📝SBA Notice for Public Comments on Disaster Survey Information Collection
The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval, from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires federal agencies to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice complies with that requirement.
Learn More🐬Notice of Marine Mammal and Endangered Species Permit Issuance
Notice is hereby given that a permit has been issued to the following entity under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) and the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Learn More🚆Regulatory Updates on Signal System Modifications by FRA
This rule makes administrative updates to FRA's instructions governing applications for approval of a discontinuance or material modification of a signal system regulations, including updating addresses in those regulations.
Learn More🔒FERC Withdraws Inquiry on Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards
The Commission withdraws a notice of inquiry, which sought comment on whether the then-effective Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Reliability Standards adequately addressed: cybersecurity risks pertaining to data security, detection of anomalies and events, and mitigation of cybersecurity events. The Commission also sought comment on the potential risk of a coordinated cyberattack on geographically distributed targets and whether Commission action, including potential modifications to the CIP Reliability Standards, would be appropriate to address such risk.
Learn More🚚FMCSA Notice on CloudTrucks Exemption Application for Employment
FMCSA requests public comment on the application submitted by CloudTrucks, LLC (CloudTrucks) for an exemption from certain requirements of the application for employment regulations. Specifically, CloudTrucks seeks an exemption from the requirement to collect the following information from prospective drivers: list of employers' names, addresses, dates of employment, reason for leaving, nature of the position the driver held, and if the driver was subject to the alcohol and controlled substances testing requirements. Instead, CloudTrucks proposes using its own verification process that consists of cross-referencing national databases to include HireRight's Drive-A- Check (DAC) report, FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse (DACH), Pre- employment Screening Program (PSP), Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS).
Learn More🏥NIH Grant Evaluations
The Department of Health and Human Services announces closed meetings of the Center for Scientific Review for evaluating grant applications. These meetings, including virtual formats, aim to assess proposals in various biomedical fields, emphasizing the importance of confidentiality regarding sensitive and personal information related to the applications.
Learn More🦺Proposed Changes to OSHA’s Cadmium Regulations and Respirators
This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Cadmium standards and better aligns these standards with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.
Learn More🚍FTA Withdraws Proposed Rule on Transit Worker Fatigue Management
FTA is withdrawing the October 30, 2023, advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning minimum safety standards to address fatigue-related safety incidents. FTA has determined not to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking at this time.
Learn More⚒️Proposed Rule to Rescind Outdated Coal Mine Safety Regulations
MSHA proposes to rescind requirements for the final mining of pillars. This practice is outdated and no longer used due to safety concerns.
Learn More⚖️Review of Antidumping Duties on Ferrovanadium from China & South Africa
The Commission hereby gives notice that it has instituted reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 ("the Act"), as amended, to determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on ferrovanadium from China and South Africa would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. Pursuant to the Act, interested parties are requested to respond to this notice by submitting the information specified below to the Commission.
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