Compliance, Environmental Regulations 16 Jan 2025 compliance, endangered species, agriculture, transportation, imports, wildlife, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, california, exports, endangered and threatened species, plants, habitat conservation, water management

🐟Proposed Rule for Clear Lake Hitch

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the Clear Lake hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chi), a freshwater fish subspecies in the North American minnow family that is restricted to the Clear Lake watershed in Lake County, California, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the Clear Lake hitch. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the Clear Lake hitch is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the Clear Lake hitch as a threatened species with protective regulations issued under section 4(d) of the Act ("4(d) rule"). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add the Clear Lake hitch to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to this subspecies.

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Compliance, Cultural Heritage 16 Jan 2025 oklahoma, repatriation, cultural heritage, no man's land museum, native american graves protection, museum compliance

🏺NAGPRA Inventory Completion Notice for No Man's Land Museum

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the No Man's Land Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.

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Regulatory Compliance, Business Development 16 Jan 2025 postal service, business regulations, usps, shipping services, negotiated agreements

📦USPS to Add New Shipping Contract to Competitive Products List

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance Requirements, Market Regulations 16 Jan 2025 compliance, imports, administrative practice and procedure, incorporation by reference, intergovernmental relations, small businesses, energy conservation, household appliances, confidential business information, energy efficiency, doe regulations, general service lamps, testing procedures

⚡New Energy Efficiency Testing Rules for General Service Lamps

The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is adopting clarifications to the test procedures for general service lamps ("GSLs") located in appendix W, appendix BB and appendix DD. Specifically, DOE is clarifying instructions that GSLs must not be tested as colored lamps and that lamps with additional components that do not affect light output must be turned off during testing. The clarifications also specify that non-integrated lamps be tested with a fluorescent lamp ballast, high intensity discharge ("HID") lamp ballast or external light-emitting diode ("LED") driver selected based on compatibility lists and availability; and provide specifications regarding the starting method, ballast factor, and number of lamps. This rulemaking is limited in scope and is providing clarifications to the current test procedures that are required for certification of compliance with existing applicable GSL energy conservation standards. Further, this rulemaking does not satisfy the Energy Policy and Conservation Act ("EPCA") requirement that, at least once every 7 years, DOE review the test procedures for GSLs.

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Compliance, Regulatory 16 Jan 2025 compliance, governance, regulatory, federal reserve, acquisitions, bank control, financial
Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 16 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, virginia, nagpra, archaeology, cultural resources, human remains

⚖️Business Implications of Naval Weapons Station Disposition Notice

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Naval Weapons Station Yorktown (NWSY) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains 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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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Obligations 16 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, securities exchange, financial implications, cat fee, industry members, miami international
Regulatory Requirements, Healthcare Compliance 16 Jan 2025 compliance, healthcare, medicaid, insurance, centers for medicare and medicaid services

📋Medicaid and CHIP Information Collection

On May 28, 2010, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) guidance related to the "generic" clearance process. Generally, this is an expedited process by which agencies may obtain OMB's approval of collection of information requests that are "usually voluntary, low-burden, and uncontroversial collections," do not raise any substantive or policy issues, and do not require policy or methodological review. The process requires the submission of an overarching plan that defines the scope of the individual collections that would fall under its umbrella. This Federal Register notice seeks public comment on one or more of our collection of information requests that we believe are generic and fall within the scope of the umbrella. Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding our burden estimates or any other aspect of this collection of information, including: the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 16 Jan 2025 postal service, negotiated service agreements, shipping contracts, business logistics, regulatory notifications

📦USPS Notice of Priority Mail & Ground Advantage Service Change

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Regulatory Compliance, Infrastructure Development 16 Jan 2025 compliance, aviation, faa, incorporation by reference, airspace, navigation (air), airspace regulation, nc, transylvania

🛩️Class E Airspace Established for Transylvania Community Hospital

This action establishes Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Transylvania Community Hospital, Brevard, NC, to accommodate new area navigation (RNAV) global positioning system (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures serving the heliport. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this heliport.

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