⚖️Department of State 2025 Civil Monetary Penalties Adjustment Regulations
This final rule is issued to adjust the civil monetary penalties (CMP) for regulatory provisions maintained and enforced by the Department of State. The revised CMP adjusts the amount of civil monetary penalties assessed by the Department of State based on the December 2024 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and by recent legislation. For penalties adjusted according to the December 2024 guidance, the new amounts will apply only to those penalties assessed on or after the effective date of this rule, regardless of the date on which the underlying facts or violations occurred.
Learn More🦉Record Decision on Barred Owl Management Strategy in Oregon
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) adopting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Barred Owl Management Strategy and implementation of the strategy in western Oregon. The ROD constitutes the decision of the BLM.
Learn More⚖️USITC Notice on Motorized Vehicles' Trade Complaint and Impacts
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Motorized Self- Balancing Vehicles, DN 3801; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Learn More⚠️NRC Notice on Louisiana Energy Services License Amendment Request
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff accepted and docketed an application for the amendment of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-2010, submitted by Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA dated August 29, 2024. The license amendment request (LAR) would authorize the applicant to modify the National Enrichment Facility, located in Eunice, New Mexico to increase the enrichment limit for the on-site recycling and support systems from 5.5 weight percent Uranium 235 (U-235) to less than 10.0 weight percent U-235 (LEU+), and would remove interim controls that were established by a prior license amendment for segregation and storage of LEU+- exposed components removed from production systems. Because this amendment request contains Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information (SUNSI), an order imposes procedures to obtain access to SUNSI and Safeguards Information (SGI) for contention preparation.
Learn More📊NSF Notice
The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation (NSF) is announcing plans to request renewal of the Higher Education Research and Development Survey. In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we are providing opportunity for public comment on this action. After obtaining and considering public comment, NSF will prepare the submission requesting that OMB approve clearance of this collection for three years.
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