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

Document 2025-13134 is a Final Rule published by the Department of Energy in the Federal Register on July 14, 2025, with an effective date of August 13, 2025. The Department of Energy ("DOE") is publishing this document to respond to comments received on the direct final rule to rescind an unnecessary regulation encouraging alternative dispute resolution to resolve complaints under the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program that published on May 16, 2025. As a result, DOE delays the effective date of the direct final rule, and is responding to the comment it received on the direct final rule. View the original at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13134/revisions-to-the-office-of-hearings-and-appeals-procedural-regulations-for-the-doe-contractor.

No. Document 2025-13134 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.