---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.1470"
title: "30"
number: "550.1470"
heading: "How does BOEM decide what the amount of the penalty should be?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.1470"
---

# §550.1470. How does BOEM decide what the amount of the penalty should be?


We determine the amount of the penalty by considering the severity of the violations, your history of compliance, and if you are a small business.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.