---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 207.7"
title: "10"
number: "207.7"
heading: "Sanctions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/207.7"
---

# §207.7. Sanctions.

- (a) **General.**
  - (1) Penalties and sanctions shall be deemed cumulative and not mutually exclusive.
  - (2) Each day that a violation of the provisions of this subpart or any order issued pursuant thereto continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate violation within the meaning of the provisions of this subpart relating to criminal fines and civil penalties.
- (b) **Criminal penalties.** Any person who willfully violates any provision of this subpart or any order issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to a fine of not more than $5,000 for each violation. Criminal violations are prosecuted by the Department of Justice upon referral by the DOE.
- (c) **Civil penalties.**
  - (1) Any person who violates any provision of this subpart or any order issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $13,273 for each violation. Actions for civil penalties are prosecuted by the Department of Justice upon referral by the DOE.
  - (2) When the DOE considers it to be appropriate or advisable, the DOE may compromise and settle, and collect civil penalties.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 18409, Apr. 28, 1975, as amended at 62 FR 46183, Sept. 2, 1997; 74 FR 66032, Dec. 14, 2009; 81 FR 41793, June 28, 2016; 81 FR 96351, Dec. 30, 2016; 83 FR 1291, Jan. 11, 2018; 83 FR 66082, Dec. 26, 2018; 85 FR 829, Jan. 8, 2020; 86 FR 2955, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 1063, Jan. 10, 2022; 88 FR 2192, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1027, Jan. 9, 2024; 89 FR 105405, Dec. 27, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 787 et seq.; 15 U.S.C. 791 et seq.; E.O. 11790, 39 FR 23185; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 18409, Apr. 28, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 18409, Apr. 28, 1975, as amended at 62 FR 46183, Sept. 2, 1997; 74 FR 66032, Dec. 14, 2009; 81 FR 41793, June 28, 2016; 81 FR 96351, Dec. 30, 2016; 83 FR 1291, Jan. 11, 2018; 83 FR 66082, Dec. 26, 2018; 85 FR 829, Jan. 8, 2020; 86 FR 2955, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 1063, Jan. 10, 2022; 88 FR 2192, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1027, Jan. 9, 2024; 89 FR 105405, Dec. 27, 2024]