‘‘(A) a concise, general statement of the rule’s 
basis and purpose; 
‘‘(B) the agency’s reasoned final determination 
of need for a rule to address the problem the agency 
seeks to address with the rule, including a statement 
of whether a rule is required by statute and a sum-
mary of any final risk assessment or regulatory im-
pact analysis prepared by the agency; 
‘‘(C) the agency’s reasoned final determination 
that the benefits of the rule meet the relevant statu-
tory objectives and justify the rule’s costs (including 
all costs to be considered under subsection (b)(6)); 
‘‘(D) the agency’s reasoned final determination 
not to adopt any of the alternatives to the proposed 
rule considered by the agency during the rule mak-
ing, including— 
‘‘(i) the agency’s reasoned final determina-
tion that no alternative considered achieved the 
relevant statutory objectives with lower costs 
(including all costs to be considered under sub-
section (b)(6)) than the rule; or 
‘‘(ii) the agency’s reasoned determination 
that its adoption of a more costly rule complies 
with subsection (f)(3)(B);
‘‘(E) the agency’s reasoned final determina-
tion— 
‘‘(i) that existing rules have not created or 
contributed to the problem the agency seeks to 
address with the rule; or 
‘‘(ii) that existing rules have created or 
contributed to the problem the agency seeks to 
address with the rule, and, if so— 
‘‘(I) why amendment or rescission of 
such existing rules is not alone sufficient 
to respond to the problem; and 
‘‘(II) whether and how the agency in-
tends to amend or rescind the existing rule 
separate from adoption of the rule; 
‘‘(F) the agency’s reasoned final determination 
that the evidence and other information upon which 
the agency bases the rule complies with the Informa-
tion Quality Act; 
‘‘(G) the agency’s reasoned final determination 
that the rule meets the objectives that the agency 
identified in subsection (d)(1)(E)(iii) or that other 
objectives are more appropriate in light of the full 
administrative record and the rule meets those ob-
jectives;
‘‘(H) the agency’s reasoned final determination 
that it did not deviate from the metrics the agency 
included in subsection (d)(1)(E)(iii) or that other 
metrics are more appropriate in light of the full ad-
ministrative record and the agency did not deviate 
from those metrics; 
‘‘(I)(i) for any major rule, high-impact rule, or 
negative-impact on jobs and wages rule, the agency’s 
plan for review of the rule no less than every ten 
years to determine whether, based upon evidence, 
there remains a need for the rule, whether the rule 
is in fact achieving statutory objectives, whether the 
rule’s benefits continue to justify its costs, and 
whether the rule can be modified or rescinded to re-
duce costs while continuing to achieve statutory ob-
jectives; and 
‘‘(ii) review of a rule under a plan required by 
clause (i) of this subparagraph shall take into ac-
count the factors and criteria set forth in sub-
sections (b) through (f) of section 553 of this title; 
and 
‘‘(J) for any negative-impact on jobs and wages 
rule, a statement that the head of the agency that 
made the rule approved the rule knowing about the 
findings and determination of the agency or the Ad-