---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 820.81"
title: "10"
number: "820.81"
heading: "Amount of penalty."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/820.81"
---

# §820.81. Amount of penalty.


Any person subject to a penalty under [42 U.S.C. 2282a](/usc/42/2282a.md) shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $262,614 for each such violation. If any violation under [42 U.S.C. 2282a](/usc/42/2282a.md) is a continuing one, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate violation for the purpose of computing the applicable civil penalty.


## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 46184, Sept. 2, 1997, as amended at 74 FR 66033, Dec. 14, 2009; 79 FR 19, Jan. 2, 2014; 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 1029, Jan. 9, 2024; 89 FR 105407, Dec. 27, 2024]

### Source

Source: 62 FR 46184, Sept. 2, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201; 2282(a); 7191; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 50 U.S.C. 2410.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 43692, Aug. 17, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 46184, Sept. 2, 1997, as amended at 74 FR 66033, Dec. 14, 2009; 79 FR 19, Jan. 2, 2014; 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 1029, Jan. 9, 2024; 89 FR 105407, Dec. 27, 2024]