⚡Comments Requested for Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Project Environmental Review
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announces a scoping period for public comments on the environmental impacts of the proposed Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project by Oglethorpe Power Corporation. The process aims to consider public inputs on environmental effects and alternatives before preparing an environmental document for relicensing the project.
Learn More⚡Spring 2025 Energy Conservation Regulatory Updates
The Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared and is making available its portion of the semi-annual Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Agenda) pursuant to Executive Order 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," reaffirmed E.O. 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," and the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Learn More✈️FAA Final Rule on Airspace Designations and Amendments
This action incorporates certain airspace designation amendments into FAA Order JO 7400.11K, dated August 4, 2025, and effective September 15, 2025, for incorporation by reference.
Learn More🚧Department of Transportation Regulatory Agenda Overview
The Regulatory Agenda of the Department of Transportation (Department) is a semiannual summary of current, projected, and completed rulemakings, as well as reviews of existing regulations. The Regulatory Agenda provides the public with information about the Department's planned regulatory activity for the next 12 months. This information enables the public to participate in the Department's regulatory process more effectively. The public is encouraged to submit comments on any aspect of this Regulatory Agenda.
Learn More📜Correction on Regulations Rescinding Nondiscrimination in Education
The Department of Energy's recent document outlines a correction regarding regulations on nondiscrimination based on sex in educational programs that receive federal financial assistance. This correction clarifies a date error, ensuring precise communication of regulatory timelines. The document does not contain substantive changes to existing regulations.
Learn More📈NYSE Arca Approves Rule Change for Digital Asset Trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved NYSE Arca's proposed rule change, allowing the listing and trading of shares of the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund LLC. This move significantly updates the definition of Trust Units and allows for investments represented by an index or portfolio, enhancing opportunities for digital asset trading on the exchange.
Learn More🚨Mass Influx Finding
The Department of Homeland Security issued a Finding of Mass Influx of Aliens due to ongoing border challenges. This finding, extending regulatory authority to local enforcement, requires immediate federal response to immigration emergencies, emphasizing the administrative strain faced by law enforcement and implications for public safety in all states.
Learn More💵New IRS Regulations on Qualified Tips and Tax Deductions
This document contains proposed regulations that identify occupations that customarily and regularly received tips on or before December 31, 2024, and provide a definition of "qualified tips" for purposes of the income tax deduction for qualified tips. These proposed regulations affect individuals who receive tips as part of their occupation.
Learn More🛡️DoD's Regulatory Agenda
This agenda announces the regulatory and deregulatory actions the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to take in the next 12 months and those regulatory and deregulatory actions completed since the publication of the Fall 2024 Unified Agenda. It was developed under the guidelines of Executive Order 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," and Executive Order 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review." This agenda includes actions that support the Administration's priorities, the Secretary of Defense's top priorities to revive warrior ethos, rebuild our military, reestablish deterrence, as well as those priorities of the National Defense Strategy. These actions include efforts to make America safe, make America affordable and energy dominant, and bring back American values. Members of the public may submit comments on individual proposed and interim final rulemakings at www.regulations.gov during the comment period that follows publication in the Federal Register. This agenda updates the report published on December 13, 2024, and includes regulations expected to be issued or under review by DoD over the next 12 months. The next agenda will publish in the fall of 2025. The complete Unified Agenda will be available online at www.reginfo.gov. In accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), which requires agencies to publish their regulatory flexibility agendas in the Federal Register, the Department of Defense's printed agenda entries in the Federal Register include only: (1) rules that are in the Agency's regulatory flexibility agenda, in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act, because they are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Any rules that the Agency has identified for periodic review under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 610). Although printing of these entries is limited to fields that contain information required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act's agenda requirements, additional information on these entries is in the Unified Agenda available online.
Learn More🌾USDA Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
This agenda provides summary descriptions of significant and not significant regulations being developed in agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in conformance with Executive Orders (E.O.) 12866, "Regulatory Planning and Review," 13563, "Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review," 14192, "Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation," and 14219, "Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative." The agenda also describes regulations affecting small entities as required by section 602 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, Public Law 96-354. This agenda also identifies regulatory actions that are being reviewed in compliance with section 610(c) of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. We invite public comments on those actions as well as any regulation consistent with Executive Order 13563. USDA has attempted to list all regulations and regulatory reviews pending at the time of publication except for minor and routine or repetitive actions, but some may have been inadvertently missed. There is no legal significance to the omission of an item from this listing. Also, the dates shown for the steps of each action are estimated and are not commitments to act on or by the date shown. USDA's complete regulatory agenda is available online at www.reginfo.gov. Because publication in the Federal Register is mandated for the regulatory flexibility agendas required by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602), USDA's printed agenda entries include only: (1) Rules that are likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities; and (2) Rules identified for periodic review under section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
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