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🌍EPA Seeks Comments on U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report

The Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2023 report is available for public review. Sectoral chapters within the report and cross-cutting summary and trends chapters will be posted to the identified docket on a rolling basis between January 15 and February 13, 2025. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requests recommendations for improving the overall quality of the inventory report to be finalized in April 2025, as well as subsequent inventory reports.

📜NARA Information Collection Activities

We have submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval to continue to use three currently approved information collections. People use the first information collection to request permission to film, photograph, or videotape at a NARA facility for news purposes. People use the second information collection to request permission to use NARA facilities for events in the Washington, DC, area, at a Federal records center, or at a Presidential library. People use the third information collection to request their name be placed on a list of independent researchers who perform freelance research for hire in the Washington, DC, area. We invite you to comment on the proposed information collections.

🐟South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Public Meeting Notice

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of the Ad Hoc For-Hire Reporting Advisory Panel in January.

⚖️Withdrawal of Proposed Rule on Child Support Services Impact

This document withdraws a proposed rule that was published in the Federal Register on September 26, 2023. The proposed rule would have amended the Child Support Services Program to be inclusive of all family structures served by the child support services program.

📋Withdrawal of Proposed Rule on Preventive Services Coverage

This document withdraws a notice of proposed rulemaking that appeared in the Federal Register on October 28, 2024, regarding coverage of certain preventive services under the Affordable Care Act.

💼Notice of Closed Meeting for National Institute of Mental Health Grants

⚖️FCC Announces 2025 Civil Penalties Adjustments for Businesses

The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act) requires the Federal Communications Commission to revise its forfeiture penalty rules to reflect annual adjustments for inflation in order to improve their effectiveness and maintain their deterrent effect. The Inflation Adjustment Act provides that the new penalty levels shall apply to penalties assessed after the effective date of the increase, including when the penalties whose associated violation predate the increase.

📈New VFC Program Amendments

This document contains an amended and restated Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program) under title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they voluntarily correct eligible transactions in a manner that meets the requirements of the Program. The amendments to the Program simplify and expand the VFC Program to make the Program easier to use and more useful for employers and others who wish to avail themselves of the relief provided. Specifically, the Program amendments add a self-correction feature for delinquent transmittal of participant contributions and loan repayments to a pension plan under certain circumstances; clarify some existing transactions eligible for correction under the Program; expand the scope of other transactions currently eligible for correction; and simplify certain administrative or procedural requirements for participation in and correction of transactions under the VFC Program. In addition, the amendments implement section 305(b)(2) and (3) of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0 Act) by adding a self-correction feature for certain participant loan failures self-corrected under the Internal Revenue Service's Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System (as described in Rev. Proc. 2021-30, or any successor guidance) (IRS's EPCRS).

🚗New Regulatory Framework for ADS and Vehicle Safety by NHTSA

This document proposes a voluntary framework for the evaluation and oversight of motor vehicles equipped with automated driving systems (ADS). The ADS-equipped Vehicle Safety, Transparency, and Evaluation Program (AV STEP) would establish a national program for ADS-equipped vehicles that operate or may operate on public roads in the United States under NHTSA's oversight with the goal of improving public transparency related to the safety of certain ADS-equipped vehicles, while allowing for responsible development of this technology. This proposal includes procedures for application, participation, public reporting, and program administration. It identifies content requirements for applications, including independent assessments of ADS safety processes, such as the safety cases used and conformance to industry standards. These application requirements will inform NHTSA's decisions on terms and conditions for participation. The proposal also contains reporting requirements for participants, including periodic and event-triggered reporting.

📜FERC Proposes Rescindment of Systems of Records Notice

Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular No. A-108, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) proposes to rescind two existing systems of records notices (SORNs). The Rescindment of System of Records Notice identifies the systems of records and explains why each is being rescinded.