Final Rule revises the Consolidated Rules of Practice (CROP), including expansion of procedural rules to include certain permit revocation, termination, and suspension action and new rules for administrative proceedings not governed by section 554 of the Administrative Procedure Act. Issued 2/25/1998. Published in the Federal Register on 7/23/1999 (64 Fed. Reg. 40138 - 40190). 

CROP are procedural rules for the administrative assessment of civil penalties, issuance of compliance or corrective action orders, and the revocation, termination or suspension of permits, under most environmental statutes.

• 40 CFR Part 22 Consolidated Rules of Practicing Governing the Administrative Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance of Compliance or Corrective Action Orders, and the Revocation, Termination or Suspension of Permits; Final Rule (PDF)(54 pp, 441 K)