---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 511.63"
title: "49"
number: "511.63"
heading: "Criteria for settlement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/511.63"
---

# §511.63. Criteria for settlement.


Settlement of a case of violation of an average fuel economy standard is discretionary with the Administrator. The Administrator will consider settlement only to the extent:

- (a) Necessary to prevent the insolvency or bankruptcy of the person seeking settlement, or
- (b) That the violation of the average fuel economy standard resulted, as shown by the person seeking settlement, from an act of God, a strike, or fire, or
- (c) That modification of a civil penalty assessed under this part is necessary to prevent lessening of competition, as determined and as certified by the Federal Trade Commission under [section 508(b)(4)](/cfr/49/508.md?p=b-4) of the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, Pub. L. 94-163, 89 Stat. 911 ([15 U.S.C. section 2008(b)(4)](/usc/15/2008.md?p=b-4)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2002; delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 81578, Dec. 11, 1980, unless otherwise noted.