🌊Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations Impacting Business Compliance
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 current effective community number is shown in the table below and must be used for all new policies and renewals.
Learn More⛏️Rescission of Mining Assessment Work Regulations by BLM
This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations addressing areas subject to special mining laws, O&C Lands.
Learn More🇭🇳Business Implications of Honduras TPS Termination Announcement
Through this notice, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announces that the Secretary of Homeland Security (Secretary) is terminating the designation of Honduras for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Honduras is set to expire on July 5, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate U.S. Government agencies, the Secretary has determined that conditions in Honduras no longer support its designation for TPS. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the TPS designation of Honduras as required by statute. This termination is effective September 8, 2025. After September 8, 2025, nationals of Honduras (and aliens having no nationality who last habitually resided in Honduras) who have been granted TPS under Honduras' designation will no longer have TPS.
Learn More🎣Temporary Closure of Pacific Cod Fishing in Gulf of Alaska
NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the 2025 total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod by vessels using jig gear in the Central Regulatory Area of the GOA.
Learn More🔩U.S. Duties on Steel Threaded Rod Imports
The International Trade Commission determined that revoking countervailing and antidumping duties on carbon and alloy steel threaded rods from select countries would likely lead to material injury to U.S. industries. The review was initiated based on existing regulations and underscores the ongoing scrutiny of international trade impacts on domestic markets.
Learn More📦Countervailing Duty Investigations on Hardwood Plywood Imports
The Department of Commerce has initiated countervailing duty investigations for hardwood and decorative plywood imports from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. The investigations aim to determine if these products benefit from foreign subsidies, potentially impacting U.S. businesses. The scope includes compliance stipulations and deadlines for parties involved in the trade of these wood products.
Learn More🌿Increase in Native Spearmint Oil Salable Quantity and Allotment
This final rule implements a recommendation from the Far West Spearmint Oil Administrative Committee (Committee) to revise the quantity of Class 3 (Native) spearmint oil that handlers may purchase from, or handle on behalf of, producers in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon and parts of Nevada and Utah (Far West) for the 2024-2025 marketing year, which began on June 1, 2024. This action increases the 2024-2025 marketing year Native spearmint oil salable quantity from 678,980 pounds to 731,220 pounds, and the allotment percentage from 26 percent to 28 percent.
Learn More💰Proposed Rescissions' Impact on International Assistance Programs
Pursuant to section 1014(d) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, enclosed for publication in the Federal Register is a special message from the President reflecting the proposals for rescission under section 1012 of that Act that were transmitted to the Congress for consideration on June 3, 2025. In total, these proposals would rescind $9.4 billion in budget authority. These proposed rescissions affect programs of the Department of State, as well as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Institute of Peace, and other International Assistance Programs. If enacted, these rescissions would decrease Federal outlays in the affected accounts by the same amount; this would have a commensurate effect on the Federal budget deficit and the national economy, and would result in less borrowing from the Federal Treasury.
Learn More💵Proposed Changes to Hennepin NAF Wage Area and Business Impacts
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to abolish the Hennepin, Minnesota, nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and define most of its counties to the nearest NAF FWS wage areas. Those counties without NAF FWS employment would no longer be defined to a NAF wage area. These changes are necessary because NAF FWS employment in the survey area has been declining, and the local activities no longer have the capability to conduct local wage surveys.
Learn More⛏️Economic Impact Analysis Notice by Export-Import Bank
Pursuant to the Charter of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, this notice is to inform the public that the Export- Import Bank of the United States has received an application for a $1,000 million long-term direct loan to support the export of approximately $556 million worth of mining equipment and services to Pakistan. The U.S. exports will enable the copper-gold mining project in Pakistan to establish a projected average production capacity of c.800 kdmt per annum of copper concentrate, leading to an expected output of c.220 kt of copper and c.310 koz of gold per year for Phase 1 of the project during the first ten years (100% basis, excluding 2028 ramp-up year). Available information indicates that the copper concentrate will likely be sold to smelters in other OECD jurisdictions, including Japan, Korea, Germany, Sweden, and Finland.
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