[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR190.219]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                       TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 190 --PIPELINE SAFETY PROGRAMS AND RULEMAKING PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Enforcement
 
Sec. 190.219  Consent order.

    (a) At any time before the issuance of a compliance order under 
Sec. 190.213 the

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Associate Administrator, OPS and the respondent may agree to dispose of 
the case by joint execution of a consent order. Upon such joint 
execution, the consent order shall be considered a final order under 
Sec. 190.213.
    (b) A consent order executed under paragraph (a) of this section 
shall include:
    (1) An admission by the respondent of all jurisdictional facts;
    (2) An express waiver of further procedural steps and of all right 
to seek judicial review or otherwise challenge or contest the validity 
of that order;
    (3) An acknowledgement that the notice of probable violation may be 
used to construe the terms of the consent order; and
    (4) A statement of the actions required of the respondent and the 
time by which such actions shall be accomplished.

[45 FR 20413, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 190-6, 61 FR 18514, 
Apr. 26, 1996]

                             Civil Penalties