Compliance, Financial Regulation 10 Jan 2025 nyse, fees, options trading, financial regulation, self-regulatory organization
Regulatory Requirements, Compliance 10 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, california, marine mammals, permits, noaa, scientific research

🐋Notice on Permit Amendment for Marine Research Activities

Notice is hereby given that Heather E. Liwanag, Ph.D., California Polytechnic State University, 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0401, has applied for an amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 27514-01.

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Compliance, Economic Development, Regulatory 10 Jan 2025 environmental impact, energy, business regulation, los alamos, nuclear security

🔍Draft SWEIS for LOS Alamos

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), a semi- autonomous agency within the Department of Energy (DOE), announces the availability of the Draft Site-Wide Environmental Impact Statement for Continued Operation of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (Draft LANL SWEIS) (DOE/EIS-0552) in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). NNSA also is announcing a 60-day public comment period and four public hearings to receive comments on the Draft LANL SWEIS. NNSA prepared the Draft LANL SWEIS to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with continuing LANL operations and foreseeable new and/or modified operations and facilities for approximately the next 15 years.

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Regulatory, Compliance 10 Jan 2025 compliance, health, human services, refugee resettlement, delegation of authority

📜2025 Amendment on Delegation of Authority for Refugee Resettlement

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is amending the Statement of Organization, Functions and Delegation of Authority ("Statement") issued in the Federal Register on April 28, 2009. The Statement delegated specific provisions of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, Public Law 110-457, section 235 from the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement. This amendment modifies the Statement to authorize the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement to redelegate the listed authorities contained within the Statement.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 10 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, veterans affairs, inflation adjustment, civil penalties, lenders

💼2025 Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment for VA Loan Regulations

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is amending its regulations to adjust for inflation the amount of civil monetary penalties that are within VA's jurisdiction. These adjustments comply with the requirement in the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, to make annual adjustments to the penalties.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 consumer protection, banking, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, consumer financial protection, mortgages, credit, home improvement, cfpb, residential property, advertising, regulation z, banks, national banks, truth-in-lending, pace financing, credit unions, mortgage, savings associations

💼New PACE Financing Regulations

Section 307 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) to prescribe ability-to-repay rules for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing and to apply the civil liability provisions of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) for violations. PACE financing is financing to cover the costs of home improvements that results in a tax assessment on the real property of the consumer. In this final rule, the CFPB implements EGRRCPA section 307 and amends Regulation Z to address how TILA applies to PACE transactions.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 compliance, environmental regulations, california, clean water act, water quality
Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 10 Jan 2025 agriculture, economic development, land management, idaho, forestry

🌲Final Approval of Revised Land Management Plan in Idaho

Heath Perrine, Acting Forest Supervisor for the Nez Perce- Clearwater National Forests, Northern Region, signed the final Record of Decision (ROD) for the Revised Land Management Plan (LMP) for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. The final ROD documents the rationale for approving the Revised LMP and is consistent with the Reviewing Officers' responses to objections and instructions.

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Regulatory Requirements, Financial Reporting 10 Jan 2025 business regulation, railroad, financial implications, surface transportation, cost of capital

🚂Analysis of Railroad Cost of Capital Regulations for 2024

The Board is instituting a proceeding to determine the railroad industry's cost of capital for 2024. The decision solicits comments on the following issues: the railroads' 2024 current cost of debt capital, the railroads' 2024 current cost of preferred equity capital (if any), the railroads' 2024 cost of common equity capital, and the 2024 capital structure mix of the railroad industry on a market value basis.

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Compliance, Financial Assistance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 healthcare, cms, information collection, federal regulations, rural community hospitals

🏥CMS Proposes Information Collection on Rural Hospital Program

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 60 days for public comment on the proposed action. Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding our burden estimates 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.

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