# Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels—Penalty from Fatalities, Serious Injuries/Illness or Substantial Damage to Property — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels, agency is U.S. Coast Guard; violation is Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels—Penalty from Fatalities, Serious Injuries/Illness or Substantial Damage to Property; statutory authority is 49 U.S.C. 5123(a)(2); maximum penalty is 238,809, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** U.S. Coast Guard _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels—Penalty from Fatalities, Serious Injuries/Illness or Substantial Damage to Property _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 49 U.S.C. 5123(a)(2) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 238,809 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/49/5123> 49 U.S.C. 5123(a)(2) | Hazardous Materials: Related to Vessels—Penalty from Fatalities, Serious Injuries/Illness or Substantial Damage to Property | 238,809.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-33/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-27/section-27.3

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