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DOT's Hydrogen Roadmap 2005
Table 1: General Timeline for Significant Rulemaking
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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)
