Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties, 79910 [2022-28247]

Download as PDF 79910 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 28, 2022 / Notices NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Location Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 ASPA 155—Cape Evans, Ross Island; ASPA 157—Backdoor Bay, Cape Royds, Ross Island; ASPA 158—Hut Point, Ross Island. National Science Foundation. ACTION: Notice of permit applications received. AGENCY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish a notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act in the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of permit applications received. DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, or views with respect to this permit application by January 27, 2023. This application may be inspected by interested parties at the Permit Office, address below. ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22314 or ACApermits@nsf.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Titmus, ACA Permit Officer, at the above address, 703–292–4479. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, as directed by the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–541, 45 CFR 671), as amended by the Antarctic Science, Tourism and Conservation Act of 1996, has developed regulations for the establishment of a permit system for various activities in Antarctica and designation of certain animals and certain geographic areas as requiring special protection. The regulations establish such a permit system to designate Antarctic Specially Protected Areas. SUMMARY: Application Details ddrumheller on DSK6VXHR33PROD with NOTICES Permit Application: 2023–035 1. Applicant: George Papagapitos, Swan Hellenic Cruises, 1800 SE 10th Ave., Suite 240, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 Activity for Which Permit Is Requested Enter Antarctic Specially Protected Area. The applicant seeks an ACA permit to enter Antarctic Specially Protected Areas (ASPA) for the purposes of educational visits to historic huts at Cape Evans, Cape Royds, and Hut Point. All visits would be in accordance with the management plans for each ASPA. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:26 Dec 27, 2022 Jkt 259001 Dated: December 22, 2022. Suzanne Plimpton, Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation. [FR Doc. 2022–28247 Filed 12–27–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P Dates of Permitted Activities February 15, 2023–March 15, 2023. Erika N. Davis, Program Specialist, Office of Polar Programs. [FR Doc. 2022–28227 Filed 12–27–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7555–01–P NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary Penalties National Science Foundation. Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for civil monetary penalties for 2023. AGENCY: ACTION: The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is providing notice of its adjusted maximum civil monetary penalties, effective January 15, 2023. These adjustments are required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bijan Gilanshah, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, National Science Foundation, 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. Telephone: 703.292.5055. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 2016, NSF published an interim final rule amending its regulations to adjust, for inflation, the maximum civil monetary penalties that may be imposed for violations of the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (ACA), as amended, 16 U.S.C. 2401 et seq., and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (PFCRA), 31 U.S.C. 3801, et seq. These adjustments are required by the 2015 Act. The 2015 Act also requires agencies to make subsequent annual adjustments for inflation. Pursuant to OMB guidance dated December 15, 2022, the cost-of-living adjustment multiplier for 2023 is 1.07745. Accordingly, the 2023 annual inflation adjustments for the maximum penalties under the ACA are $20,362 ($18,898 × 1.07745) for violations and $34,457 ($31,980 × 1.07745) for knowing violations of the ACA. Finally, the 2023 annual inflation adjustment for the maximum penalty for violations under PFCRA is $13,508 ($12,537 × 1.07745). SUMMARY: Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 [Docket Nos. 50–206, 50–361, and 50–362; NRC–2022–0219] Southern California Edison; San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, Units 1, 2, and 3 Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact; issuance. AGENCY: RIN 3145–AA58 PO 00000 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Sfmt 4703 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) and accompanying environmental assessment (EA) for a requested exemption from certain NRC requirements regarding the Controlled Area Boundary (CAB) for the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) located in San Diego County, California. Based on the analysis in the EA, the NRC staff has concluded that there will be no significant impacts to environmental resources from the requested exemption and, therefore, a FONSI is appropriate. DATES: The EA and FONSI referenced in this document are available on December 28, 2022. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2022–0219 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2022–0219. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ adams.html. To begin the search, select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS, please contact SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\28DEN1.SGM 28DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 79910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28247]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

RIN 3145-AA58


Notice on Penalty Inflation Adjustments for Civil Monetary 
Penalties

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice announcing updated penalty inflation adjustments for 
civil monetary penalties for 2023.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF or Foundation) is 
providing notice of its adjusted maximum civil monetary penalties, 
effective January 15, 2023. These adjustments are required by the 
Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 
2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bijan Gilanshah, Assistant General 
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, National Science Foundation, 
2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314. Telephone: 703.292.5055.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 2016, NSF published an interim 
final rule amending its regulations to adjust, for inflation, the 
maximum civil monetary penalties that may be imposed for violations of 
the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 (ACA), as amended, 16 U.S.C. 
2401 et seq., and the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986 (PFCRA), 
31 U.S.C. 3801, et seq. These adjustments are required by the 2015 Act. 
The 2015 Act also requires agencies to make subsequent annual 
adjustments for inflation. Pursuant to OMB guidance dated December 15, 
2022, the cost-of-living adjustment multiplier for 2023 is 1.07745. 
Accordingly, the 2023 annual inflation adjustments for the maximum 
penalties under the ACA are $20,362 ($18,898 x 1.07745) for violations 
and $34,457 ($31,980 x 1.07745) for knowing violations of the ACA. 
Finally, the 2023 annual inflation adjustment for the maximum penalty 
for violations under PFCRA is $13,508 ($12,537 x 1.07745).

     Dated: December 22, 2022.
Suzanne Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2022-28247 Filed 12-27-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7555-01-P
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