📈OCC Rule Change Proposal for Options Clearing Agreement Approved
The proposed rule change involves the adoption of a new Participant Exchange Agreement by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC), replacing the outdated version. This update aims to align the terms with current regulations and practices while addressing financial risks and enhancing operational efficiency between the OCC and national securities exchanges.
Learn More🏛️Pentagon Force Protection Agency Requests Public Comments on Info Collection
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency announces a proposed public information collection and seeks public comment on the provisions thereof. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the information collection on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Learn More🌱EPA Findings on New Chemicals Under TSCA Regulations
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in the Federal Register a statement of its findings after its review of certain TSCA submissions when EPA makes a finding that a new chemical substance or significant new use is not likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. Such statements apply to premanufacture notices (PMNs), microbial commercial activity notices (MCANs), and significant new use notices (SNUNs) submitted to EPA under TSCA. This document presents statements of findings made by EPA on such submissions during the period from May 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025.
Learn More🌍EPA Approves Guam Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Inventory Plan
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve a revision to Guam's State Implementation Plan (SIP) under section 110(k)(3) of the Clean Air Act (CAA or "the Act"). This revision concerns the base year emissions inventory for the Piti-Cabras, Guam sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) nonattainment area ("Piti-Cabras area" or NAA) for the 2010 1-hour SO<INF>2</INF> National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS, "standard," or "2010 SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS").
Learn More🌊Notice of Northern States Power Company Hydroelectric Project Application
The Department of Energy has accepted an application for the Trego Hydroelectric Project by Northern States Power Company, inviting public inspection and participation. Stakeholders may file motions to intervene or protests by September 9, 2025. The project involves no changes to existing facilities and is located on the Namekagon River in Wisconsin.
Learn More📜SEC Approves Regulatory Responsibility Allocation Among SROs
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved amendments to a regulatory plan for allocating responsibilities among various self-regulatory organizations (SROs). This plan aims to foster cooperation, eliminate regulatory duplication, and enhance compliance efforts for broker-dealers that belong to multiple SROs, ultimately supporting a more efficient regulatory framework in the financial markets.
Learn More📜Revised PRWORA Specification
This document contains an Order of the Attorney General issued pursuant to sections 401 and 411 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ("PRWORA" or the "Act"). This Order withdraws the Attorney General's January 5, 2001, order issued pursuant to PRWORA.
Learn More📞FCC Extends Comment Period for Next Generation 911 Regulations
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) extends the comment and reply comment periods of the Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in PS Docket Nos. 21-479 and 13-75, FCC 25-21, that was released on March 28, 2025 and published in the Federal Register on June 4, 2025.
Learn More📄Request for Comment on Employment Application Information Collection
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, with revision, the Applications for Employment with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FR 28; OMB No. 7100-0181).
Learn More🚁Request for Comments on UAS National Security Investigation
On July 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and their parts and components. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.
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