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[CITE: 5USC610]

 
             TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
 
                     PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
 
             CHAPTER 6--THE ANALYSIS OF REGULATORY FUNCTIONS
 
Sec. 610. Periodic review of rules

    (a) Within one hundred and eighty days after the effective date of 
this chapter, each agency shall publish in the Federal Register a plan 
for the periodic review of the rules issued by the agency which have or 
will have a significant economic impact upon a substantial number of 
small entities. Such plan may be amended by the agency at any time by 
publishing the revision in the Federal Register. The purpose of the 
review shall be to determine whether such rules should be continued 
without change, or should be amended or rescinded, consistent with the 
stated objectives of applicable statutes, to minimize any significant 
economic impact of the rules upon a substantial number of such small 
entities. The plan shall provide for the review of all such agency rules 
existing on the effective date of this chapter within ten years of that 
date and for the review of such rules adopted after the effective date 
of this chapter within ten years of the publication of such rules as the 
final rule. If the head of the agency determines that completion of the 
review of existing rules is not feasible by the established date, he 
shall so certify in a statement published in the Federal Register and 
may extend the completion date by one year at a time for a total of not 
more than five years.
    (b) In reviewing rules to minimize any significant economic impact 
of the rule on a substantial number of small entities in a manner 
consistent with the stated objectives of applicable statutes, the agency 
shall consider the following factors--
        (1) the continued need for the rule;
        (2) the nature of complaints or comments received concerning the 
    rule from the public;
        (3) the complexity of the rule;
        (4) the extent to which the rule overlaps, duplicates or 
    conflicts with other Federal rules, and, to the extent feasible, 
    with State and local governmental rules; and
        (5) the length of time since the rule has been evaluated or the 
    degree to which technology, economic conditions, or other factors 
    have changed in the area affected by the rule.

    (c) Each year, each agency shall publish in the Federal Register a 
list of the rules which have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities, which are to be reviewed pursuant 
to this section during the succeeding twelve months. The list shall 
include a brief description of each rule and the need for and legal 
basis of such rule and shall invite public comment upon the rule.

(Added Pub. L. 96-354, Sec. 3(a), Sept. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 1169.)

                       References in Text

    The effective date of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), is 
Jan. 1, 1981. See Effective Date note set out under section 601 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 605, 611 of this title.
