Table 1: General Timeline for Significant Rulemaking
Table 1: General Timeline for Significant Rulemaking
| STEP | YEAR | ACTIVITY | RESPONSIBLE PARTIES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | Identify need | Industry (petition) Government (identified problem) Congressional directive Government / Industry (new technology) |
| 2 | 1-3 | Review available consensus standards | Government (DOT) |
| 3 | 1-5 | Research phase (usually 3-5 years required to collect, evaluate, and validate data for a major rulemaking) | Government (DOT) and industry |
| 4 | 4 | Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) | Government (DOT) |
| 5 | 4 | Comment period | Industry / Public |
| 6 | 4 | Receive and analyze ANPRM comments | Government (DOT) |
| 7 | 5 | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Preliminary Regulatory Evaluation (PRE), & Office of Management & Budget (OMB) review | Government (DOT, OMB) |
| 8 | 5 | Comment period | Industry / Public |
| 9 | 6 | Receive and analyze NPRM comments | Government (DOT) |
| 10 | 7 | Draft Final Rule and Final Regulatory Evaluation (FRE) | Government (all) |
| 11 | 8 | OMB review | Government (OMB) |
| 12 | 8-9 | Reject/ accept/ modify; publish Final Rule | Government (DOT) |
| 13 | 10+ | Second Notice of Proposed Rulemaking if substantially different from proposed (repeat steps 7 - 12) | Government (DOT) |