🏛️Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting - Air Force Academy
The Department of Defense (DoD) is publishing this notice to announce that the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy (BoV AFA) will take place.
Learn More🌽Bayer CropScience Seeks Nonregulated Status for MON 95275 Maize
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Bayer CropScience seeking a determination of nonregulated status for MON 95275 maize (corn) which has been developed using genetic engineering to produce two insecticidal proteins and a double-stranded RNA transcript to provide protection from feeding damage caused by targeted coleopteran (corn rootworm) insect pests. We are making the petition and draft plant pest risk assessment available for public review and comment.
Learn More🇭🇳Business Implications of Honduras TPS Termination Announcement
Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Honduras for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Honduras is set to expire on July 5, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary has determined that conditions in Honduras no longer support its designation for TPS. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the TPS designation of Honduras as required by statute. This termination is effective September 8, 2025. After September 8, 2025, nationals of Honduras (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Honduras) who have been granted TPS under Honduras' designation will no longer have TPS.
Learn More⚒️Sunshine Act Meeting on Mining Safety Regulations - Key Implications
The Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission's Sunshine Act meeting will address regulatory compliance issues involving GMS Mine Repair & Maintenance, Inc., focusing on the Secretary of Labor's actions concerning safety regulations. The open session is accessible to all, emphasizing the need for compliance with mine safety standards.
Learn More📈Increase in Annual Limit for Prioritized Patent Examination Requests
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) includes provisions for prioritized examination of patent applications. Those provisions have been implemented by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in previous rulemakings. The AIA provides that the USPTO may not accept more than 10,000 requests for prioritization in any fiscal year (October 1 to September 30) until regulations setting another limit are prescribed. In 2019 and 2021, the USPTO published interim rules that expanded the limit on the number of requests to 12,000 and 15,000, respectively. The current final rule further expands the availability of prioritized examination by increasing the limit on the number of prioritized examination requests that may be accepted in a fiscal year to 20,000.
Learn More⚖️Antidumping Duty on Refined Brown Aluminum Oxide from China Renewed
The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that revoking the antidumping duty order on refined brown aluminum oxide from China would likely cause material injury to the domestic industry. This decision reinforces protective measures for U.S. producers in this sector amid international trade dynamics.
Learn More🇳🇮Termination of Nicaragua's Temporary Protected Status
Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Nicaragua for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Nicaragua is set to expire on July 5, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary determined that Nicaragua no longer continues to meet the conditions for designation for TPS. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the TPS designation of Nicaragua as required by statute. This termination is effective September 8, 2025. After September 8, 2025, nationals of Nicaragua (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Nicaragua) who have been granted TPS under Nicaragua's designation will no longer have TPS.
Learn More✈️FAA Notice
The FAA proposes to rule and invites public comment on the release and disposal of two parcels of land at the Waterloo Regional Airport (ALO), Waterloo, Iowa.
Learn More🚀NASA's Notice to Grant Patent License
NASA hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive, co-exclusive or partially exclusive patent license to practice the inventions described and claimed in the patents and/or patent applications listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
Learn More⚓Special Local Regulation for San Pedro Bay
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary special local regulation for navigable waters within the vicinity of a large-scale regatta. The special local regulation is needed to protect personnel, vessels, and the marine environment from potential hazards created by the large-scale regatta. Entry of vessels or persons into this zone is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the Captain of the Port Los Angeles-Long Beach.
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