Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures

What it does

This final rule reinstates and expounds upon procedural reforms for the Department's rulemakings, guidance documents, and enforcement actions rescinded by a final rule published by the Department on April 2, 2021, "Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures." Accordingly, this final rule revises and updates the Department's internal policies and procedures relating to the issuance of rulemaking documents. In addition, this final rule updates the Department's procedural requirements governing the review and clearance of guidance documents, and the initiation and conduct of enforcement actions, including administrative enforcement proceedings and judicial enforcement actions brought in Federal court.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

11 parts of Title 14, 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

14 CFR 300, 14 CFR 302, 14 CFR 399, 49 CFR 1, 49 CFR 5, 49 CFR 7, 49 CFR 106, 49 CFR 389, 49 CFR 553, 49 CFR 601, 49 CFR 605

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has published 67 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 42 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2105-AF32 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• May 16, 2025 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). Administrative Rulemaking, Guidance, and Enforcement Procedures

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective on May 27, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket PHMSA-2013-0008 on Regulations.gov
• Title 14 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register