Notice 1 Jul 2025 regulation, cybersecurity, federal energy regulatory commission, critical infrastructure, reliability standards

🔒FERC Withdraws Inquiry on Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards

The Commission withdraws a notice of inquiry, which sought comment on whether the then-effective Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards adequately addressed: cybersecurity risks pertaining to data security, detection of anomalies and events, and mitigation of cybersecurity events. The Commission also sought comment on the potential risk of a coordinated cyberattack on geographically distributed targets and whether Commission action, including potential modifications to the CIP Reliability Standards, would be appropriate to address such risk.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 regulation, transportation, safety, employment, exemption, trucking, database

🚚FMCSA Notice on CloudTrucks Exemption Application for Employment

FMCSA requests public comment on the application submitted by CloudTrucks, LLC (CloudTrucks) for an exemption from certain requirements of the application for employment regulations. Specifically, CloudTrucks seeks an exemption from the requirement to collect the following information from prospective drivers: list of employers' names, addresses, dates of employment, reason for leaving, nature of the position the driver held, and if the driver was subject to the alcohol and controlled substances testing requirements. Instead, CloudTrucks proposes using its own verification process that consists of cross-referencing national databases to include HireRight's Drive-A- Check (DAC) report, FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (DACH), Pre- employment Screening Program (PSP), Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS).

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 compliance, grants, nih, health research, grant applications

🏥NIH Grant Evaluations

The Department of Health and Human Services announces closed meetings of the Center for Scientific Review for evaluating grant applications. These meetings, including virtual formats, aim to assess proposals in various biomedical fields, emphasizing the importance of confidentiality regarding sensitive and personal information related to the applications.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, health, business, occupational safety and health, osah, respiratory protection, cadmium

🦺Proposed Changes to OSHA’s Cadmium Regulations and Respirators

This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Cadmium standards and better aligns these standards with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulations, safety, federal transit administration, public transportation, fatigue management

🚍FTA Withdraws Proposed Rule on Transit Worker Fatigue Management

FTA is withdrawing the October 30, 2023, advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning minimum safety standards to address fatigue-related safety incidents. FTA has determined not to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking at this time.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, labor regulations, communications equipment, mine safety and health, electric power, explosives, coal mining, mine safety, msha, emergency medical services, fire prevention

⚒️Proposed Rule to Rescind Outdated Coal Mine Safety Regulations

MSHA proposes to rescind requirements for the final mining of pillars. This practice is outdated and no longer used due to safety concerns.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 international trade, united states, business regulations, antidumping duties, ferrovanadium

⚖️Review of Antidumping Duties on Ferrovanadium from China & South Africa

The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on ferrovanadium from China and South Africa would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, transportation, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, railroad, penalties, federal, certification, railroad safety, railroad employees, electronic documentation

🚂Proposed Changes to Conductor Certification Regulations by FRA

This proposed rule would update FRA's conductor certification requirements by reducing the information that is required on a conductor's certificate and allowing certificates to be electronic. FRA is also proposing changes to the certification revocation process and the Administrative Hearing Officer (AHO) process. Lastly, FRA is proposing other administrative updates including revising definitions and correcting errors in the regulatory text.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, incorporation by reference, natural gas, pipeline safety, industry standards, thermoplastic piping

📈Pipeline Safety Standards Update

This DFR amends PHMSA's regulations to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard PPI TR-4, PPI HSB Listing of Hydrostatic Design Basis (HDB), Hydrostatic Design Stress (HDS), Strength Design Basis (SDS), Pressure Design Basis (PDB) and Minimum Required Strength (MRS) Ratings For Thermoplastic Piping Materials or Pipe. This updated standard will maintain or improve public safety, prevent regulatory confusion, reduce compliance burdens on stakeholders, and satisfy a mandate in the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) of 1995.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 agriculture, regulatory compliance, usda, food safety, food additives, meat inspection, poultry and poultry products, food packaging, bacon

🥓Implications of Removing Pumped Bacon Sampling Regulations

FSIS is amending the Federal meat inspection regulations to remove the provisions providing for FSIS' sampling and testing of pumped bacon for nitrosamines. FSIS stopped sampling for nitrosamines in 1998.

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