Notice 27 Feb 2025 regulatory changes, business operations, postal service, shipping, negotiation agreements

📦USPS Announces New Priority Mail and Ground Advantage Agreement

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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Notice 26 Feb 2025 meat industry, regulatory compliance, recordkeeping, food safety, department of agriculture, business operations

🍖Compliance Requirements for Food Safety in Meat Industry

The Department of Agriculture announces a comment request for OMB review involving information collection requirements related to food safety. This includes applications for the Accredited Laboratory program and mandatory record-keeping for businesses processing raw beef products to ensure compliance with food safety regulations. These regulations aim to protect public health and improve the integrity of meat supply chains.

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Notice 26 Feb 2025 federal maritime commission, shipping agreements, trade agreements, logistics, business operations

🚢Notice of Agreements Filed by Federal Maritime Commission

The Federal Maritime Commission announces the filing of agreements under the Shipping Act of 1984, allowing parties like American Presidents Line and Maersk Line to exchange space for shipping services. This could enhance operational flexibility in trades between the U.S. and various international locations, including Asia and Europe.

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Notice 26 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, negotiated agreements, postal services, shipping, business operations

📦Postal Regulatory Commission's New Negotiated Service Agreements

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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Notice 26 Feb 2025 compliance, ofac, economic sanctions, sdn list, department of state, business operations

🔓Office of Economic Sanctions Policy

The U.S. Department of State's Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation (SPI) is publishing the name of one person who has been removed from the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

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Notice 24 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, public comment, business operations, postal services, shipping agreements

📦Notice of New Postal Products and Service Agreements

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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Notice 24 Feb 2025 business compliance, risk management, business operations, flood insurance, fema, community planning, environmental policy, flood regulation

🌊Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations

This notice lists communities where the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations (BFEs), base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway (hereinafter referred to as flood hazard determinations), as shown on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports, prepared by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for each community, is appropriate because of new scientific or technical data. The FIRM, and where applicable, portions of the FIS report, have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Federal Regulations. The currently effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.

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Notice 24 Feb 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, business operations, permits, hazardous materials

🚛Notice of Applications for New Hazardous Materials Special Permits

In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the applications described herein.

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Notice 24 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, epa, business operations, toxic substances control act, new chemicals

🧪EPA Notice on New Chemicals

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires EPA to publish in the Federal Register a statement of its findings after its review of certain TSCA submissions when EPA makes a finding that a new chemical substance or significant new use is not likely to present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. Such statements apply to premanufacture notices (PMNs), microbial commercial activity notices (MCANs), and significant new use notices (SNUNs) submitted to EPA under TSCA. This document presents statements of findings made by EPA on such submissions during the period from September 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024.

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Notice 21 Feb 2025 compliance, business operations, national security, treasury, foreign policy, sanctions

🚫Sanctions Notice

The Department of State is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on the Department of Treasury's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) administered by the Office of Foreign Asset 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 Executive Order regarding blocking property with respect to specified harmful foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation 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.

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