Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, safety, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, railroad, penalties, federal, enforcement, hazardous materials transportation, railroad safety, fra

🚂Proposed Rule on Enforcement Discretion by the FRA

This proposed rule would clarify that FRA's Office of the Chief Counsel has discretion to decline or dismiss a violation, such as a technical violation where challenged conduct does not raise a practical safety issue.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 funding, arts, federal grants, advisory meetings, international exhibitions

🎨Notice of Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended, notice is hereby given that 1 meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on International Exhibitions will be held by teleconference or videoconference.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 financial services, cboe, options trading, securities regulation, market risk

📈Cboe Proposes to Eliminate Position and Exercise Limits on Options

The Cboe Exchange has proposed eliminating position and exercise limits for options on the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index and the S&P 500 Scored and Screened Index. This change aims to enhance trading flexibility and market dynamics but raises concerns regarding potential risks, including market manipulation and adverse impacts, prompting further evaluation by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, transportation, incorporation by reference, business operations, natural gas, pipeline safety, petroleum, regulatory updates, carbon dioxide, api standard

🚧Pipeline Safety Standards Update

This DFR amends PHMSA's regulations to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard API Spec 6D, Specification for Valves. 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 regulations, aviation, faa, aircraft, aviation safety, freight, airmen, airports, air traffic control, air carriers, afghanistan, kabul, flight safety

✈️Extended Flight Prohibition in Kabul FIR for U.S. Air Carriers

This action extends the prohibition against certain flight operations in the Kabul Flight Information Region (FIR) (OAKX) by all: U.S. air carriers; U.S. commercial operators; persons exercising the privileges of an airman certificate issued by the FAA, except when such persons are operating U.S.-registered aircraft for a foreign air carrier; and operators of U.S.-registered civil aircraft, except when the operator of such aircraft is a foreign air carrier, for an additional three years, from July 25, 2025, to July 25, 2028. FAA finds this action necessary to address continuing risks to persons and aircraft engaged in such flight operations.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, railroad industry, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, penalties, investigations, recordkeeping, federal railroad administration, railroad safety

🚆Retirement of FRA Forms and Regulatory Updates in 49 CFR Part 225

This proposed rule would retire Form FRA F 6180.107, "Alternative Record for Illnesses Claimed to be Work-Related" (Form 6180.107), and Form FRA F 6180.150, "Highway User Injury Inquiry Form" (Form 6180.150). The proposed rule would also change the record retention period required under FRA's accident reporting regulations and make other technical corrections.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 china, imports, manufacturing, antidumping duties, trade commission, usitc, barium carbonate

⚖️Review of Antidumping Duty on Barium Carbonate from China

The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted a review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty order on barium carbonate from China 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, imports, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, hazardous waste, exports, dot, hazardous materials, hazardous materials transportation, packaging and containers, refrigerating machines, flammable gases

🚚Proposed Rulemaking for Hazardous Materials Transportation Regulations

This NPRM proposes to adopt the provisions of DOT special permit (SP) 21379 into the hazardous materials regulations to streamline the transportation of large refrigerating machines filled with flammable gases.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, transportation, imports, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, hazardous waste, phmsa, exports, labeling, hazardous materials, hazardous materials transportation, radioactive materials, packaging and containers, epa regulations, u.s. department of transportation

🚛Proposed Rule to Simplify Hazardous Materials Regulations

This NPRM proposes to revise the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to remove redundant pages contained in an Appendix that repeats references already listed in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, incorporation by reference, pipeline safety, petroleum, carbon dioxide, api rp 2026

🛢️Pipeline Safety Standards Update

This DFR amends PHMSA's regulations to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard API RP 2026, Safe Access/Egress Involving Floating Roofs of Storage Tanks in Petroleum Service. 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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