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GAO-10-214R 1 (2009-11-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwyw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im V 1 Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 B-318885 November 10, 2009 The Honorable Jeff Bingaman Chairman The Honorable Lisa Murkowski Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman The Honorable Joe L. Barton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Energ, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Production Incentives for Cellulosic Biofuels Reverse Auction Procedures and Standards Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, entitled Production Incentives for Cellulosic Biofuels; Reverse Auction Procedures and Standards (RIN: 1904-AB73). It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on October 15, 2009. 74 Fed. Reg. 52,867. It was effectively received as a major rule on October 26, 2009. The final rule establishes the procedures and standards for reverse auctions of production incentives for cellulosic biofuels. The final rule has an announced effective date of November 16, 2009. The Congressional Review Act requires 60 days between the effective date of a major rule and the later of the publication of the rule in the Federal Register or receipt by Congress of a report containing a copy of the final rule, a concise general statement, including whether or not the rule is a major rule, and the proposed effective date of the rule. 5 U.S.C. § 802(a)(3)(A). GAO received a copy of the rule identified as non- major on October 15, 2009. However, on October 26, 2009, DOE notified GAO that the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) had determined that the final rule was likely to result in an GAO-10-214R

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