Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 17 Jan 2025 compliance, safety standards, imports, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, vehicle manufacturers, motor vehicle safety, tires, national highway traffic safety administration, hydrogen vehicles

🚗New Compliance Requirements for Hydrogen Vehicle Safety Standards

This final rule establishes two new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) specifying performance requirements for all motor vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source. The final rule is based on Global Technical Regulation (GTR) No. 13, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Vehicles. FMVSS No. 307, "Fuel system integrity of hydrogen vehicles," specifies requirements for the integrity of the fuel system in hydrogen vehicles during normal vehicle operations and after crashes. FMVSS No. 308, "Compressed hydrogen storage system integrity," specifies requirements for the compressed hydrogen storage system to ensure the safe storage of hydrogen onboard vehicles. These two standards will reduce deaths and injuries from fires due to hydrogen fuel leakages and/or explosion of the hydrogen storage system.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 17 Jan 2025 agriculture, regulations, usda, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, dairy, milk pricing, fmmo, northeast, milk marketing orders

🥛New Pricing Regulations for Federal Milk Marketing Orders Explained

This final rule amends the pricing provisions in the 11 Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMOs). Separate producer referenda held in each of the 11 FMMOs obtained the necessary two-thirds vote in favor of adoption of the amendments as proposed. Accordingly, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is issuing this final rule amending all 11 FMMOs in accordance with the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (AMAA).

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 17 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, bureau of land management, native american, repatriation, nagpra, cultural resources

📜Notice of Inventory Completion Under NAGPRA and Repatriation Process

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office (BLM), 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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Regulatory Compliance, Cultural Heritage 17 Jan 2025 business compliance, native american, national park service, repatriation, nagpra, cultural heritage

🏞️Intent to Repatriate Sacred Object at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountain National Park (GRSM) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a known lineal descendant.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 17 Jan 2025 compliance, environmental regulation, environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, intergovernmental relations, ozone, air pollution control, volatile organic compounds, air quality, ozone standards, nitrogen oxides, state implementation plans

🌍New SIP Deadlines and Compliance Requirements Under Ozone Regulations

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing deadlines for submission of state implementation plan (SIP) revisions and implementation of the relevant control requirements that will apply for nonattainment areas reclassified as Moderate, Serious, and Severe under the current and any future ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) as a result of either failing to attain the standard by the applicable classification attainment date or the EPA granting a voluntary reclassification request. This final rule articulates the implementation requirements and timeframes that will apply for all such areas once reclassified. The EPA is also finalizing regulatory revisions to codify its existing interpretation that following reclassification, a state is no longer required to submit SIP revisions addressing certain, but not all, requirements related to the prior classification level for an ozone nonattainment area.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 17 Jan 2025 compliance, legal regulations, native american, forestry, nagpra, cultural heritage, apache-sitgreaves

📜NAGPRA Compliance Notice Impacting Businesses in Apache-Sitgreaves

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.

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Compliance, Regulatory, Cultural Heritage 17 Jan 2025 compliance, arizona, nagpra, cultural resources, human remains, funerary objects, indigenous rights

⚖️Compliance Notice on Human Remains Disposition under NAGPRA

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, Gila District Office, Safford Field Office (BLM Safford Field Office) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects, removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants or Indian Tribe with priority for disposition in this notice.

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Regulatory Compliance, Pharmaceutical Development 17 Jan 2025 compliance, healthcare, fda, drug development, oncology, chemotherapy

💊FDA Guidance on Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Available

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Developing Drug and Biological Products in Oncology." Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), a painful, disabling, and potentially irreversible condition commonly affecting patients receiving neurotoxic chemotherapies, could diminish survival by potentially increasing chemotherapy treatment interruptions, dose reductions, and discontinuations. This guidance provides recommendations to sponsors for the clinical development of drug and biological products intended for the prevention and treatment of CIPN in oncology patient populations.

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Compliance, Environmental Regulations 17 Jan 2025 compliance, environmental protection, epa, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, intergovernmental relations, ozone, air pollution control, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen dioxide, environmental regulations, particulate matter, lead, sulfur oxides, carbon monoxide, montana, greenhouse gases, sulfur dioxide emissions, federal implementation plan

🌍EPA Revises Federal Implementation Plan for Sulfur Dioxide in Montana

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is revising a Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) applicable to sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) emissions from four sources located in Billings and Laurel, Montana. Specifically, the EPA is revising a portion of the FIP promulgated by the EPA in 2008 (2008 Billings/Laurel SO<INF>2</INF> FIP) by removing a provision which contained an affirmative defense for exceedances of flare emission limits during malfunctions, startups, and shutdowns. The EPA is taking this action pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA).

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Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 17 Jan 2025 bureau of land management, resource management plan, oregon, wilderness study areas, livestock grazing

🌲Approved Resource Management Plan Amendment - Business Implications in Oregon

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) Amendment for the Lakeview RMP, located in the BLM's Lakeview District.

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