28 CFR § 813.7 - Definition of “significant guidance document”.

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title: "28 CFR § 813.7 - Definition of “significant guidance document”."
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title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "813.7"
section_name: "Definition of “significant guidance document”."
chapter_name: "COURT SERVICES AND OFFENDER SUPERVISION AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA"
part_number: "813"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; E.O. 13891, 84 FR 55235."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 29865, May 19, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 813.7 Definition of “significant guidance document”.

For purposes of this part, “significant guidance document” means a guidance document that will be disseminated to regulated entities or the general public and that may reasonably be anticipated:

(a) To lead to an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more or adversely affect in a material way the U.S. economy, a sector of the U.S. economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or communities;

(b) To create serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an action taken or planned by another Federal agency;

(c) To alter materially the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients thereof; or

(d) To raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in E.O. 12866, as further amended.