♻️Wyoming Approves Wind Turbine Blade Disposal in Coal Mining
We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are approving an amendment to the Wyoming regulatory program (hereinafter, the Wyoming Program or Program) under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA or the Act). On its own initiative, the Wyoming Land Quality Division (LQD), in response to State legislative changes enacted in 2020, proposed rules to its Program that facilitate the disposal of inert decommissioned wind turbine blades and towers as backfill in end walls or the final pit voids in surface coal mining operations. In addition, Wyoming has updated Chapter 2 of its Coal Rules, titled "Permit Application Requirements for Surface Coal Mining Operations," to provide consistency with the Wyoming Secretary of State's Rules on Rules, as well as correct grammatical errors.
Learn More📈IRS Proposed Regulations on Roth Catch-Up Contributions for 2025
This document sets forth proposed regulations that would provide guidance for retirement plans that permit participants who have attained age 50 to make additional elective deferrals that are catch-up contributions. The proposed regulations reflect statutory changes made by the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, including the requirement that catch-up contributions made by certain catch-up eligible participants must be designated Roth contributions. The proposed regulations would affect participants in, beneficiaries of, employers maintaining, and administrators of certain retirement plans. This document also provides notice of a public hearing.
Learn More⚖️Federal Consistency Appeal Notice for Shoreline Project in New York
This announcement provides notice that the Department of Commerce (DOC) has received a "Notice of Appeal" filed by Robert Hagopian, (Appellant) requesting that the Secretary override an objection by the New York State Department of State to a consistency certification for a proposed project to perform shoreline stabilization, dock installation, and dredging at a property along the Hudson River in Ulster, New York.
Learn More💰2025 Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustments Announced
As required by section 701 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, entitled the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the Railroad Retirement Board (Board) hereby publishes its 2025 annual adjustment of civil penalties for inflation.
Learn More🏞️Notice of Final Environmental Impact on Navajo Mining Plan
The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) announces the availability of the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for Navajo Transitional Energy Company's (NTEC) Lease by Application 1 (LBA1) Federal Mining Plan Modification for Federal Lease MTM-94378 and MTM 110693 (the Project). Spring Creek Mine (SCM) is in Big Horn County, Montana, approximately 32 miles from Sheridan, Wyoming. The Project, as proposed, includes 162.5 acres of additional surface disturbance and recovery of an additional 39.9 million tons (Mt) of Federal coal.
Learn More💰Economic Injury Disaster Loan Announcement for Louisiana Businesses
This is a notice of an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) declaration for the State of Louisiana dated January 3, 2025. Incident: Mass Casualty Incident.
Learn More💼2025 Civil Penalty Adjustments by the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is adjusting the maximum civil monetary penalties (CMPs) that may be imposed for violations of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act (PFCRA) and the NEA's Restrictions on Lobbying to reflect the requirements of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act). The 2015 Act further amended the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 (the Inflation Adjustment Act) to improve the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. This final rule provides the 2025 annual inflation adjustments to the initial "catch-up" adjustments made on June 15, 2017, and reflects all other inflation adjustments made in the interim.
Learn More📜Resource Management Plan Approved for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Approved Resource Management Plan (RMP) for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (GSENM) in Utah. The Department of the Interior Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management signed the ROD on Jan. 6, 2025, which constitutes the decision of the BLM, makes the Approved RMP effective immediately, and replaces the 2020 GSENM and Kanab Escalante Planning Area RMPs.
Learn More🌱EPA Notice
This notice announces the availability of the EPA's work plans and registration review case dockets for the chemical DEET. EPA is opening a 60-day public comment period for this work plan and case docket.
Learn More⚖️Investigation Notice on Urine Splash Guards by the USITC
Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on December 6, 2024, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of For Kids By Parents, Inc. of Potomac, Maryland. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain urine splash guards and components thereof by reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,870,619 ("the '619 patent") and U.S. Patent No. 11,812,901 ("the '901 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general exclusion order, or in the alternative a limited exclusion order, and cease and desist orders.
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