{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-724.12","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 724.12","heading":"When an individual civil penalty may be assessed.","body":"(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, the Office may assess an individual civil penalty against any corporate director, officer or agent of a corporate permittee who knowingly and willfully authorized, ordered or carried out a violation, failure or refusal.\n(b) The Office shall not assess an individual civil penalty in situations resulting from a permit violation by a corporate permittee until a cessation order has been issued by the Office to the corporate permittee for the violation, and the cessation order has remained unabated for 30 days.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER VII—OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—INITIAL PROGRAM REGULATIONS","PART 724—INDIVIDUAL CIVIL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"aa4bac015762a790922277eff953f9426aeb95b3d0240eb316bd4cb82d95cf0b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-724.1","next":"us/30-cfr-724.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}