Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 mining, regulation, chemicals, small business, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, radiation protection, labor standards, hazardous substances, workplace safety, mine safety and health, underground mining, electric power, explosives, fire prevention, noise control, gases

⚒️Proposed Deregulation for Blacksmith Shops in Mining Operations

MSHA is proposing to revise 30 CFR part 57 to remove outdated requirements regarding blacksmith shops located at surface metal and nonmetal mines. Removal of this standard would not result in a reduction of safety protection for miners at surface metal and nonmetal mines.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, environment, business impact, environmental impact statements, department of defense, project management

🌍Removal of Environmental Impact Analysis Process Regulations Overview

The DAF is rescinding its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations because the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) NEPA regulations, which they were meant to supplement, have been rescinded, and because the DoD is promulgating Department-wide NEPA procedures that will guide DAF's NEPA process.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 defense, innovation, air force, technology transfer, patent, exclusive license, coldquanta

🛠️Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive Patent License to ColdQuanta

Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations, the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive patent license to ColdQuanta, Inc., a Delaware corporation dba Infleqtion, having a place of business at 3030 Sterling Cir., Boulder, CO 80301-2338.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, dot, civil rights, individuals with disabilities, aged, buses, mass transportation, elderly, handicapped, fta

🚍Rescinded Regulation on Transportation for Elderly and Handicapped Persons

This rulemaking rescinds the FTA regulation on Transportation for Elderly and Handicapped Persons, as FTA finds that the regulation is obsolete and unnecessary.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, federal maritime commission, maritime, marine terminal operators, nvocc

📦Federal Maritime Commission's Information Collection Renewal Notice

The Federal Maritime Commission (Commission) is giving public notice that the agency has submitted the continuing information collections listed below in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval of revisions of existing information collections related to marine terminal operator schedules, service contracts, non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC) service arrangements and negotiated rate agreements. The public is invited to comment on these information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 compliance, countervailing duties, international trade, antidumping, trade regulation, u.s. department of commerce

📜Five-Year Sunset Reviews

In accordance with the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is automatically initiating the five-year reviews (Sunset Reviews) of the antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) order(s) and suspended investigation(s) listed below. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is publishing concurrently with this notice its notice of Institution of Five-Year Reviews which covers the same order(s) and suspended investigation(s).

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Notice 1 Jul 2025 compliance, grant opportunities, research, national science foundation, advisory committees

🔬NSF Advisory Committees Renewed for Continued Business Opportunities

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the renewal of several advisory committees, determining this action as necessary for the public interest and compliance with U.S. law. These committees play a vital role in advising NSF on key research priorities and initiatives over the next two years, enhancing support for scientific development and collaboration.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, transportation, railroad industry, intergovernmental relations, investigations, safety regulations, hazardous materials transportation, federal railroad administration, railroad safety

🚂Administrative Updates to FRA State Safety Regulations

This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's state safety participation regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, natural gas, inflation adjustment, pipeline safety, incident reporting, property damage

🚧New Pipeline Safety Rules for Incident Reporting and Property Damage

This DFR revises the property damage threshold for determining when a release from a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility meets the definition of a reportable incident or accident. This change clarifies that certain indirect impacts associated with investigating and repairing a release do not contribute to that threshold. This DFR also adopts an inflation adjusted property damage threshold for reporting hazardous liquid pipeline accidents identical to the one previously adopted for reporting gas pipeline incidents.

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Rule 1 Jul 2025 regulation, natural gas, phmsa, hazardous materials, pipeline safety, remote sensing, aerial technology

🚁New Rule on Pipeline Safety and Remote Sensing Technologies

This DFR clarifies that PHMSA's right-of-way patrol requirements are technology neutral, and that remote sensing technologies, such as unmanned aerial systems and satellites, can be used for compliance purposes.

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