⚡Loveland Area Projects Rate Order
The formula rates for the Rocky Mountain region's (RMR) Loveland Area Projects (LAP) transmission and ancillary services for RMR's costs to be recovered under the Southwest Power Pool's (SPP) Open Access Transmission Tariff (Tariff) should RMR decide to become a member of SPP, have been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis (Provisional Formula Rates). If RMR decides to become a member of SPP, these new formula rates under Rate Schedules LAPT-ATRR (transmission), LAPT-DCTIE-IMEU (incremental market efficiency use share), and LAPT-AS1 (scheduling, system control, and dispatch) will supersede the existing formula rates for transmission and ancillary services under Rate Schedules L-NT1, L-FPT1, L-NFPT1, L-NFJDT, L-UU1, L-AS1, L-AS2, L-AS3, L-AS4, L-AS5, L-AS6, L-AS7, and L-AS9, which expire on September 30, 2026.
Learn More📦Comment Deadline Extension for Postal Rate Regulation Changes
The Postal Service filed a Motion requesting an extension of the comment deadline in this proceeding. The Commission grants the Motion and adds a reply comment deadline.
Learn More⚖️New DHS Civil Penalties Framework for Immigration Violations
This interim final rule ("IFR") amends existing DHS and DOJ regulations. It provides exclusive DHS procedures for the issuance of civil monetary penalties under the Immigration and Nationality Act for aliens who fail to depart voluntarily during the voluntary departure period, willfully fail or refuse to depart after a final removal order and certain other proscribed activities, or are apprehended while improperly entering or attempting to enter the United States. The IFR also transfers the appeals process for these penalties from DOJ's Board of Immigration Appeals to DHS.
Learn More💰Estate Tax Closing Letter Fee Update - Regulatory Corrections
The document corrects fee calculations related to estate tax closing letters by the Internal Revenue Service, specifically addressing inaccuracies in previously published figures. It outlines necessary adjustments to ensure accurate reporting of costs, crucial for entities involved in estate management and compliance.
Learn More🌾Simplifying Agriculture Regulations
FSA is in the process of reviewing all regulations within its purview to reduce regulatory burdens and costs. Pursuant to this review, FSA has identified the following obsolete, unnecessary, and outdated provisions in title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR). FSA is removing these provisions to streamline and clarify the dictates of title 7. The changes in this rule will have no impacts on past or present FSA customers.
Learn More⚖️Inventory Completion Notice Under NAGPRA for Human Remains
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District and University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Learn More💧Notice on Water Quality Certification Application for Hydro Kennebec, LLC
The Department of Energy announces the receipt of a water quality certification request from Hydro Kennebec, LLC for a project regulated under the Clean Water Act. The Maine DEP has one year to act on the request, or the authority to review is waived, detailing crucial compliance timelines for the involved parties.
Learn More🚫OFAC Sanctions Notice
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria 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. Additionally, OFAC is updating the identifying information of one person currently included on the SDN List.
Learn More📄Maximum Fee Limit for Social Security Representation Announced
SSA is retaining in part and rescinding in part the Federal Register Notice (FRN) that we published on May 10, 2024. With the publication of this Notice the $9,200 fee cap will remain in effect, and we will only publish a notice in the Federal Register when increasing the fee cap, as the Social Security Act (Act) requires.
Learn More⚖️Executive Order on Immigration and Sanctuary Jurisdictions
Executive Order 14287 addresses the enforcement of federal immigration laws and the designation of sanctuary jurisdictions that obstruct these laws. It mandates federal departments to take action against these jurisdictions, including potential financial consequences and legal remedies to ensure compliance with U.S. laws.
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