Subpart A - General

§ 5.1 - Applicability.

Subpart B - Rulemaking Procedures

§ 5.3 - Petitions.

§ 5.5 - Public contacts in informal rulemaking.

§ 5.7 - Policy updates and revisions.

§ 5.9 - Disclaimer.

§ 5.11 - Initiating a rulemaking.

§ 5.13 - General rulemaking procedures.

§ 5.15 - Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda).

§ 5.17 - Special procedures for economically significant and high-impact rulemakings.

§ 5.19 - Public contacts in informal rulemaking.

§ 5.21 - Policy updates and revisions.

§ 5.23 - Disclaimer.

Subpart C - Guidance Procedures

§ 5.25 - General.

§ 5.27 - Review and clearance by Chief Counsels and the Office of the General Counsel.

§ 5.29 - Requirements for clearance.

§ 5.31 - Public access to effective guidance documents.

§ 5.33 - Good faith cost estimates.

§ 5.35 - Approved procedures for guidance documents identified as “significant” or “otherwise of importance to the Department's interests.”

§ 5.37 - Definitions of “significant guidance document” and guidance documents that are “otherwise of importance to the Department's interests.”

§ 5.39 - Designation procedures.

§ 5.41 - Notice-and-comment procedures.

§ 5.43 - Petitions for guidance.

§ 5.45 - Rescinded guidance.

§ 5.47 - Exigent circumstances.

§ 5.49 - Reports to Congress and GAO.

§ 5.51 - No judicial review or enforceable rights.

Subpart D - Enforcement Procedures

§ 5.53 - General.

§ 5.55 - Enforcement attorney responsibilities.

§ 5.57 - Definitions.

§ 5.59 - Enforcement policy generally.

§ 5.61 - Investigative functions.

§ 5.63 - Clear legal foundation.

§ 5.65 - Proper exercise of prosecutorial and enforcement discretion.

§ 5.67 - Duty to review for legal sufficiency.

§ 5.69 - Fair notice.

§ 5.71 - Separation of functions.

§ 5.73 - Avoiding bias.

§ 5.75 - Formal enforcement adjudications.

§ 5.77 - Informal enforcement adjudications.

§ 5.79 - The hearing record.

§ 5.81 - Contacts with the public.

§ 5.83 - Duty to disclose exculpatory evidence.

§ 5.85 - Use of guidance documents in administrative enforcement cases.

§ 5.87 - Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR).

§ 5.89 - Duty to adjudicate proceedings promptly.

§ 5.91 - Agency decisions.

§ 5.93 - Settlements.

§ 5.95 - OGC approval required for certain settlement terms.

§ 5.97 - Basis for civil penalties and disclosures thereof.

§ 5.99 - Publication of decisions.

§ 5.101 - Coordination with the Office of Inspector General on criminal matters.

§ 5.103 - Standard operating procedures.

§ 5.105 - Cooperative Information Sharing.

§ 5.107 - Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Compliance (SBREFA).

§ 5.109 - Referral of matters for judicial enforcement.

§ 5.111 - No third-party rights or benefits.

Appendix A to Part 5 - Appendix A to Part 5