,845 $13,072
Sec. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B)............................ 58,383 59,413
Sec. 579.1(a)(2).................................. 2,014 2,050
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PART 801--APPLICATION OF THE EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION ACT OF
1988
0
23. The authority citation for part 801 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Pub. L. 100-347, 102 Stat. 646, 29 U.S.C. 2001-2009;
28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment
Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701, 129 Stat 584.
Sec. 801.42 [Amended]
0
24. In Sec. 801.42 amend paragraph (a) introductory text by removing
``$21,039'' and adding in its place ``$21,410''.
PART 825--THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993
0
25. The authority citation for part 825 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 2654; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil
Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); and Pub. L. 114-74 at
sec. 701.
Sec. 825.300 [Amended]
0
26. In Sec. 825.300 amend paragraph (a)(1) by removing ``$173'' and
adding in its place ``$176''.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Title 29--Labor
PART 1903--INSPECTIONS, CITATIONS, AND PROPOSED PENALTIES
0
27. The authority citation for part 1903 continues to read as follows:
Authority: Secs. 8 and 9 of the Occupational Safety and Health
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 657, 658); 5 U.S.C. 553; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note
(Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990), as
amended by Section 701, Pub. L. 114-74; Secretary of Labor's Order
No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912, Jan. 25, 2012).
Sec. 1903.15 [Amended]
0
28. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount or date indicated in the middle column
from wherever it appears in the paragraph and add in its place the
dollar amount or date indicated in the right column.
[[Page 2299]]
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Paragraph Remove Add
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 1903.15(d) introductory text..... January 23, 2019............... January 15, 2020.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(1).................... $9,472......................... $9,639.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(1).................... $132,598....................... $134,937.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(2).................... $132,598....................... $134,937.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(3).................... $13,260........................ $13,494.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(4).................... $13,260........................ $13,494.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(5).................... $13,260........................ $13,494.
Sec. 1903.15(d)(6).................... $13,260........................ $13,494.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Title 30--Mineral Resources
PART 100--CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSED ASSESSMENT OF CIVIL
PENALTIES
0
29. The authority citation for part 100 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 30 U.S.C. 815, 820, 957; 28 U.S.C. 2461
note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990);
Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701.
0
30. In Sec. 100.3, amend paragraph (a)(1) introductory text by
removing ``72,620'' and adding in its place ``73,901'' and in paragraph
(g) by revising Table XIV--Penalty Conversion Table.
The revision reads as follows:
Sec. 100.3 Determination of penalty amount; regular assessment.
* * * * *
(g) * * *
Table XIV--Penalty Conversion Table
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Penalty
Points ($)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
60 or fewer................................................ 137
61......................................................... 150
62......................................................... 161
63......................................................... 175
64......................................................... 190
65......................................................... 206
66......................................................... 222
67......................................................... 242
68......................................................... 261
69......................................................... 283
70......................................................... 306
71......................................................... 332
72......................................................... 361
73......................................................... 390
74......................................................... 421
75......................................................... 458
76......................................................... 498
77......................................................... 536
78......................................................... 582
79......................................................... 631
80......................................................... 684
81......................................................... 740
82......................................................... 801
83......................................................... 869
84......................................................... 941
85......................................................... 1,021
86......................................................... 1,105
87......................................................... 1,196
88......................................................... 1,296
89......................................................... 1,404
90......................................................... 1,521
91......................................................... 1,648
92......................................................... 1,784
93......................................................... 1,932
94......................................................... 2,094
95......................................................... 2,268
96......................................................... 2,457
97......................................................... 2,661
98......................................................... 2,884
99......................................................... 3,124
100........................................................ 3,385
101........................................................ 3,666
102........................................................ 3,971
103........................................................ 4,302
104........................................................ 4,660
105........................................................ 5,049
106........................................................ 5,469
107........................................................ 5,925
108........................................................ 6,418
109........................................................ 6,953
110........................................................ 7,532
111........................................................ 8,157
112........................................................ 8,839
113........................................................ 9,575
114........................................................ 10,373
115........................................................ 11,236
116........................................................ 12,171
117........................................................ 13,186
118........................................................ 14,284
119........................................................ 15,474
120........................................................ 16,762
121........................................................ 18,159
122........................................................ 19,670
123........................................................ 21,309
124........................................................ 23,085
125........................................................ 25,004
126........................................................ 27,089
127........................................................ 29,346
128........................................................ 31,789
129........................................................ 34,437
130........................................................ 37,306
131........................................................ 40,413
132........................................................ 43,778
133........................................................ 47,423
134........................................................ 51,207
135........................................................ 54,988
136........................................................ 58,773
137........................................................ 62,553
138........................................................ 66,337
139........................................................ 70,118
140 or more................................................ 73,901
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* * * * *
Sec. Sec. 100.4 and 100.5 [Amended]
0
31. In the following table, for each paragraph indicated in the left
column, remove the dollar amount indicated in the middle column from
wherever it appears in the paragraph, and add in its place the dollar
amount indicated in the right column.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paragraph Remove Add
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sec. 100.4(a)..................................... $2,421 $2,464
Sec. 100.4(b)..................................... 4,840 4,925
Sec. 100.4(c) introductory text................... 6,052 6,159
Sec. 100.4(c) introductory text................... 72,620 73,901
Sec. 100.5(c)..................................... 7,867 8,006
Sec. 100.5(d)..................................... 332 338
Sec. 100.5(e)..................................... 266,275 270,972
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Note: The following Appendix will not appear in the Code of
Federal Regulations.
