# Revisions to the Office of Hearings and Appeals Procedural Regulations for the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program
> **US Department of Energy** · Direct final rule; delay of effective date; response to comments. · Published 2025-07-14 · Effective 2025-08-13 · 90 FR 31136
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-13134
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Energy
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 31136
- **CFR reference:** 10 CFR 708
- **Publication date:** 2025-07-14
- **Effective date:** 2025-08-13
- **Energy docket:** DOE-HQ-2025-0012
## Abstract

The Department of Energy ("DOE") is publishing this document to respond to comments received on the direct final rule to rescind an unnecessary regulation encouraging alternative dispute resolution to resolve complaints under the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program that published on May 16, 2025. As a result, DOE delays the effective date of the direct final rule, and is responding to the comment it received on the direct final rule.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/14/2025-13134/revisions-to-the-office-of-hearings-and-appeals-procedural-regulations-for-the-doe-contractor)
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