DATES: The rule is effective on August 4, 2016. Petitions for Reconsideration must be filed on or before August 19, 2016
SUMMARY:
578.6(a) Motor vehicle safety—(1) In general. A person who violates any of sections 30112, 30115, 30117 through 30122, 30123(a), 30125(c), 30127, or 30141 through 30147 of Title 49 of the United States Code or a regulation prescribed under any of those sections is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $21,000 for each violation. A separate violation occurs for each motor vehicle or item of motor vehicle equipment and for each failure or refusal to allow or perform an act required by any of those sections. The maximum civil penalty under this paragraph for a related series of violations is $105,000,000.
(2) School buses—A violation of Section 30112(a)(1) shall result in a civil penalty of not more than $11,940 per violation and no more than $17,909,550 for a series of related violations
(3) A violation of 30166 can result in a maximum civil penalty of $21,000 per individual violation and a maximum of $105,000,000 for a related series of violations.
(4) False and Misleading Reports-a maximum of $5,141 per day or a maximum of $1,028,190 for a series of daily violations.
(b) National Automobile Title Information System. An individual or entity violating 49 U.S.C. Chapter 305 is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $1,677 for each violation.
(c) Bumper standards. $2,750 per violation. $3,062,500 maximum for a related series of violations
(d) Consumer Information (1) Crash- worthiness and damage susceptibility. A person who violates 49 U.S.C. 32308(a), regarding crashworthiness and damage susceptibility, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $2,750 for each violation. Each failure to provide information or comply with a regulation in violation of 49 U.S.C. 32308(a) is a separate violation. The maximum penalty for a related series of violations is $1,500,000.
(2) Consumer tire information. Any person who fails to comply with the national tire fuel efficiency program under 49 U.S.C. 32304A is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $56,917 for each violation.
(e) Country of origin content labeling. A manufacturer of a passenger motor vehicle distributed in commerce for sale in the United States that willfully fails to attach the label required under 49 U.S.C. 32304 to a new passenger motor vehicle that the manufacturer manufactures or imports, or a dealer that fails to maintain that label as required under 49 U.S.C. 32304, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $1,677 for each violation. Each failure to attach or maintain that label for each vehicle is a separate violation.
(f) Odometer tampering and disclosure. (1) A person that violates 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327 or a regulation prescribed or order issued thereunder is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of not more than $10,281 for each violation. A separate violation occurs for each motor vehicle or device involved in the violation. The maximum civil penalty under this paragraph for a related series of violations is $1,028,190.
(2) A person that violates 49 U.S.C. Chapter 327 or a regulation prescribed or order issued thereunder, with intent to defraud, is liable for three times the actual damages or $10,281, whichever is greater.
(g) Vehicle theft protection. (1) A person that violates 49 U.S.C. 33114(a)(1)-(4) is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $2,259 for each violation. The failure of more than one part of a single motor vehicle to conform to an applicable standard under 49 U.S.C. 33102 or 33103 is only a single violation. The maximum penalty for a related series of violations is $564,668.
(2) A person that violates 49 U.S.C. 33114(a)(5) is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $167,728 a day for each violation.
(h) Automobile fuel economy. (1) A person that violates 49 U.S.C. 32911(a) is liable for a civil penalty of not more than $40,000 for each violation. A separate violation occurs for each day the violation continues.
(2) Except as provided in 49 U.S.C. 32912(c), a manufacturer that violates a standard prescribed for a model year under 49 U.S.C. 32902 is liable to the United States Government for a civil penalty of $14 multiplied by each .1 of a mile a gallon by which the applicable average fuel economy standard under that section exceeds the average fuel economy— (i) Calculated under 49 U.S.C. 32904(a)(1)(A) or (B) for automobiles to which the standard applies manufactured by the manufacturer during the model year; (ii) Multiplied by the number of those automobiles; and (iii) Reduced by the credits available to the manufacturer under 49 U.S.C. 32903 for the model year.
(i) Medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency. The maximum civil penalty for a violation of the fuel consumption standards of 49 CFR Part 535 is not more than $39,391 per vehicle or engine. The maximum civil penalty for a related series of violations shall be determined by multiplying $39,391 times the vehicle or engine production volume for the model year in question within the regulatory averaging set.
