---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 723.12"
title: "30"
number: "723.12"
heading: "When penalty will be assessed."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/723.12"
---

# §723.12. When penalty will be assessed.

- (a) The Office shall assess a penalty for each cessation order.
- (b) The Office shall assess a penalty for each notice of violation, if the violation is assigned 31 points or more under the point system described in [§ 723.13](/cfr/30/723.13.md).
- (c) The Office may assess a penalty for each notice of violation assigned 30 points or less under the point system described in [§ 723.13](/cfr/30/723.13.md). In determining whether to assess a penalty, the Office shall consider the factors listed in [§ 723.13(b)](/cfr/30/723.13.md?p=b).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 28 U.S.C. 2461, 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq., and 31 U.S.C. 3701.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 58783, Sept. 4, 1980, unless otherwise noted.