🌎SBA's Tribal Consultation on Manufacturing and Trade Initiatives
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announces that it is holding a tribal consultation meeting in Mashantucket, Connecticut requesting comments and input on all issues or concerns relating to any of SBA's programs. Specifically, SBA seeks comments on how SBA best can provide access for tribally owned small businesses to initiatives under its Office of Manufacturing and Trade, with a particular focus on SBA's ongoing onshoring, manufacturing and export initiatives in an effort to encourage small businesses going global. SBA is requesting general comments and input on how these programs are working and is inviting suggestions on potential avenues for improving their efficiency or reducing any unnecessary regulatory burden associated with the programs.
Learn More📦Notice of Complaint and Solicitation of Public Interest Comments
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has received a complaint entitled Certain Open-Ear Earpiece Devices, DN 3851; the Commission is soliciting comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or complainant's filing pursuant to the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure.
Learn More📊FDA Notice on Good Manufacturing Practices for PET Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on collection of information under FDA's current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) regulations for positron emission tomography (PET) drug products. PET is a medical imaging modality involving the use of a unique type of radiopharmaceutical drug product.
Learn More🏭EPA Proposes New VOC Emissions Limit for Ohio Manufacturing
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a May 2, 2025, State Implementation Plan (SIP) submittal from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA). The SIP submittal consists of an alternate control technology emission limit of 5.9 pounds of volatile organic compounds per gallon (lbs VOC/gallon) for RFD Beaufort, Inc.'s life raft manufacturing plant at 1420 Wolf Creek Trail, Wadsworth, Ohio. This limit applies to the facility's nylon reinforced polyurethane adhesive process. The limitation is established through the Ohio SIP for control of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from stationary sources and is listed as an enforceable condition in the facility's operating permit, issued by Ohio EPA on March 25, 2025.
Learn More🌱CPSC Requests Comments on Lawn Mower Safety Standard Renewal
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) requests comments on a proposed extension of approval of information collection requirements associated with the Safety Standard for Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the collection of information under control number 3041-0091. OMB's most recent extension of approval will expire on November 30, 2025. The Commission will consider all comments received in response to this notice before requesting an extension of this collection of information from OMB.
Learn More⚗️TSCA Risk Evaluation Procedures Proposed Amendments by EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, "the Agency") is proposing to amend the procedural framework rule for conducting existing chemical risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). When conducting an existing chemical risk evaluation under TSCA, EPA must determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation identified as relevant to the risk evaluation, under the conditions of use. In this action, EPA proposes to rescind or revise certain 2024 amendments to the procedural framework rule to effectuate the best reading of the statute and ensure that the procedural framework rule does not impede the timely completion of risk evaluations or impair the effective and efficient protection of health and the environment.
Learn More🏭Notification of Production Activity for FTZ 32 - 3nStar, Inc.
The Department of Commerce’s Foreign-Trade Zones Board announced a notification from 3nStar, Inc. regarding proposed production activities in FTZ 32, Doral, Florida. The proposal includes production of duty-free point of sale terminals and various electronic components. Public comments are invited until November 3, 2025, with further details available online.
Learn More💊DEA Adjusts Production Quota for Lisdexamfetamine and d-Amphetamine
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is adjusting the 2025 aggregate production quota for the schedule II controlled substances lisdexamfetamine and d-amphetamine (for conversion). In making this determination, DEA has considered the factors set forth in 21 CFR 1303.13(b) in accordance with 21 U.S.C. 826(a) and is expediting publication of this determination to comply with the timeframes specified in 21 U.S.C. 826(h)(1).
Learn More📊EPA's Proposed Information Collection Request and Compliance Requirements
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit the below listed information collection requests (ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501-3521. Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed ICRs as described below. These are proposed extensions of currently approved ICRs. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Likewise, no person is required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Learn More🥪FDA Proposes Removal of Orange B Color Additive Regulation
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is proposing to issue an order that would remove the color additive regulation that allows for the use of Orange B for coloring the casings or surfaces of frankfurters and sausages. Based on certification data, it appears that Orange B is no longer used for coloring the casings or surfaces of frankfurters and sausages and has not been certified for use as a color additive in food marketed in the United States since 1978. Because the authorized use of Orange B appears to have been abandoned, we have tentatively concluded that this color additive regulation is outdated and unnecessary.
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