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2019 2020
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Min penalty
Agency Law Name/description CFR citation (rounded to Max penalty Min penalty Max penalty
nearest (rounded to (rounded to (rounded to
dollar) nearest dollar) nearest dollar) nearest dollar)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Regular Assessment. 30 CFR 100.3(a)... .............. $72,620........... .................. $73,901
& Health Act of
1977.
[[Page 2300]]
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Penalty Conversion 30 CFR 100.3(g)... $135 $72,620........... $137.............. $73,901
& Health Act of Table.
1977.
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Minimum Penalty for 30 CFR 100.4(a)... 2,421 .................. $2,464............ ..................
& Health Act of any order issued
1977. under 104(d)(1) of
the Mine Act.
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Minimum penalty for 30 CFR 100.4(b)... 4,840 .................. $4,925............ ..................
& Health Act of any order issued
1977. under 104(d)(2) of
the Mine Act.
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Penalty for failure 39 CFR 100.4(c)... 6,052 $72,620........... $6,159............ $73,901
& Health Act of to provide timely
1977. notification under
103(j) of the Mine
Act.
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Any operator who 30 CFR 100.5(c)... .............. $7,867............ .................. $8,006
& Health Act of fails to correct a
1977. violation for
which a citation
or order was
issued under
104(a) of the Mine
Act.
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Violation of 30 CFR 100.5(d)... .............. $332.............. .................. $338
& Health Act of mandatory safety
1977. standards related
to smoking
standards.
MSHA.......... Federal Mine Safety Flagrant violations 30 CFR 100.5(e)... .............. $266,275.......... .................. $270,972
& Health Act of under 110(b)(2) of
1977. the Mine Act.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 209(b): Per 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $30............... .................. $31
Income Security plan year for
Act. failure to furnish
reports (e.g.,
pension benefit
statements) to
certain former
employees or
maintain employee
records each
employee a
separate
violation..
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(2)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $2,194............ .................. $2,233
Income Security Per day for
Act. failure/refusal to
properly file plan
annual report.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(4)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $1,736............ .................. $1,767
Income Security Per day for
Act. failure to
disclose certain
documents upon
request under
ERISA 101(k) and
(l); failure to
furnish notices
under 101(j) and
514(e)(3)--each
statutory
recipient a
separate violation.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(5)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $1,597............ .................. $1,625
Income Security Per day for each
Act. failure to file
annual report for
Multiple Employer
Welfare
Arrangements
(MEWAs) under
101(g).
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502 (c)(6)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $156 per day, not .................. $159 per day, not
Income Security Per day for each to exceed $1,566 to exceed $1,594
Act. failure to provide per request. per request.
Secretary of Labor
requested
documentation not
to exceed a per-
request maximum.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502 (c)(7)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $139.............. .................. $141
Income Security Per day for each
Act. failure to provide
notices of
blackout periods
and of right to
divest employer
securities- each
statutory
recipient a
separate violation.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502 (c)(8)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $1,378............ .................. $1,402
Income Security Per each failure
Act. by an endangered
status
multiemployer plan
to adopt a funding
improvement plan
or meet
benchmarks; or
failure of a
critical status
multiemployer plan
to adopt a
rehabilitation
plan.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $117.............. .................. $119
Income Security 502(c)(9)(A)--Per
Act. day for each
failure by an
employer to inform
employees of CHIP
coverage
opportunities
under Section
701(f)(3)(B)(i)(l)
-each employee a
separate violation.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $117.............. .................. $119
Income Security 502(c)(9)(B)--Per
Act. day for each
failure by a plan
to timely provide
to any State
information
required to be
disclosed under
Section
701(f)(3)(B)(ii),
as added by CHIP
regarding coverage
coordination--each
participant/
beneficiary a
separate violation.
