🏥Expanded Eligibility for WTC Health Program Responders Announced
On September 11, 2024, CDC published in the Federal Register an interim final rule with request for comment to update existing regulations governing the WTC Health Program to align with statutory changes. The interim final rule expanded eligibility criteria for enrollment of new Pentagon and Shanksville responders, capped at 500 new members, and made various conforming amendments to the WTC Health Program regulations. In this final rule, CDC responds to public comment and finalizes the revisions to the regulation.
Learn More✉️International Mail Manual Regulation and Business Compliance Summary
The Postal Service announces the issuance of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM[supreg]), issued April 7, 2025, and its incorporation by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Learn More🎣New Fishing Restrictions for Tropical Tuna
NMFS is issuing regulations under the Tuna Conventions Act (TCA) of 1950, as amended, to implement Resolution C-24-01 (Conservation Measures For Tropical Tunas In The Eastern Pacific Ocean During 2025-2026) adopted at the 102nd Meeting of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in September 2024. This final rule maintains and extends management measures for fishing vessels targeting tropical tuna (i.e., bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus), yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), and skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)) in the eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO). The fishing restrictions will apply to large purse seine vessels of class sizes 4-6 (i.e., vessels with a carrying capacity of 182 metric tons (mt) or greater) and longline vessels greater than 24 meters in overall length that fish for tropical tuna in the EPO. This rule is necessary for the conservation of tropical tuna stocks in the EPO and for the United States to satisfy its obligations as a member of the IATTC.
Learn More📦New Mailing Standards and Regulations for Businesses
The Postal Service announces the issuance of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[supreg]), dated April 7, 2025, and its incorporation by reference in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Learn More♻️Mississippi's Final Authorization of Hazardous Waste Management Program
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action on the authorization of changes to Mississippi's hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. These changes were outlined in an April 2, 2024 application to the EPA. We have determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed for final authorization.
Learn More♻️Alabama's Hazardous Waste Program Authorization and Business Impact
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action on the authorization of changes to Alabama's hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. These changes were outlined in a July 11, 2024, application to the EPA. We have determined that these changes satisfy all requirements needed for final authorization.
Learn More🚬Changes to Tobacco Grading Regulations by USDA
This action removes and reserves subpart D, titled "Orders of Designation of Tobacco Markets" from the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The regulations subpart D are obsolete and unnecessary because The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act of 2004 eliminated mandatory grading of types of tobacco eligible for price support programs and a referendum of eligible producers voted in favor of terminating the designations for tobacco auction markets in June of 2005.
Learn More🌱EPA Proposes New Pesticide Tolerances for Compliance
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to implement several tolerance actions under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that the Agency previously determined were necessary or appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). During registration review, EPA reviews all aspects of a pesticide case, including existing tolerances, to ensure that the pesticide continues to meet the standard for registration under FIFRA. The pesticide tolerances and active ingredients addressed in this rulemaking are identified and discussed in detail in Unit III. of this document.
Learn More💰Update on Civil Penalties for Program Fraud Under OPM Regulations
This rule adjusts the level of civil monetary penalties contained in U.S. Office of Personnel Management regulations implementing the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act of 1986, in accordance with the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and Office of Management and Budget guidance.
Learn More⚖️Final Rule on Parole Process for Mixed Code Offenders
The U.S. Parole Commission is adopting a final rule to remove and reserve a procedural rule which concerns prisoners serving any combination of U.S. and D.C. Code sentences that have been aggregated by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons ("mixed code" offenders) and considered for parole on the basis of a single parole eligibility and mandatory release date on the aggregate sentence.
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