Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Certification and Litigation

1904-AF23 202310 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 1900 Department of Energy DOE Adjudication and Civil Penalty Procedures Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act

Section 6303 of Title 42 of the United States Code provides for an on-the-record hearing for parties issued a civil penalty notice by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for violations of 42 U.S.C. 6302. Through a direct final rule, DOE intends to adopt regulations that establish the procedure for such hearings, the rights and obligations of the parties and presiding authorities, and the procedures for issuing civil penalty orders under 42 U.S.C. 6303. On September 26, 2022, DOE published those procedures on its website at the URL provided. On September 30, 2022, DOE published in the Federal Register a Notice of Intent to commence on-the-record hearings before Administrative Law Judges pursuant to those procedures. (87 FR 59407). In the Notice of Intent, DOE also provided the URL for the hearing procedures.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 10 CFR 711 42 U.S.C. 6303 No Notice of Intent 09/26/2022 87 FR 59407 Direct Final Rule 09/00/2024 No None No https://www.energy.gov/gc/doe-procedures-administrative-adjudication-civil-penalty-actions No No Dion Casey Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Certification and Litigation 1900 Department of Energy DOE 240 798-1204 dion.casey@hq.doe.gov 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20585