---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 501.181"
title: "10"
number: "501.181"
heading: "Sanctions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/501.181"
---

# §501.181. Sanctions.

- (a) **General.**
  - (1) A violation of any provision of the Act (other than [section 402](/cfr/10/402.md) of FUA), or any rule or order thereunder shall be subject to the penalties and sanctions provided in subtitle C of title VII of FUA.
  - (2) Each day that any provision of the Act (other than [section 402](/cfr/10/402.md)), or any rule or order thereunder is violated constitutes a separate violation within the meaning of the provisions of this section relating to civil penalties.
- (b) **Criminal penalties.** Any person who willfully violates any provision of the Act (other than [section 402](/cfr/10/402.md)), or any rule or order thereunder will be subject to a fine of not more than $50,000, or to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both, for each violation.
- (c) **Civil Penalties.**
  - (1) Any person who violates any provisions of the Act (other than [section 402](/cfr/10/402.md)) or any rule in this subchapter or order under this subchapter or the Act will be subject to the following civil penalty, which may not exceed $117,608 for each violation: Any person who operates a powerplant or major fuel burning installation under an exemption, during any 12-calendar-month period, in excess of that authorized in such exemption will be assessed a civil penalty of up to $9 for each MCF of natural gas or up to $46 for each barrel of oil used in excess of that authorized in the exemption.
  - (2) OFE may compromise and settle, and collect civil penalties whenever it considers it to be appropriate or advisable.
- (d) **Corporate personnel.**
  - (1) If a director, officer, or agent of a corporation willfully authorizes, orders, or performs any act or practice constituting in whole or in part a violation of the Act, or any rule or order thereunder, he will be subject to the penalties specified in paragraphs [(b)](#b) and [(c)](#c) of this section without regard to any penalties to which the corporation may be subject. He will not, however, be subject to imprisonment under [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section unless he knew of noncompliance by the corporation, or had received from OFE notice of noncompliance by the corporation.
  - (2) **Purposes of this paragraph—**
    - (i) **Agent—** includes any employee or other person acting on behalf of the corporation on either a temporary or permanent basis; and
    - (ii) **Notice of noncompliance—** is a final Fuel Use Order issued under [§ 501.167](/cfr/10/501.167.md) of this part.

## Notes

### Amendments

[46 FR 59889, Dec. 7, 1981, as amended at 62 FR 46183, Sept. 2, 1997; 74 FR 66032, Dec. 14, 2009; 81 FR 41794, June 28, 2016; 81 FR 96352, Dec. 30, 2016; 83 FR 1292, Jan. 11, 2018; 83 FR 66083, Dec. 26, 2018; 85 FR 830, Jan. 8, 2020; 86 FR 2956, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 1064, Jan. 10, 2022; 88 FR 2193, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1028, Jan. 9, 2024; 89 FR 105406, Dec. 27, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.; E.O. 12009, 42 FR 46267; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 59889, Dec. 7, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[46 FR 59889, Dec. 7, 1981, as amended at 62 FR 46183, Sept. 2, 1997; 74 FR 66032, Dec. 14, 2009; 81 FR 41794, June 28, 2016; 81 FR 96352, Dec. 30, 2016; 83 FR 1292, Jan. 11, 2018; 83 FR 66083, Dec. 26, 2018; 85 FR 830, Jan. 8, 2020; 86 FR 2956, Jan. 14, 2021; 87 FR 1064, Jan. 10, 2022; 88 FR 2193, Jan. 13, 2023; 89 FR 1028, Jan. 9, 2024; 89 FR 105406, Dec. 27, 2024]