---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 813.7"
title: "28"
number: "813.7"
heading: "Definition of “significant guidance document”."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/813.7"
---

# §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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; E.O. 13891, 84 FR 55235.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 29865, May 19, 2020, unless otherwise noted.