---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 209.101"
title: "49"
number: "209.101"
heading: "Civil penalties generally."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/209.101"
---

# §209.101. Civil penalties generally.

- (a) [Sections 209.101 through 209.121](/cfr/49/209.101..209.121.md) prescribe rules of procedure for the assessment of civil penalties pursuant to the Federal hazardous materials transportation safety law, 49 U.S.C. Chapter 51.
- (b) When the FRA has reason to believe that a person has knowingly committed an act which is a violation of any provision of subchapter B or C of chapter I, subtitle B of this title for which the FRA exercises enforcement responsibility or any waiver or order issued thereunder, it may conduct a proceeding to assess a civil penalty.

## Notes

### Amendments

[42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, as amended at 61 FR 38646, July 25, 1996]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5123, 5124, 20103, 20107, 20111, 20112, 20114; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[42 FR 56742, Oct. 28, 1977, as amended at 61 FR 38646, July 25, 1996]