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The Energy Department published this final rule in the Federal Register on May 29, 2026. It took effect on July 13, 2026. Comments closed on June 29, 2026.
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What the agency says
This direct final rule inserts sunset provisions into certain regulations, consistent with Executive order (E.O.), Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy (April 9, 2025), and agency policy. Each sunset provision will establish a conditional sunset date for covered regulations, as defined by E.O 14270. If DOE does not extend a particular regulation before its conditional sunset date, that regulation will expire, cease to be enforceable and will be removed from the Code of Federal Regulations. The conditional sunset date may be extended by DOE as many times as appropriate, but never to a date more than five years in the future.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-10727
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Energy Department
- Published
- May 29, 2026
- Takes effect
- July 13, 2026
- Comments due
- June 29, 2026
- Dates
- The effective date of this rule is July 13, 2026. If significant adverse comments are received by June 29, 2026, a timely withdrawal of this rule will be published in the Federal Register and DOE will address the comments received in a subsequent final rule as a response to the companion proposed rule published in this issue of the Federal Register, or take other action as appropriate.
- Docket
- Docket No. DOE-HQ-2025-0603
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1990-AA54
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 10 CFR 300; 10 CFR 602; 10 CFR 605; 10 CFR 706; 10 CFR 708; 10 CFR 712; 10 CFR 719; 10 CFR 725; 10 CFR 727; 10 CFR 733; 10 CFR 760; 10 CFR 766; 10 CFR 782; 10 CFR 783; 10 CFR 784; 10 CFR 824; 10 CFR 840; 10 CFR 860; 10 CFR 861; 10 CFR 862; 10 CFR 950; 10 CFR 960; 10 CFR 963; 10 CFR 1009; 10 CFR 1015; 10 CFR 1016; 10 CFR 1045; 10 CFR 1046; 10 CFR 1061
- Topics
- Accounting; Administrative practice and procedure; Adult education; Aged; Agriculture; Aircraft; Alcohol abuse; American Samoa; Antitrust; Bilingual education; Blind; Buildings and facilities; Business and industry; Civil rights; Claims; Classified information; Colleges and universities; Communications; Community development; Community facilities; Computer technology; Confidential business information; Copyright; Credit; Cultural exchange programs; Drug abuse; Education; Education of disadvantaged; Education of individuals with disabilities; Educational facilities; Educational research; Educational study programs; Electric power; Electric power rates; Electric utilities; Elementary and secondary education; Energy conservation; Equal educational opportunity; Federal buildings and facilities; Federally affected areas; Fees; Fraud; Government contracts; Government employees; Grant programs; Grant programs-energy; Grant programs-health; Guam; Hazardous waste; Health; Home improvement; Homeless; Hospitals; Housing; Human research subjects; Indians; Indians-education; Infants and children; Insurance; Intergovernmental relations; International organizations; Inventions and patents; Investigations; Labor management relations; Legal services; Loan programs; Manpower training programs; Medical research; Migrant labor; Mortgage insurance; National defense; Nonprofit organizations; Northern Mariana Islands; Nuclear energy; Occupational safety and health; Penalties; Privacy; Radiation protection; Radioactive materials; Renewable energy; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Rural areas; Scholarships and fellowships; School construction; Schools; Science and technology; Scientists; Securities; Security measures; Small businesses; State and local governments; Student aid; Teachers; Technical assistance; Telecommunications; Telephone; Urban areas; Veterans; Virgin Islands; Vocational education; Vocational rehabilitation; Waste treatment and disposal; Water pollution control; Water resources; Water supply; Watersheds; Whistleblowing; Women
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 9
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