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⚡Regulatory Overview of Electric Corporate and Rate Filings 2025

🚆DHS Ratifies Security Directives Impacting Critical Rail Operations

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is publishing official notice that the Transportation Security Oversight Board (TSOB) has ratified Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Directive 1580-21-01B, Security Directive 1582-21-01B, Security Directive 1580/82-2022-01A, and Security Directive 1580/82-2022-01C applicable to owners and operators of critical rail entities (owners/ operators). Security Directive 1580-21-01B and Security Directive 1582- 21-01B extended the requirements of 1580-21-01 and 1582-21-01 series for an additional year, with minor revisions. Security Directive 1580/ 82-2022-01A and Security Directive 1580/82-2022-01C extend the performance-based requirements of the 1580/82-2022-01 series for an additional year and amends them to strengthen their effectiveness and address emerging cyber threats.

💼IRS Notice on Tax Classification for Potassium Bicarbonate

This notice of filing announces that a petition has been filed requesting that potassium bicarbonate be added to the list of taxable substances. This notice of filing also requests comments on the petition. This notice of filing is not a determination that the list of taxable substances is modified.

💰Overview of Federal Loan and Grant Programs for Rural Development

🛡️NIJ Body Armor Manufacturer Workshop

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) will hold an online workshop for body armor manufacturers to provide updates on its standards and conformity assessment activities related to ballistic- resistant body armor.

⚡Analysis of Proposed Reliability Standards PRC-024-

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) proposes to approve proposed Reliability Standards PRC-024-4 (Frequency and Voltage Protection Settings for Synchronous Generators, Type 1 and Type 2 Wind Resources, and Synchronous Condensers) and PRC-029-1 (Frequency and Voltage Ride-through Requirements for Inverter-Based Resources), which the North American Electric Reliability Corporation submitted in response to Commission directives. The Commission seeks comments on all aspects of the proposed approval.

🌱EPA's Biofuels Report

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing the availability of a final document titled, "Biofuels and the Environment: Third Triennial Report to Congress" (EPA/600/R-24/343F). The document was prepared by EPA's Offices of Research and Development (ORD) and Air and Radiation (OAR), in consultation with the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy.

📜OMB's Approval of PBGC Information Collections and Business Impact

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has approved Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) information collections under the Paperwork Reduction Act. This notice lists the approved information collections and provides their corresponding OMB control number and current expiration date.

💼Proposed Updates to Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program

The Office for Victims of Crime ("OVC") of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs ("OJP"), proposes this rule to amend the program regulations for the International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program ("ITVERP"), to streamline program operation, more expressly reflect certain policy and procedures adopted by OVC since it began administering the program in 2006, and to adjust cost category caps.

🦋Incidental Take Permit Application for Quino Checkerspot Butterfly

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received an application from the County of San Diego for an incidental take permit under the Endangered Species Act. If granted, the permit would authorize take of the Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino), federally listed as endangered, and the western spadefoot (Spea hammondii), an amphibian species federally proposed as threatened, incidental to otherwise lawful activities associated with construction and operation of a 25-acre active recreation park and habitat restoration and management within mitigation areas associated with the project. We invite comments from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies on the applicant's draft habitat conservation plan and the draft environmental assessment, which we have prepared pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act. We will take comments into consideration before deciding whether to issue an incidental take permit.