[[Page 2301]]
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $117.............. .................. $119
Income Security Failure by any
Act. plan sponsor of
group health plan,
or any health
insurance issuer
offering health
insurance coverage
in connection with
the plan, to meet
the requirements
of Sections
702(a)(1)(F),
(b)(3), (c) or
(d); or Section
701; or Section
702(b)(1) with
respect to genetic
information--daily
per participant
and beneficiary
during non-
compliance period.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... $2,919 .................. $2,970............ ..................
Income Security uncorrected de
Act. minimis violation.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... $17,515 .................. $17,824........... ..................
Income Security uncorrected
Act. violations that
are not de minimis.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(10)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $583,830.......... .................. $594,129
Income Security unintentional
Act. failure maximum
cap.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502(c)(12)-- 29CFR 2575.1-3.... .............. $107.............. .................. $109
Income Security Per day for each
Act. failure of a CSEC
plan in
restoration status
to adopt a
restoration plan.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Section 502 (m)-- 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $16,915........... .................. $17,213
Income Security Failure of
Act. fiduciary to make
a proper
distribution from
a defined benefit
plan under section
206(e) of ERISA.
EBSA.......... Employee Retirement Failure to provide 29 CFR 2575.1-3... .............. $1,156............ .................. $1,176
Income Security Summary of
Act. Benefits Coverage
under PHS Act
section 2715(f),
as incorporated in
ERISA section 715
and 29 CFR
2590.715-2715(e).
OSHA.......... Occupational Safety Serious Violation.. 29 CFR .............. $13,260........... .................. $13,494
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(3).
OSHA.......... Occupational Safety Other-Than-Serious. 29 CFR .............. $13,260........... .................. $13,494
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(4).
OSHA.......... Occupational Safety Willful............ 29 CFR 9,472 $132,598.......... $9,639............ $134,937
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(1).
OSHA.......... Occupational Safety Repeated........... 29 CFR .............. $132,598.......... .................. $134,937
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(2).
OSHA.......... Occupational Safety Posting Requirement 29 CFR .............. $13,260........... .................. $13,494
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(6).
OSHA.......... Occupational Safety Failure to Abate... 29 CFR .............. $13,260 per day... .................. $13,494 per day.
and Health Act. 1903.15(d)(5).
WHD........... Family and Medical FMLA............... 29 CFR .............. $173.............. .................. $176
Leave Act. 825.300(a)(1).
WHD........... Fair Labor FLSA............... 29 CFR 578.3(a)... .............. $2,014............ .................. $2,050
Standards Act.
WHD........... Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR 579.1(a)(2) .............. $2,014............ .................. $2,050
Standards Act.
WHD........... Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $12,845........... .................. $13,072
Standards Act. 570.140(b)(1).
WHD........... Fair Labor Child Labor........ 29 CFR .............. $12,845........... .................. $13,072
Standards Act. 579.1(a)(1)(i)(A).
WHD........... Fair Labor Child Labor that 29 CFR .............. $58,383........... .................. $59,413
Standards Act. causes serious 570.140(b)(2).
injury or death.
WHD........... Fair Labor Child Labor that 29 CFR .............. $58,383........... .................. $59,413
Standards Act. causes serious 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B).
injury or death.
WHD........... Fair Labor Child Labor willful 29 CFR .............. $116,766.......... .................. $118,826
Standards Act. or repeated that 570.140(b)(2); 29
causes serious CFR
injury or death 579.1(a)(1)(i)(B)
(penalty amount Doubled.
doubled).
WHD........... Migrant and MSPA............... 29 CFR 500.1(e)... .............. $2,505............ .................. $2,549
Seasonal
Agricultural
Worker Protection
Act.
WHD........... Immigration & H1B................ 20 CFR .............. $1,895............ .................. $1,928
Nationality Act. 655.810(b)(1).
WHD........... Immigration & H1B retaliation.... 20 CFR 655.801(b). .............. $7,710............ .................. $7,846
Nationality Act.
WHD........... Immigration & H1B willful or 20 CFR .............. $7,710............ .................. $7,846
Nationality Act. discrimination. 655.810(b)(2).
