⏲️Cboe BYX Exchange Proposes Amendment on Timestamp Compliance
Cboe BYX Exchange has filed a proposed rule change to extend the timestamp granularity exemption under the CAT NMS Plan. The amendment updates compliance rules to allow the truncation of timestamps, instead of rounding them, for submissions until April 8, 2030, impacting regulatory obligations for trading firms.
Learn More💳FDA Announces Electronic Payments Only for User Fees Starting 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is providing notice that, effective October 1, 2025, it will no longer use paper- based (checks, bank drafts, money orders, etc.) methods for federal payments (any payment made by an agency) or collections (the transfer of monies from a source outside the Federal Government to an agency or to a financial institution acting as an agent of the Government) except in limited circumstances where an exemption or waiver exists.
Learn More📋Agency Information Collection Notice Impacting Medicare Regulations
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing an opportunity for the public to comment on CMS' intention to collect information from the public. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension or reinstatement of an existing collection of information, and to allow a second opportunity for public comment on the notice. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, the accuracy of the estimated burden, ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.
Learn More⚔️Sanctions on Sudan for Chemical Weapons Use and Business Implications
The Senior Official performing the functions of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, acting under authority delegated pursuant to an Executive order, has determined pursuant to section 306(a) of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (the Act), 22 U.S.C. 5604(a), that the Government of Sudan has used chemical weapons in violation of international law. In addition, the Senior Official performing the functions of the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security has determined and certified to Congress pursuant to section 307(d) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 5605(d)) that it is essential to the national security interests of the United States to partially waive the application of the sanctions required under section 307(a) of the Act with respect to foreign assistance, licenses and other authorizations for the export of items on the U.S. Munitions List (USML), and the licensing of national security-sensitive goods and technology. The following is a notice of the sanctions to be imposed pursuant to section 307(a) of the Act, subject to these waivers.
Learn More🏭FDA Plans Information Collection for Tobacco Industry Meetings
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection contained in FDA's guidance titled "Meetings with Industry and Investigators on the Research and Development of Tobacco Products (Revised)."
Learn More⚡NRC Approves License Renewal for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published Supplement 62 to the Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants, NUREG-1437, regarding the renewal of Facility Operating License Nos. DPR-80 and DPR-82 for an additional 20 years of operation for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Units 1 and 2 (Diablo Canyon). Diablo Canyon is located in Avila Beach, California, approximately 12 miles west-southwest of San Luis Obispo, California. Possible alternatives to the proposed action of license renewal for Diablo Canyon were evaluated and included the no-action alternative and replacement power alternatives.
Learn More🍽️FDA Notice on Food Facility Registration Requirements
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection provisions of the Agency's regulations that require registration for domestic and foreign facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food for human or animal consumption in the United States.
Learn More🍽️FDA Notice on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on the information collection requirements associated with the sanitary transportation of human and animal food.
Learn More📜Recommendations on Agency Investigative Procedures and Consultations
The Assembly of the Administrative Conference of the United States adopted three recommendations at its hybrid (virtual and in- person) Eighty-third Plenary Session: Agency Investigative Procedures; Consultation with State, Local, and Tribal Governments in Regulatory Policymaking; and Public Participation in Agency Adjudication.
Learn More💊Lilly del Caribe Receives FTZ Production Activity Authorization
The Department of Commerce's FTZ Board authorized production activity for Lilly del Caribe, Inc. in Carolina, Puerto Rico, under Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) regulations. The decision follows public comments and confirms compliance with relevant FTZ Act regulations, signifying growth opportunities in the pharmaceutical sector.
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