---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 107.331"
title: "49"
number: "107.331"
heading: "Assessment considerations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/107.331"
---

# §107.331. Assessment considerations.


After finding a knowing violation under this subpart, the Office of Chief Counsel assesses a civil penalty taking the following into account:

- (a) The nature and circumstances of the violation;
- (b) The extent and gravity of the violation;
- (c) The degree of the respondent's culpability;
- (d) The respondent's prior violations;
- (e) The respondent's ability to pay;
- (f) The effect on the respondent's ability to continue in business; and
- (g) Such other matters as justice may require.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Amdt. 107-11, 48 FR 2651, Jan. 20, 1983, as amended by Amdt. 107-30, 58 FR 50500, Sept. 27, 1993; Amdt. 107-38, 61 FR 21100, May 9, 1996]

### Source

Source: Amdt. 107-11, 48 FR 2651, Jan. 20, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5101-5128, 44701; Pub. L. 101-410 Section 4; Pub. L. 104-121 Sections 212-213; Pub. L. 104-134 Section 31001; Pub. L. 114-74 Section 701 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note); 49 CFR 1.81 and 1.97; 33 U.S.C. 1321.

### Amendments

[Amdt. 107-11, 48 FR 2651, Jan. 20, 1983, as amended by Amdt. 107-30, 58 FR 50500, Sept. 27, 1993; Amdt. 107-38, 61 FR 21100, May 9, 1996]