[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR107.329]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
 CHAPTER I--RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                             TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 107_HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PROGRAM PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart D_Enforcement
 
Sec. 107.329  Maximum penalties.

    (a) A person who knowingly violates a requirement of the Federal 
hazardous material transportation law, an order issued thereunder, this 
subchapter, subchapter C of this chapter, or an exemption issued under 
this subchapter applicable to the transporting of hazardous materials or 
the causing of them to be transported or shipped is liable for a civil 
penalty of not more than $32,500 and not less than $275 for each 
violation. (For a violation that occurred after January 21, 1997, and 
before October 1, 2003, the maximum and minimum civil penalties are 
$27,500 and $250, respectively.) When the violation is a continuing one, 
each day of the violation constitutes a separate offense.
    (b) A person who knowingly violates a requirement of the Federal 
hazardous material transportation law, an order issued thereunder, this 
subchapter, subchapter C of this chapter, or an exemption issued under 
this subchapter applicable to the manufacture, fabrication, marking, 
maintenance, reconditioning, repair, or testing of a packaging or 
container which is represented, marked, certified or sold by that person 
as being qualified for use in the transportation of hazardous materials 
in commerce is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $32,500 and 
not less than $275 for each violation. (For a violation that occurred 
after January 21, 1997, and before October 1, 2003, the maximum and 
minimum civil penalties are $27,500 and $250, respectively.)

[Amdt. 107-24, 56 FR 8624, Feb. 28, 1991, as amended by Amdt. 107-32, 59 
FR 49131, Sept. 26, 1994; Amdt. 17-40, 62 FR 2971, Jan. 21, 1997; 65 FR 
58618, Sept. 29, 2000; 68 FR 52848, Sept. 8, 2003]