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Title 15
Chapter 53
Subchapter IV
§ 2690. Relationship to other Fe...
§ 2692. Authorization of appropr...
§ 2690. Relationship to other Fe...
§ 2692. Authorization of appropr...
U.S. Code
§ 2691.
General provisions relating to administrative proceedings
(a)
Applicability
(b)
Rulemaking docket
(c)
Inspection and copying
(1)
The rulemaking docket required under subsection (b) shall be open for inspection by the public at reasonable times specified in the notice of proposed rulemaking. Any person may copy documents contained in the docket. The Administrator shall provide copying facilities which may be used at the expense of the person seeking copies, but the Administrator may waive or reduce such expenses in such instances as the public interest requires. Any person may request copies by mail if the person pays the expenses, including personnel costs to do the copying.
(2)
(A)
Promptly upon receipt by the agency, all written comments and documentary information on the proposed rule received from any person for inclusion in the docket during the comment period shall be placed in the docket. The transcript of public hearings, if any, on the proposed rule shall also be included in the docket promptly upon receipt from the person who transcribed such hearings. All documents which become available after the proposed rule has been published and which the Administrator determines are of central relevance to the rulemaking shall be placed in the docket as soon as possible after their availability.
(B)
The drafts of proposed rules submitted by the Administrator to the Office of Management and Budget for any interagency review process prior to proposal of any such rule, all documents accompanying such drafts, and all written comments thereon by other agencies and all written responses to such written comments by the Administrator shall be placed in the docket no later than the date of proposal of the rule. The drafts of the final rule submitted for such review process prior to promulgation and all such written comments thereon, all documents accompanying such drafts, and written responses thereto shall be placed in the docket no later than the date of promulgation.
(d)
Explanation
(1)
The promulgated rule shall be accompanied by an explanation of the reasons for any major changes in the promulgated rule from the proposed rule.
(2)
The promulgated rule shall also be accompanied by a response to each of the significant comments, criticisms, and new data submitted in written or oral presentations during the comment period.
(3)
The promulgated rule may not be based (in part or whole) on any information or data which has not been placed in the docket as of the date of such promulgation.
(e)
Judicial review
(f)
Effective date
(
Pub. L. 94–469, title IV, § 411
, as added
Pub. L. 102–550, title X, § 1021(a)
,
Oct. 28, 1992
,
106 Stat. 3922
.)
cite as:
15 USC 2691
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