Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, transportation, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, penalties, railroads, railroad safety, railroad employees, public safety

🚂Proposed Rule for Certification of Railroad Engineers and Conductors

FRA proposes to amend its regulations governing the qualification and certification of locomotive engineers and conductors, to codify longstanding waivers that have granted relief from certain certification requirements for railroads that participate in the FRA- sponsored Confidential Close Call Reporting System (C\3\RS). FRA does not intend this NPRM to be a disincentive to railroads implementing alternative close call reporting programs outside C\3\RS, which the agency believes can still positively impact safety culture. FRA would still entertain waiver requests to implement alternative close call reporting programs, as necessary.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 advisory committee, civil rights, public meetings, montana, u.s. commission on civil rights

🗣️Notice of Montana Advisory Committee Public Meetings on Civil Rights

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, that the Montana Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public business meeting every second Thursday of the month (August 2025 through December 2025) via Zoom at 3:00 p.m. MT. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss civil rights concerns in the state.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, employment, civil rights, labor, equal employment opportunity, workforce, outreach, affirmative action, wioa

⚖️Proposed Rescission of WIOA Affirmative Outreach Requirements

The Department of Labor (Department), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management, Civil Rights Center (CRC), proposes to remove the regulations implementing the nondiscrimination and equal opportunity provisions of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) that contain affirmative outreach requirements for recipients of financial assistance under Title I of WIOA. WIOA does not authorize the Department to require affirmative outreach, therefore the Department is proposing to remove this requirement.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, transportation, safety, drug testing, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, railroad, penalties, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, communications, hazardous materials transportation, occupational safety and health, railroad safety, railroad employees, federal agency, fire prevention

🚆Proposed Removal of Redundant Regulations in Railroad Industry

FRA intends to remove thirteen sections throughout its regulations that unnecessarily recite the approval of information collection requirements by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), state the assigned OMB control number associated with the entire CFR part, and list the sections in that part with information collection requirements.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, regulation, chemicals, safety, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, hazardous substances, labor, mine safety and health, mines, surface mining, electric power, explosives, equipment, fire prevention, metals

⛏️Proposed Rule to Rescind Drilling Safety Requirements by MSHA

MSHA is proposing to rescind requirements for the maintenance of drill equipment and inspection of drilling areas before starting drilling operations at surface metal and nonmetal mines. Removing these provisions would not reduce protections afforded to miners because the requirements are duplicative and covered elsewhere in 30 CFR part 56.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 regulations, foreign-trade zones, texas, valero energy corporation, sustainable aviation fuel

✈️Notification of Proposed FTZ Production Activity for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

The Department of Commerce's Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received a notification from Valero Energy Corporation regarding proposed production activity for sustainable aviation fuel at The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. facilities in Port Arthur, Texas. This notification invites public comment and outlines potential compliance and production benefits under FTZ regulations.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, regulation, chemicals, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, radiation protection, hazardous substances, communications equipment, coal, mine safety and health, mines, underground mining, surface mining, electric power, explosives, mine safety, msha, emergency medical services, fire prevention, noise control, gases, trolleys, metal and nonmetal mines

⚒️MSHA Proposes Removal of Outdated Trolley Safety Regulations

MSHA is proposing to remove and revise provisions for metal and nonmental (MNM) mines and coal mines regarding the use of trolleys for transportation of mined ore, coal, material, and personnel. Trolleys are an outdated technology that have been replaced by more efficient belt conveyor haulage systems for transporting mined ore and coal. Diesel and battery-operated mobile equipment are now used to transport personnel and equipment. Trolleys are no longer used in MNM or coal mines and there is no anticipated future use of this legacy equipment in MNM and coal mines.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, health, osha, labor regulations, workplace safety, occupational safety and health, respiratory protection, coke oven emissions

🛡️OSHA Proposes Regulatory Changes for Coke Oven Emission Standards

This proposed rule would revise some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Coke Oven Emissions standard and better align this standard with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, safety standards, federal regulations, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, railroad, penalties, railroad safety, locomotive

🚆Administrative Updates to Railroad Locomotive Safety Standards

This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's railroad locomotive safety standards regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulatory changes, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, labor regulations, coal, mine safety and health, mine safety, coal industry, electrical equipment

🔦Proposed Rule to Remove Flame Safety Lamps from Coal Mine Regulations

MSHA is proposing to revise 30 CFR part 75 by removing flame safety lamps from the list of permissible electric face equipment that can be operated in underground coal mines. This revision would maintain the same level of protection for miners because it removes outdated technology that is no longer used in underground coal mines.

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