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Signed in Washington, DC, on January 27,
2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021–02035 Filed 2–1–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 1061
RIN 1990–AA50
Procedures for the Issuance of
Guidance Documents
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective
date.
AGENCY:
This document delays the
effective date of a recently published
final rule establishing procedures for the
issuance of Department of Energy
guidance documents. DOE also seeks
comment on any further delay of the
effective date, including the impacts of
such delay, as well comment on the
legal, factual, or policy issues raised by
the rule.
DATES: The effective date of the final
rule published January 6, 2021, at 86 FR
451, is delayed to March 21, 2021.
Written comments and information will
be accepted on or before March 4, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Matthew Ring, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the General Counsel,
Forrestal Building, GC–33, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington,
DC 20585, (202) 586–2555, Email:
Guidance@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
January 20, 2021, the Assistant to the
President and Chief of Staff (‘‘Chief of
Staff’’) issued a memorandum outlining
the President’s plan for managing the
Federal regulatory process at the outset
of the new Administration. In
implementation of one of the measures
directed by that memorandum, the
United States Department of Energy
(‘‘DOE’’) hereby temporarily postpones
the effective date of its final rule
establishing procedures for the issuance
of DOE guidance documents published
in the Federal Register on January 6,
2021 (86 FR 451). The January 6, 2021
rule implemented Executive Order
13891, ‘‘Promoting the Rule of Law
Through Improved Agency Guidance
Documents’’ (84 FR 55235), which,
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among other things, required agencies to
provide more transparency for their
guidance documents by creating a
searchable online database for current
guidance documents, and by
establishing procedures to allow the
public to comment on significant
guidance documents and to petition the
agency to withdraw or modify guidance
documents. Consistent with the
memorandum, DOE is temporarily
postponing the effective date of the final
rule by 60 days, starting from January
20, 2021. The temporary 60-day delay in
the effective date is necessary to give
DOE officials the opportunity for further
review and consideration of new
regulations, consistent with the Chief of
Staff’s memorandum of January 20,
2021.
To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies
to this action, it is exempt from notice
and comment because it constitutes a
rule of procedure under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(A). Alternatively, DOE’s
implementation of this action without
opportunity for public comment,
effective immediately upon publication
in the Federal Register, is based on the
good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B) and 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), DOE has
determined that good cause exists to
forego the requirement to provide prior
notice and an opportunity for public
comment thereon for this rule as such
procedures would be impracticable,
unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. DOE is temporarily postponing
for 60 days the effective date of this
regulation pursuant to the previouslynoted memorandum of the Chief of Staff
and is exercising no discretion in
implementing this specific provision of
the memorandum. As a result, seeking
public comment on this delay is
unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. For these same reasons, DOE
finds good cause to waive the 30-day
delay in effective date provided for in 5
U.S.C. 553(d). DOE is, however, seeking
comment on any further delay of the
effective date, including the impacts of
such delay, as well comment on the
legal, factual, or policy issues raised by
the rule.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on January 26, 2021,
by John T. Lucas, Acting General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel,
pursuant to delegated authority from the
Acting Secretary of Energy. That
document with the original signature
and date is maintained by DOE. For
administrative purposes only, and in
compliance with requirements of the
Office of the Federal Register, the
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undersigned DOE Federal Register
Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in
electronic format for publication, as an
official document of the Department of
Energy. This administrative process in
no way alters the legal effect of this
document upon publication in the
Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on January 27,
2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S.
Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021–02036 Filed 2–1–21; 8:45 am]
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 2, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 1061
RIN 1990-AA50
Procedures for the Issuance of Guidance Documents
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date.
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SUMMARY: This document delays the effective date of a recently
published final rule establishing procedures for the issuance of
Department of Energy guidance documents. DOE also seeks comment on any
further delay of the effective date, including the impacts of such
delay, as well comment on the legal, factual, or policy issues raised
by the rule.
DATES: The effective date of the final rule published January 6, 2021,
at 86 FR 451, is delayed to March 21, 2021. Written comments and
information will be accepted on or before March 4, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Ring, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of the General Counsel, Forrestal Building, GC-33, 1000
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-2555, Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 20, 2021, the Assistant to the
President and Chief of Staff (``Chief of Staff'') issued a memorandum
outlining the President's plan for managing the Federal regulatory
process at the outset of the new Administration. In implementation of
one of the measures directed by that memorandum, the United States
Department of Energy (``DOE'') hereby temporarily postpones the
effective date of its final rule establishing procedures for the
issuance of DOE guidance documents published in the Federal Register on
January 6, 2021 (86 FR 451). The January 6, 2021 rule implemented
Executive Order 13891, ``Promoting the Rule of Law Through Improved
Agency Guidance Documents'' (84 FR 55235), which, among other things,
required agencies to provide more transparency for their guidance
documents by creating a searchable online database for current guidance
documents, and by establishing procedures to allow the public to
comment on significant guidance documents and to petition the agency to
withdraw or modify guidance documents. Consistent with the memorandum,
DOE is temporarily postponing the effective date of the final rule by
60 days, starting from January 20, 2021. The temporary 60-day delay in
the effective date is necessary to give DOE officials the opportunity
for further review and consideration of new regulations, consistent
with the Chief of Staff's memorandum of January 20, 2021.
To the extent that 5 U.S.C. 553 applies to this action, it is
exempt from notice and comment because it constitutes a rule of
procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). Alternatively, DOE's implementation
of this action without opportunity for public comment, effective
immediately upon publication in the Federal Register, is based on the
good cause exceptions in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), DOE has determined that good cause
exists to forego the requirement to provide prior notice and an
opportunity for public comment thereon for this rule as such procedures
would be impracticable, unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. DOE is temporarily postponing for 60 days the effective date
of this regulation pursuant to the previously-noted memorandum of the
Chief of Staff and is exercising no discretion in implementing this
specific provision of the memorandum. As a result, seeking public
comment on this delay is unnecessary and contrary to the public
interest. For these same reasons, DOE finds good cause to waive the 30-
day delay in effective date provided for in 5 U.S.C. 553(d). DOE is,
however, seeking comment on any further delay of the effective date,
including the impacts of such delay, as well comment on the legal,
factual, or policy issues raised by the rule.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 26,
2021, by John T. Lucas, Acting General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel, pursuant to delegated authority from the Acting Secretary of
Energy. That document with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC, on January 27, 2021.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2021-02036 Filed 2-1-21; 8:45 am]
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