[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR190.225]

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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. 190.225  Assessment considerations.

    The Associate Administrator, OPS assesses a civil penalty under this 
part only after considering:
    (a) The nature, circumstances and gravity of the violation;
    (b) The degree of the respondent's culpability;
    (c) The respondent's history of prior offenses;
    (d) The respondent's ability to pay;
    (e) Any good faith by the respondent in attempting to achieve 
compliance;
    (f) The effect on the respondent's ability to continue in business; 
and
    (g) Such other matters as justice may require.

[45 FR 20413, Mar. 27, 1980, as amended by Amdt. 190-6, 61 FR 18515, 
Apr. 26, 1996]