🌍Impact of NEPA Procedures Rescission on Business and Compliance
This interim final rule rescinds DON's regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), because the Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) NEPA regulations, which they were meant to supplement, have been rescinded, and because the DoD is promulgating Department-wide NEPA procedures that will guide the Navy's NEPA process. In addition, this interim final rule requests comments on this action.
Learn More📑Overview of Extraordinary Contractual Action Requests Regulations
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to OMB a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding extraordinary contractual action requests.
Learn More🛡️Compliance Requirements for Contractors Performing Security Functions
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to OMB a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding contractors performing private security functions outside the United States.
Learn More🛠️Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive Patent License to ColdQuanta
Pursuant to the Bayh-Dole Act and implementing regulations, the Department of the Air Force hereby gives notice of its intent to grant an exclusive patent license to ColdQuanta, Inc., a Delaware corporation dba Infleqtion, having a place of business at 3030 Sterling Cir., Boulder, CO 80301-2338.
Learn More🌍New NEPA Regulations from Department of Defense in 2025
The Army, Navy and Air Force are rescinding their NEPA implementing regulations in separate interim final rules. The Department will make the Department of Defense National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (DoD NEPA Procedures) available on the website listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice on June 30, 2025.
Learn More🌍Notice of Public Meetings for Environmental Impact Statement in Hawaii
Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and regulations implemented by the DoN and NASA, as joint lead agencies, DoN and NASA have prepared and filed with the United States (U.S.) Environmental Protection Agency a Draft Environmental Impact Statement(EIS) for retaining the use of state lands on Kaua[revaps]i, Hawai[revaps]i (HI) in support current operations that occur on these lands. The Draft EIS includes an analysis of the potential environmental effects associated with the continued long-term DoD use of 8,172 acres of State lands on Kaua[revaps]i for operational continuity and sustainment (in support of continued military training, testing, and facility operations) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), and the continued long-term NASA use of 23 acres of State lands on Kaua[revaps]i in support of continued operations (including measurements of the Earth[revaps]s rotation and local land motion) at the K[omacr]ke[revaps]e Park Geophysical Observatory (KPGO). As the Proposed Action involves State lands, the EIS is a joint NEPA and Hawai[revaps]i Environmental Policy Act (HEPA) (as governed by Hawai[revaps]i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 343), and Hawai[revaps]i Administrative Rules (HAR) (implementing HRS Chapter 343) document; therefore, the public review processes will run concurrently and will jointly meet NEPA and HEPA requirements.
Learn More📝Review of Termination Settlement Proposal Forms by OMB
Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Regulatory Secretariat Division has submitted to OMB a request to review and approve an extension of a previously approved information collection requirement regarding termination settlement proposal forms (Standard Forms 1435-1440).
Learn More✈️FAA Proposes New Restricted Airspace Areas in North Carolina
This action revises an earlier notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that the FAA published in Federal Register on March 20, 2025, by correcting the geographic coordinates of a boundary point in proposed restricted areas R-5305A, R-5305B, and R-5305C; Camp Lejeune, NC. This action continues to propose restricted areas R-5307A, R-5307B, and R- 5307C; Cherry Point, NC. The purpose of this proposal is to create additional restricted area airspace to connect restricted area R-5003, R-5004, and R-5306 complexes to contain hazardous activities such as weapon deployment, non-eye safe lasers, and artillery within larger contiguous restricted area airspace that is required to realistically simulate essential training mission tasks.
Learn More🏥Antitrust Notice for Medical CBRN Defense Consortium Membership Changes
The Department of Justice's Antitrust Division issued a notice regarding membership changes in the Medical CBRN Defense Consortium under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act. The notice includes the addition of new members and intentions for ongoing membership updates, crucial for businesses involved in defense and healthcare research sectors.
Learn More⚓️Notice on Changes in NSTIC Membership and Antitrust Provisions
The Department of Justice published a notice regarding the Naval Surface Technology & Innovation (NSTIC), which informs of new membership additions and a withdrawal, ensuring compliance with antitrust provisions. This notice is significant for businesses involved in cooperative research and production within the naval defense arena, as it outlines ongoing commitments under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act.
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