EPA Increases Civil Penalties Over 3 Percent In Annual Inflation Adjustment

EPA is boosting its minimum and maximum monetary penalties for civil violations of the many laws it administers by roughly 3.2 percent under its standing authority to adjust those figures for inflation every year, though the agency is emphasizing that it sets penalties on a case-by-case basis for each enforcement action. In a Dec. 27 Federal Register notice , EPA says it has calculated the cost-of-living adjustment multiplier for 2024 -- the key factor in its annual inflation adjustments...