[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 49, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 49CFR107.329]

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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
   CHAPTER I--PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 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 a special permit or 
approval issued under this subchapter applicable to the transportation 
of hazardous materials or the causing of them to be transported or 
shipped is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 and not 
less than $250 for each violation, except the maximum civil penalty is 
$100,000 if the violation results in death, serious illness or severe 
injury to any person or substantial destruction of property, and a 
minimum $450 civil penalty applies to a violation relating to training. 
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 a special permit or 
approval issued under this subchapter applicable to the design, 
manufacture, fabrication, inspection, marking, maintenance, 
reconditioning, repair or testing of a package, container, or packaging 
component which is represented, marked, certified, or sold by that 
person as qualified for use in the transportation of hazardous materials 
in commerce is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $50,000 and 
not less than $250 for each violation, except the maximum civil penalty 
is $100,000 if the violation results in death, serious illness or severe 
injury to any person or substantial destruction of property, and a 
minimum $450 civil penalty applies to a violation relating to training.

[71 FR 8487, Feb. 17, 2006]