Revisions to the Office of Hearings and Appeals Procedural Regulations for the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program

Document 2025-08597 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on May 16, 2025, with an effective date of July 15, 2025. This DFR rescinds an unnecessary regulation encouraging alternative dispute resolution to resolve complaints under the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/16/2025-08597/revisions-to-the-office-of-hearings-and-appeals-procedural-regulations-for-the-doe-contractor.

No. Document 2025-08597 is not classified as economically significant under Executive Order 12866. Economically significant rules require OIRA review and are estimated to have impacts of $100 million or more per year.