30 C.F.R. § 250.1402 Definitions.
Title 30 - Mineral Resources
Terms used in this subpart have the following meaning: Case file means an MMS document file containing information and the record of evidence related to the alleged violation. Civil penalty means a fine. It is an MMS regulatory enforcement tool used in addition to Notices of Incidents of Noncompliance and directed suspensions of production or other operations. Reviewing Officer means an MMS employee assigned to review case files and assess civil penalties. Violation means failure to comply with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) or any other applicable laws, with any regulations issued under the OCSLA, or with the terms or provisions of leases, licenses, permits, rights-of-way, or other approvals issued under the OCSLA. Violator means a person responsible for a violation. [62 FR 42668, Aug. 8, 1997. Redesignated at 63 FR 29479, May 29, 1998, as amended at 71 FR 23864, Apr. 25, 2006]
Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 250—OIL AND GAS AND SULPHUR OPERATIONS IN THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
Subpart N—Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Civil Penalties
§ 250.1402 Definitions.
