🎣Correction to Fishery Management Plans for U.S. Virgin Islands
NMFS corrects the final rule that implemented management measures described in the Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John Fishery Management Plans (collectively, island-based FMPs), which published in the Federal Register on September 13, 2022. Among other measures, the final rule revised species tables in Appendix A to part 622 and inadvertently removed banded rudderfish from the South Atlantic snapper-grouper species table. The purpose of this correcting amendment is to fix this inadvertent error.
Learn More🌊Permit Issued for Pillar Coral Restoration in Puerto Rico
Notice is hereby given that the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources (PRDNER), San Jos[eacute] Industrial Park, 1375 Ave. Ponce de Le[oacute]n, San Juan, PR 00926 (Responsible Party: Nilda Jimenez-Marrero, Ph.D.) has been issued a permit to take pillar coral (Dendrogyra cylindrus) for purposes of enhancement.
Learn More📡Changes in Utility Broadband Alliance Membership Notice
The Department of Justice issues a notice regarding membership changes in the Utility Broadband Alliance, Inc. under the National Cooperative Research and Production Act. The notice involves the addition of several companies to the alliance, while others have withdrawn, highlighting shifts in the strategic partnerships within the telecommunications sector.
Learn More🏘️Implications of Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Revisions
This interim final rule revises HUD's regulation governing the Fair Housing Act's mandate that the Secretary administer HUD's program and activities in a manner that affirmatively furthers fair housing. This interim final rule returns to the original understanding of what the statutory AFFH certification was prior to 1994--a general commitment that grantees will take active steps to promote fair housing. Grantee AFFH certifications will be deemed sufficient provided they took any action during the relevant period rationally related to promoting fair housing, such as helping eliminate housing discrimination. This interim final rule does not, however, reinstate the obligation to conduct an Analysis of Impediments or mandate any specific fair housing planning mechanism; program participants must continue to affirmatively further fair housing as and to the extent required by the Fair Housing Act.
Learn More📡FCC Modifies Letters of Credit Requirements for Broadband Support
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the Commission) makes targeted modifications to the requirements for letters of credit (LOCs) that recipients of Universal Service Fund (USF) high-cost support awarded through a competitive process must obtain.
Learn More📅Notice of Public Meetings for Puerto Rico 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 three panel briefings of the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene virtually by web conference to receive testimony on the civil rights impacts of the Insular Cases and the Non-Incorporation Doctrine on the Residents of Puerto Rico.
Learn More🌎Application for Foreign-Trade Zone Expansion in Puerto Rico
The Department of Commerce’s Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received an application for the expansion of Subzone 7F by Puerto Rico Energy LLC. This notice outlines the request for additional acreage at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, intended to enhance trade operations in the region. Public comments are invited during the specified period.
Learn More⚡Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Initiates Hydroelectric Licensing
The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has announced the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's intention to file a license application for the Río Blanco Hydroelectric Project. This notice includes details about the project, its location, required regulatory consultations, and the proposed traditional licensing process, inviting stakeholder engagement in the preliminary phases.
Learn More🌧️SBA Disaster Assistance Loan Amendments for Puerto Rico Businesses
This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (FEMA-4850-DR), dated November 27, 2024. Incident: Tropical Storm Ernesto.
Learn More💊Proposed Production Activity Notification for Lilly del Caribe, Inc.
Lilly del Caribe, Inc. submitted a notification to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board regarding a proposed production activity for pharmaceutical products in Carolina, Puerto Rico. The notice outlines the specific foreign-status materials involved and invites public comment on the proposal, detailing potential benefits associated with conducting production under FTZ procedures.
Learn More