WHD........... Immigration & H1B willful that 20 CFR .............. $53,969........... .................. $54,921
Nationality Act. resulted in 655.810(b)(3).
displacement of a
US worker.
[[Page 2302]]
WHD........... Immigration & D-1................ 20 CFR 655.620(a). .............. $9,472............ .................. $9,639
Nationality Act.
WHD........... Contract Work Hours CWHSSA............. 29 CFR 5.5(b)(2).. .............. $27............... .................. $27
and Safety
Standards Act.
WHD........... Contract Work Hours CWHSSA............. 29 CFR 5.8(a)..... .............. $27............... .................. $27
and Safety
Standards Act.
WHD........... Walsh-Healey Public Walsh-Healey....... 41 CFR 50-201.3(e) .............. $27............... .................. $27
Contracts Act.
WHD........... Employee Polygraph EPPA............... 29 CFR 801.42(a).. .............. $21,039........... .................. $21,410
Protection Act.
WHD........... Immigration & H2A................ 29 CFR 501.19(c).. .............. $1,735............ .................. $1,766
Nationality Act.
WHD........... Immigration & H2A willful or 29 CFR .............. $5,839............ .................. $5,942
Nationality Act. discrimination. 501.19(c)(1).
WHD........... Immigration & H2A Safety or 29 CFR .............. $57,813........... .................. $58,833
Nationality Act. health resulting 501.19(c)(2).
in serious injury
or death.
WHD........... Immigration & H2A willful or 29 CFR .............. $115,624.......... .................. $117,664
Nationality Act. repeated safety or 501.19(c)(4).
health resulting
in serious injury
or death.
WHD........... Immigration & H2A failing to 29 CFR 501.19(d).. .............. $5,839............ .................. $5,942
Nationality Act. cooperate in an
investigation.
WHD........... Immigration & H2A displacing a US 29 CFR 501.19(e).. .............. $17,344........... .................. $17,650
Nationality Act. worker.
WHD........... Immigration & H2A improperly 29 CFR 501.19(f).. .............. $17,344........... .................. $17,650
Nationality Act. rejecting a US
worker.
WHD........... Immigration & H-2B............... 29 CFR 503.23(b).. .............. $12,695........... .................. $12,919
Nationality Act.
WHD........... Immigration & H-2B............... 29 CFR 503.23(c).. .............. $12,695........... .................. $12,919
Nationality Act.
WHD........... Immigration & H-2B............... 29 CFR 503.23(d).. .............. $12,695........... .................. $12,919
Nationality Act.
WHD........... Fair Labor Home Worker........ 29 CFR 530.302(a). .............. $1,052.00......... .................. $1,071
Standards Act.
WHD........... Fair Labor Home Worker........ 29 CFR 530.302(b). 21 $1,052.00......... $21............... $1,071
Standards Act.
OWCP.......... Longshore and Failure to file 20 CFR 702.204.... .............. $24,017........... .................. $24,441
Harbor Workers' first report of
Compensation Act. injury or filing a
false statement or
misrepresentation
in first report.
OWCP.......... Longshore and Failure to report 20 CFR 702.236.... .............. $292.............. .................. $297
Harbor Workers' termination of
Compensation Act. payments.
OWCP.......... Longshore and Discrimination 20 CFR 2,402 $12,007........... $2,444............ $12,219
Harbor Workers' against employees 702.271(a)(2).
Compensation Act. who claim
compensation or
testify in a LHWCA
proceeding.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to report 20 CFR 725.621 (d) .............. $1,462............ .................. $1,488
Act. termination of
payments.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to file 20 CFR 725.621(d). .............. $1,462............ .................. $1,488
Act. required reports.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 143 .................. $146.............. ..................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with fewer than 25
employees.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 285 .................. $290.............. ..................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with 25-50
employees.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 428 .................. $436.............. ..................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with 51-100
employees.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 569 .................. $579.............. ..................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(2)(i).
benefits for mines
with more than 100
employees.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 143 .................. $146.............. ..................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(4).
benefits after
10th day of notice.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR 428 .................. $436.............. ..................
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(5).
benefits for
repeat offenders.
OWCP.......... Black Lung Benefits Failure to secure 20 CFR .............. $2,924............ .................. $2,976
Act. payment of 726.302(c)(5).
benefits.
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Signed at Washington, DC, this 9th day of January, 2020.
Eugene Scalia,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor.
[FR Doc. 2020-00486 Filed 1-14-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-HL-P
