# Procedures for the Issuance of Guidance Documents
> **US Department of Energy** · Final rule. · Published 2021-01-06 · Effective 2021-02-05 · 86 FR 451
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-27875
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 451
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 1061
- **Publication date:** 2021-01-06
- **Effective date:** 2021-02-05
## Abstract

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) publishes this final rule to establish procedures for the issuance of DOE guidance documents in accordance with Executive Order 13891. In this final rule, DOE establishes internal agency requirements for the contents of guidance documents, and procedures for providing notice of, and soliciting public comment on, certain guidance documents. This final rule also establishes procedures for the public to petition DOE to modify or withdraw guidance documents.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/06/2020-27875/procedures-for-the-issuance-of-guidance-documents)
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