Rule 20 May 2025 household appliances, business regulation, administrative practice and procedure, intergovernmental relations, confidential business information, walk-in coolers, imports, small businesses, department of energy, energy conservation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, compliance

❄️DOE Withdraws Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers

Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, this document withdraws a disapproved final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2024. The final rule would have established amended energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers.

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Rule 20 May 2025 household appliances, administrative practice and procedure, intergovernmental relations, confidential business information, regulatory compliance, gas appliances, imports, small businesses, department of energy, energy conservation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, appliance standards

🚰Energy Conservation Standards for Gas-Fired Water Heaters Withdrawn

Pursuant to the Congressional Review Act, this document withdraws a disapproved final rule that was published in the Federal Register on December 26, 2024. The final rule would have established amended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters.

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Notice 20 May 2025 countervailing duties, trade, antidumping, imports, business operations, compliance, regulation

🏭Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Reviews

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has received requests to conduct administrative reviews of various antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with April anniversary dates. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are initiating those administrative reviews.

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Rule 14 May 2025 customs compliance, ethnological materials, imports, customs duties and inspection, u.s. customs and border protection, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, lebanon, import restrictions, archaeological materials

🏺Emergency Import Restrictions on Lebanese Cultural Materials

This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of emergency import restrictions on categories of archaeological and ethnological material of Lebanon, pursuant to a determination made by the United States Department of State under the terms of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. The emergency import restrictions will be in effect until January 23, 2029, unless extended. This document contains the Designated List of Archaeological and Ethnological Material of Lebanon that describes the types of objects or categories of archaeological and ethnological material to which the import restrictions apply.

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Proposed Rule 12 May 2025 animals, usda, agricultural commodities, mushrooms, seals and insignia, pet food, administrative practice and procedure, labeling, organically produced products, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, fees, plants, organic, archives and records, soil conservation, regulatory compliance, agriculture, imports, livestock

🍄Proposed Rescind of National Organic Program for Mushrooms & Pet Food

AMS is proposing to rescind the rule and regulations issued on December 23, 2024, titled, "National Organic Program; Market Development for Mushrooms and Pet Food."

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Rule 7 May 2025 miscellaneous gas products, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, confidential business information, administrative practice and procedure, regulation, imports, doe, energy conservation, household appliances, intergovernmental relations, small businesses, consumer products

🔥Withdrawal of Coverage Determination for Miscellaneous Gas Products

DOE is withdrawing its prior determination that miscellaneous gas products ("MGPs"), which include decorative hearths and outdoor heaters, qualify as covered products under Part A of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA").

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Rule 5 May 2025 cultural property, customs, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, import restrictions, trade regulations, customs duties and inspection, imports, uzbekistan, archaeological materials

🏺New Import Restrictions on Archaeological Materials from Uzbekistan

This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on certain archaeological and ethnological materials from the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan). These restrictions are imposed pursuant to an agreement between the United States and Uzbekistan, entered into under the authority of the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act. This document amends the CBP regulations by adding Uzbekistan to the list of countries which have bilateral agreements with the United States imposing cultural property import restrictions and contains the Designated List, describing the archaeological and ethnological material to which the restrictions apply.

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Rule 2 May 2025 tariffs, imports, import regulations, business and industry, confidential business information, section 232, national security, administrative practice and procedure, aluminum, commerce, classified information, steel, investigations

🏗️New Section 232 Tariff Inclusion Procedures for Steel and Aluminum

On February 10, 2025, the President issued Proclamations 10895, "Adjusting Imports of Aluminum into The United States" (Aluminum Proclamation), and 10896, "Adjusting Imports of Steel into the United States" (Steel Proclamation), imposing specified rates of duty on imports of aluminum and steel articles and certain derivative steel and aluminum articles, respectively (collectively, the Inclusions Proclamations). The Inclusions Proclamations also required the Secretary of Commerce to establish a process for including additional derivative aluminum and steel articles within the scope of the ad valorem duties. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), in this interim final rule (IFR), establishes the process for including additional derivative aluminum and steel articles within the scope of the ad valorem duties authorized by the President under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). This IFR also removes the aluminum and steel exclusions process authorized by clause 3 of the March 18, 2018, Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 9705 (collectively, the Exclusions Proclamations).

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Notice 25 Apr 2025 national security, regulatory compliance, trade, u.s. department of commerce, critical minerals, imports

🪨Public Comment Request on Critical Minerals National Security Investigation

On April 22, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of processed critical minerals as well as their derivative products. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.

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Notice 25 Apr 2025 trade regulation, alkyl phosphate esters, international trade administration, china, imports, countervailing duties

📦Countervailing Duty Determination on Alkyl Phosphate Esters from China

The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain alkyl phosphate esters (alkyl phosphate esters) from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.

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