🚆PNWR Railroad Lease Exemption
The Surface Transportation Board has approved Portland & Western Railroad's exemption to lease and operate several rail lines in Oregon from Union Pacific Railroad. This includes details on interchange commitments and lease amendments, highlighting regulatory compliance and operational projections essential for stakeholders in the transportation sector.
Learn More🌲Northeast Oregon Forests Advisory Committee Meeting Announcement
The Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a public meeting according to the details shown below. The committee is authorized under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (the Act) and operates in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The purpose of the committee is to improve collaborative relationships and to provide advice and recommendations to the Forest Service concerning projects and funding consistent with Title II of the Act, as well as make recommendations on recreation fee proposals for sites on the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests within Baker, Grant, Harney, Morrow, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties, consistent with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.
Learn More🏭Notification of Proposed Production Activity for FTZ 45
The Department of Commerce's Foreign-Trade Zones Board has announced a proposed production activity for SSI Shredding Systems, Inc., expanding its operations in Oregon. The notification includes specific foreign-status materials and finished products, inviting public comment and emphasizing compliance with trade regulations related to duty rates and foreign status.
Learn More🗓️Notice of Public Meeting by Oregon Advisory Committee
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) that the Oregon Advisory Committee (Committee) to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a virtual business meeting via ZoomGov on Monday, April 28, 2025, from 12 p.m.-1:00 p.m. PT. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss potential topics for the Committee's first project.
Learn More🏦FDIC Notice
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announces the termination of Receiverships for the First Bank of Beverly Hills and Liberty Bank, effective April 1, 2025. This release of the banks from Receivership allows them to resume independent operations. The FDIC has authorized necessary actions to complete these transitions.
Learn More🦭Renewal of Pinniped Permit
On August 21, 2024, NMFS received an application pursuant to section 120(f) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, on behalf of their respective states; the Nez Perce Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation; and the Willamette Committee (hereafter "eligible entities"). In their application, the eligible entities requested that NMFS renew their August 14, 2020, MMPA section 120(f) permit (which expires on August 14, 2025) for an additional five years to intentionally take, by lethal methods, individually identifiable California sea lions (CSL) (Zalophus californianus) and Steller sea lions (SSL) (Eumetopias jubatus: Eastern stock) that are located in the main stem of the Columbia River between river mile 112 (I-205 bridge) and McNary Dam (river mile 292), or in any tributary to the Columbia River that includes spawning habitat of threatened or endangered salmon or steelhead (Onchorynchus spp.) (hereafter "geographic area"). The eligible entities seek no changes to the terms and conditions in the August 14, 2020, permit, other than to renew the existing permit for a five-year period that would begin on the date of issuance of the permit.
Learn More🪨Regulatory Notice
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon Historical Society (OHS) has completed an inventory of human remains and determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed during an excavation immediately west of the Willamette Hotel in Salem, Oregon.
Learn More🌊Proposed Incidental Take Regulations for Marine Mammals in California & Oregon
NMFS has received a request from University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) for Incidental Take Regulations (ITR) and an associated Letter of Authorization (LOA) pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take of marine mammals over 5 years (2025-2030) incidental to the Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe) rocky intertidal monitoring surveys along the Oregon and California coasts. NMFS requests public comments on this proposed rule. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the promulgation of the requested ITR and issuance of the LOA.
Learn More🔥Administrative Disaster Declaration in Oregon - Financial Assistance Available
This is a notice of an Administrative disaster declaration of a rural area for the State of Oregon dated March 13, 2025. Incident: Wildfires.
Learn More🏞️Notice of Inventory Completion Under NAGPRA - Deschutes National Forest
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Deschutes National Forest has 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.
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