Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 13 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, environmental impact statement, business impact, department of energy, nuclear security, plutonium facility

⚠️NNSA Notice

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi- autonomous agency within the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE), announces its intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Enhanced Plutonium Facility Utilization at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL or Laboratory) in Livermore, California (DOE/EIS-0547-S1), tiered from the 2023 LLNL Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement (SWEIS) (2023 LLNL SWEIS)(DOE/ EIS-0547). The Record of Decision (ROD) for the 2023 LLNL SWEIS was published on February 20, 2024. The ROD implemented the Proposed Action Alternative in the SWEIS and is the baseline for this SEIS. NNSA will prepare the SEIS and will analyze the potential environmental impacts of enhanced plutonium facility utilization, other reasonable alternatives that may be identified, and the baseline operations as discussed in the 2023 LLNL SWEIS. The purpose of this Notice is to invite public participation in the SEIS process and to encourage public involvement on the scope, any environmental issues, and alternatives that NNSA should consider in the draft SEIS.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 13 Jan 2025 compliance, sec, regulation, civil monetary penalties, business risk

⚖️SEC Announces Adjustments to Civil Monetary Penalty Amounts for 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") is publishing this notice ("Notice") pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 ("2015 Act"). This Act requires all agencies to annually adjust for inflation the civil monetary penalties that can be imposed under the statutes administered by the agency and publish the adjusted amounts in the Federal Register. This Notice sets forth the annual inflation adjustment of the maximum amount of civil monetary penalties ("CMPs") administered by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act"), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), the Investment Company Act of 1940, and certain penalties under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. These amounts are effective beginning on January 15, 2025, and will apply to all penalties imposed after that date for violations of the aforementioned statutes that occurred after November 2, 2015.

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Financial Assistance, Professional Events, Regulatory Compliance 13 Jan 2025 grant opportunities, health, research, cdc, business initiatives, world trade center
Regulatory Compliance, Consumer Trends 13 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, financial services, data collection, fdic, consumer trends, unbanked, underbanked

📊FDIC Requests Comments on Unbanked Households Survey Renewal

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites the public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the request to renew the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0215). The notice of proposed renewal for this information collection was previously published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2024, allowing for a 60-day comment period.

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Compliance, Professional Events, Economic Development 13 Jan 2025 public meeting, business compliance, ohio, environmental management, advisory board, clean-up activities

🏢Environmental Management Advisory Board Meeting Notice - 2025

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

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Regulatory Compliance, Employment Initiatives 13 Jan 2025 agriculture, department of labor, labor regulations, h-2a, employment compliance

🌾H-2A Nonimmigrant Employment Regulations Impact on Agriculture

The Department of Labor is publishing notification of the Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training's and the Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division's ratification of the rule published October 12, 2022, titled Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in the United States.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Reporting 13 Jan 2025 compliance, information collection, regulation, federal reserve, business operations

📋Federal Reserve Proposes Extension of Regulation II Compliance Requirements

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) invites comment on a proposal to extend for three years, without revision the Recordkeeping and Disclosure Requirements Associated with Regulation II (FR II; OMB No. 7100-0349).

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Financial Assistance Programs, Compliance Requirements 13 Jan 2025 business regulations, export, capital guarantees, financing, export-import bank

📈Export-Import Bank Information Collection for Export Financing

The Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, facilitates the finance of the export of U.S. goods and services. As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, EXIM invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

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Regulatory Compliance, Grant Opportunities, Economic Development 13 Jan 2025 federal railroad administration, emissions reduction, infrastructure investment, buy america, department of transportation, locomotive rehabilitation

🚆Proposed Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Locomotive Projects

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is seeking comments on whether to grant a general applicability public interest waiver of its Buy America requirements for the purchase of used locomotives that would serve as the underframe or chassis to convert them to all- electric, renewable diesel, battery-powered, or other renewable-energy locomotives. Such projects would remove highly polluting locomotives from the national rail network and replace them with more efficient locomotives that will reduce overall emissions, address environmental burdens on communities, and create domestic jobs. Purchases of these locomotives under FRA-funded projects are subject to FRA's Buy America requirements. However, given the age of these used locomotives, it is difficult and may not be possible to verify whether they are fully compliant with FRA's Buy America requirements. In this general applicability waiver, FRA does not propose to waive the applicable Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) requirements. This proposed waiver would not apply to any other manufactured products, steel, iron, or construction materials.

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Financial Assistance, Regulatory Compliance 13 Jan 2025 agriculture, usda, summer food program, reimbursement rates, food service

🍽️2025 Reimbursement Rates Update for Summer Food Service Program

This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service Program. These adjustments address changes in the Consumer Price Index, as required under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. The 2025 reimbursement rates are presented as a combined set of rates to highlight simplified cost accounting procedures. The 2025 rates are also presented individually, as separate operating and administrative rates of reimbursement, to show the effect of the Consumer Price Index adjustment on each rate. On average, the 2025 rates adjustment represents a 3.6 percent increase in the rates from last year.

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