Regulatory Notice, Business Implications 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, postal service, negotiated service agreements, shipping, usps

📦Notice of USPS Priority Mail and Ground Advantage Service Changes

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance Requirements, Regulatory Actions 16 Jan 2025 environmental protection, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, business compliance, intergovernmental relations, ozone, air pollution control, volatile organic compounds, air quality, environmental regulations, maricopa county, aerospace industry

🌎EPA Approves Air Quality Revisions in Maricopa County, Arizona

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking final action to approve revisions to the Maricopa County Air Quality Department (MCAQD or "County") portions of the Arizona State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions concern the County's reasonably available control technology (RACT) demonstration for the aerospace coating category and negative declarations for the 2008 8- hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS or "standards") in the portion of the Phoenix-Mesa ozone nonattainment area regulated by the MCAQD, as well as a rule covering emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from surface coatings and industrial adhesives. We are also approving a local rule that regulates these emission sources under the Clean Air Act (CAA or "the Act").

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Regulatory Changes, Shipping and Logistics 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, postal service, logistics, shipping agreements, priority mail

📦Notice of USPS Priority Mail Changes Affecting Business Shipping Costs

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance Requirements, Cultural Heritage 16 Jan 2025 business compliance, legal implications, national park service, repatriation, nagpra, cultural heritage, longyear museum

📜Notice of Intended Repatriation by

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Longyear Museum of Anthropology (LMA) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 15 Jan 2025 business compliance, labor regulations, data validation, state agencies, unemployment insurance

📄Notice on Unemployment Insurance Data Validation Program Comments

The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, "Unemployment Insurance (UI) Data Validation (DV) Program." This comment request is part of continuing Departmental efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA).

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Regulatory, Business Development 15 Jan 2025 business compliance, postal service, public comments, competitive products, regulatory commission

📦New Postal Products Notice from the Postal Regulatory Commission

The Commission is noticing a recent Postal Service filing for the Commission's consideration concerning a negotiated service agreement. This notice informs the public of the filing, invites public comment, and takes other administrative steps.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 15 Jan 2025 environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, nuclear energy, penalties, claims, nuclear regulatory commission, hazardous waste, fraud, civil penalties, freedom of information, confidential business information, organization and functions (government agencies), antitrust, classified information, waste treatment and disposal, nuclear materials, sex discrimination, atomic energy act, program fraud, nuclear power plants and reactors

⚖️NRC Adjusts Civil Penalties for Inflation in FY2025

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalties it can assess under statutes enforced by the agency. These changes are mandated by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The NRC is amending its regulations to adjust the maximum civil monetary penalty for a violation of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, or any regulation or order issued under the Atomic Energy Act from $362,814 to $372,240 per violation, per day. Additionally, the NRC is amending provisions concerning program fraud civil penalties by adjusting the maximum civil monetary penalty under the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act from $13,946 to $14,308 for each false claim or statement.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 15 Jan 2025 reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business compliance, penalties, irs, excise taxes, income taxes, estate taxes, gift taxes, employment taxes, federal taxes, appeals process, tax controversies

💼IRS Appeals Regulations for Resolving Federal Tax Controversies

This document contains final regulations that provide guidance on the resolution of Federal tax controversies by the IRS Independent Office of Appeals (Appeals) under the Taxpayer First Act of 2019 (TFA). The final regulations provide that while the Appeals resolution process is generally available to all taxpayers to resolve Federal tax controversies, there are certain exceptions to consideration by Appeals. The final regulations also address certain procedural and timing rules that must be met before Appeals consideration is available. The regulations affect taxpayers requesting Appeals consideration of Federal tax controversies.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Professional Events 15 Jan 2025 business compliance, u.s. department of commerce, export regulations, artificial intelligence, advanced computing

📊Public Briefing on AI Diffusion Framework

On January 10, 2025, the Office of the Federal Register posted for public inspection a Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) interim final rule: "Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion" (RIN 0694-AJ90). This document announces that, on January 15, 2025, BIS will host a virtual public briefing on this rule. This document also provides details on the procedures for participating in the virtual public briefing.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 15 Jan 2025 business compliance, public comment, health regulations, toxic substances, atsdr

🏥Extension of Comment Period for Draft Toxicological Profiles

On November 8, 2024, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced the opening of a docket to obtain comments on drafts of five updated toxicological profiles. This notice extends the comment period to February 13, 2025.

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