Notice 21 Aug 2025 compliance, native american, repatriation, nagpra, tennessee, universities, cultural resources, anthropology

⚒️Notice of Inventory Completion at University of Tennessee

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology (UTK), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Notice 21 Aug 2025 compliance, energy sector, florida, pipeline safety, special permits

🛢️Special Permit Request for Pipeline Safety by Florida Gas Transmission

PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for two special permit segment extensions and one new special permit segment submitted by Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC (FGT), a subsidiary of Energy Transfer and Kinder Morgan, Inc. FGT is seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit request.

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Rule 21 Aug 2025 fda, manufacturing, medical devices, cosmetics, color additives, drugs, foods, food regulation, butterfly pea flower

🌈FDA Regulation on Butterfly Pea Flower Extract Color Additive

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of June 26, 2025, for the final order that appeared in the Federal Register of May 12, 2025. The final order amends the color additive regulations to provide for the expanded safe use of butterfly pea flower extract as a color additive at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP) in: ready-to-eat cereals, crackers, snack mixes, hard pretzels, plain potato chips (restructured or baked), and plain corn chips, tortilla chips, and multigrain chips.

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Notice 21 Aug 2025 agriculture, public meeting, advisory committee, invasive species, u.s. department of the interior, marine biosecurity

🌿Public Meeting Notice for Invasive Species Advisory Committee

Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) will meet as indicated below.

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Rule 21 Aug 2025 regulatory compliance, fda, medical devices, food industry, cosmetics, color additives, drugs, foods, calcium phosphate

🍗New Color Additive Regulations

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of June 26, 2025, for the final order that appeared in the Federal Register of May 12, 2025. The final order amends the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of calcium phosphate as a color additive in ready-to-eat chicken products, white candy melts, doughnut sugar, and sugar for coated candies.

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Notice 21 Aug 2025 compliance, legal regulations, repatriation, nagpra, cultural heritage, academia

⚰️NAGPRA Notice

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), New York University, College of Dentistry (NYUCD) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Notice 21 Aug 2025 native american, repatriation, cultural heritage, nps, university of illinois

🏺NAGPRA Notice

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Rule 21 Aug 2025 compliance, health care, fda regulations, medical devices, gastrointestinal technology

⚙️FDA Classifies Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal Sizing Tool

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is classifying the laparoscopic gastrointestinal sizing tool into class II (special controls). The special controls that apply to the device type are identified in this order and will be part of the codified language for the classification of the laparoscopic gastrointestinal sizing tool. We are taking this action because we have determined that classifying the device into class II will provide a reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of the device. We believe this action will also enhance patients' access to beneficial innovative devices, in part by reducing regulatory burdens.

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Notice 21 Aug 2025 agriculture, regulatory, usda, financial services, business assistance, rural business-cooperative service

📄USDA Seeks Comments on Information Collection for Loan Program

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) The Rural Business Cooperative Service (RBCS) invites comments on this information collection for which the Agency intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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Notice 21 Aug 2025 compliance, national park service, repatriation, cultural patrimony, archaeological collections

🏺Notice of Intended Repatriation by National Park Service

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Repository for Archaeological and Ethnographic Collections intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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