⚖️Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation on Russian Palladium
The U.S. Department of Commerce has initiated an investigation regarding the importation of unwrought palladium from Russia, focusing on alleged violations of anti-dumping regulations. This investigation aims to assess whether these imports are being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value, potentially harming domestic producers.
Learn More🛰️Notice of SES Performance Review Board Membership at NASA
The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, Public Law 95-454 (Section 405) requires that appointments of individual members to the Performance Review Board (PRB) be published in the Federal Register. The performance review function for the SES in NASA is being performed by the NASA PRB. The following individuals are serving on the Board:
Learn More🐟Proposed Regulation
NMFS is proposing changes to regulations to implement the binding International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) Recommendation 24-12 on mobulid rays of the family Mobulidae, which was adopted in 2024. Specifically, NMFS is proposing to prohibit retention of mobulid rays in fisheries for Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS), to require mobulid rays to be released unharmed in HMS fisheries, and to implement mobulid ray handling practices for vessels fishing with pelagic longline gear.
Learn More⚡Combined Notice of Filings
The Department of Energy’s Combined Notice of Filings outlines recent electric corporate applications, including self-certifications and market rate amendments. It covers multiple applicants submitting requests for regulatory approvals and tariffs, emphasizing the ongoing changes in the energy sector, their implications for market participation, andf compliance with federal regulations.
Learn More🚫Department of State Sanctions on Weapons Proliferators
The Department of State is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on the Department of the Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) based on the Department of State's determination, in consultation with other departments, as appropriate, that one or more applicable legal criteria of the E.O. regarding blocking property of weapons of mass destruction proliferators and their supporters were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
Learn More💰FinCEN Extends Measures Against Certain Mexican Financial Institutions
FinCEN is issuing notice of an order amending its three June 2025 orders, as amended by its July 2025 order, prohibiting certain transmittals of funds involving CIBanco S.A., Instituci[oacute]n de Banca Multiple (CIBanco), Intercam Banco S.A., Instituci[oacute]n de Banca Multiple (Intercam), and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (Vector), financial institutions operating outside of the United States determined to be of primary money laundering concern in connection with illicit opioid trafficking. This order extends the effective date of the three prior orders to October 20, 2025.
Learn More🚭FDA Regulation on Tobacco Sales to Shield Children and Adolescents
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 collection of information entitled, "Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents."
Learn More🧬NIH Notice of Upcoming Closed Meetings for Grant Applications
The Department of Health and Human Services announces closed meetings of the National Institutes of Health to review grant applications related to neuroscience and eye disease. These meetings will evaluate projects with potential financial support, focusing on confidential discussions concerning innovative research and development in health sciences.
Learn More⚖️Countervailing Duty Review Results for Forged Steel from Italy
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain exporters/producers of forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end blocks) from Italy received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
Learn More📄Circumvention Inquiries Initiated for Paper Plates Trade Regulation
In response to a request from the Anticircumvention Working Group of the American Paper Plate Coalition (AWG) (collectively, the requesters), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating country-wide circumvention inquiries to determine whether imports of certain paper plates (paper plates) completed in the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia) or Malaysia (collectively, the third countries) using paperboard manufactured in the People's Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on paper plates from China.
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