Final Rule: Inflation Catch-Up Adjustment of Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts [Setting maximum fines for violation of AWA and other federal laws]

This final rule amends USDA's civil monetary penalty regulations by making inflation adjustments as mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. USDA also removes one obsolete civil monetary penalty (CMP) regulation previously authorized under a statute that is no longer current law. [Sets maximum penalty rates for AWA and HPA on p. 57334, section on APHIS, 2ii, iii, viii, ix]