# CERCLA — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For CERCLA, agency is EPA; statutory authority is 42 U.S.C. 9609(c); maximum penalty is 71,545/214,637, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** EPA _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** CERCLA _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 42 U.S.C. 9609(c) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 71,545/214,637 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/9609> 42 U.S.C. 9609(c) | CERCLA | 71,545/214,637 | 69,733/209,202 | 25,000/75,000

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-19/section-19.4

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
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