📉SEC Notice to Cancel Registrations of Non-Compliant Advisers
The SEC announces its intent to cancel the registrations of certain investment advisers under Section 203(h) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. This decision arises from findings that some registrants are no longer in business or have not fulfilled their regulatory obligations. Interested parties may request a hearing on these cancellations before April 22, 2025.
Learn More🛡️Comments on Small Insurers in Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (TRIA) created the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (Program) to address disruptions in the market for terrorism risk insurance, to help ensure the continued availability and affordability of commercial property and casualty insurance for terrorism risk, and to allow for the private markets to stabilize and build insurance capacity to absorb any future losses for terrorism events. The Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) administers the Program, with the assistance of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO). Treasury requests comments from interested parties regarding the issues that FIO will be analyzing in connection with its upcoming study related to the participation of small insurers in the Program, including any competitive challenges such insurers face in the terrorism risk insurance marketplace.
Learn More🏺Notice of Repatriation of Cultural Items and Business Implications
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO) 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.
Learn More⚡NRC Updates on MAGNASTOR® Storage System Regulations
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is correcting a direct final rule that was published in the Federal Register on March 20, 2025, revising the NAC International, Inc. MAGNASTOR[supreg] Storage System listing within the "List of approved spent fuel storage casks" to include Amendment No. 15 to Certificate of Compliance No. 1031. This action is necessary to replace an incorrect phrase in the SUMMARY caption of the document.
Learn More🌊NOAA's Information Collection for Marine Mammal Protection Act
The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed and continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
Learn More🗳️Executive Order on Election Integrity and Its Business Impact
Executive Order 14248 focuses on preserving the integrity of American elections by enforcing stricter voter registration requirements and enhancing the security of voting systems. It mandates that state compliance with federal election laws is monitored closely, ensuring fair and honest elections that boost public trust and discourage foreign interference.
Learn More💧EPA WaterSense Program Information Collection Request Overview
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) WaterSense[supreg] Program (Renewal) (EPA ICR Number 2233.09, OMB Control Number 2040-0272) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a request for approval of a new collection. This document allows for 60 days for public comments.
Learn More🌊Permit Issued for Pillar Coral Restoration in Puerto Rico
Notice is hereby given that the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER), San Jos[eacute] Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de Le[oacute]n, San Juan, PR 00926 (Responsible Party: Nilda Jimenez-Marrero, Ph.D.) has been issued a permit to take pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) for purposes of enhancement.
Learn More🦭Renewal of Pinniped Permit
On August 21, 2024, NMFS received an application pursuant to section 120(f) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, on behalf of their respective states; the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation; and the Willamette Committee (hereafter "eligible entities"). In their application, the eligible entities requested that NMFS renew their August 14, 2020, MMPA section 120(f) permit (which expires on August 14, 2025) for an additional five years to intentionally take, by lethal methods, individually identifiable California sea lions (CSL) (Zalophus californianus) and Steller sea lions (SSL) (Eumetopias jubatus: Eastern stock) that are located in the main stem of the Columbia River between river mile 112 (I-205 bridge) and McNary Dam (river mile 292), or in any tributary to the Columbia River that includes spawning habitat of threatened or endangered salmon or steelhead (Onchorynchus spp.) (hereafter "geographic area"). The eligible entities seek no changes to the terms and conditions in the August 14, 2020, permit, other than to renew the existing permit for a five-year period that would begin on the date of issuance of the permit.
Learn More✈️FAA Plans to Decommission Flight Service Remote Communication Outlets
The FAA requests public comment on the agency's intent to decommission the Flight Service network of communication frequencies for advisory services throughout the contiguous United States (CONUS), excluding those in Alaska.
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