Civil penalty for violation of regulations adopted in conformity with or pursuant to Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968; compromise and recovery of penalty.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 704.595
in effect1. Any person who violates any provision of any regulation adopted by the Commission in conformity with the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, as amended, 49 U.S.C. §§ 60101 et seq., or with a federal regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is subject to a civil penalty in an amount that may not be greater than the monetary amount of the corresponding civil penalty for the applicable violation pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 60122(a), including any adjustments made to the civil penalty pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-74.
2. Any civil penalty may be compromised by the Commission. In determining the amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, and the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation, must be considered.
3. The amount of the penalty, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be recovered in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Source: NV Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/NRS-704.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026