Regulatory Compliance, Business Operations 16 Jan 2025 regulation, postal service, shipping, business contracts, negotiation

📦Notification of USPS Priority Mail and Ground Advantage Changes

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Regulatory Compliance, Industry Standards 16 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, exemption, federal motor carrier safety administration, commercial driver's license, daimler, trucking industry

🚚Daimler Trucks Granted CDL Exemption for Foreign Drivers in 2024

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announces its final decision to grant a 5-year exemption to Daimler Trucks North America, LLC (Daimler) for six drivers who hold foreign commercial licenses from the requirement to hold a commercial driver's license (CDL) issued by a U.S. State when operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). This exemption will permit the six drivers to test-drive Daimler vehicles on U.S. roads to better understand product requirements in "real-world" environments and verify results. FMCSA reviewed the drivers' commercial license records provided by Daimler and believes the requirements for a German commercial license, the work restrictions imposed on Daimler drivers by their nonimmigrant visas, and the terms and conditions set forth below, will ensure that Daimler's operation under this exemption will likely achieve a level of safety equivalent to or greater than the level that would be achieved in the absence of the exemption.

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Compliance, Economic Development, Regulatory Changes 16 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, aviation, faa, incorporation by reference, colorado, airspace, navigation (air), cortez

✈️Proposed Class E Airspace Amendments at Cortez Municipal Airport

This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace designated as a surface area, modify the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface, and establish Class E airspace designated as an extension to a Class E surface area at Cortez Municipal Airport, Cortez, CO. Additionally, this action proposes administrative amendments to update the airport's legal descriptions. These actions would support the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 16 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, transportation, safety, permits, business, hazardous materials

⚠️Hazardous Materials Special Permit Applications Notice - 2025

In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the application described herein.

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Regulatory Notice, Automotive Safety 16 Jan 2025 regulation, vehicle safety, nhtsa, transportation, automotive

🚗NHTSA Denies Defect Petition for 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC300

This notice sets forth the reasons for the denial of a defect petition, DP23-003, submitted on July 2, 2023, by Aldelberto A. Cordova (the "Petitioner") to NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). The petition requests that NHTSA (the "Agency") investigate an alleged defect in the "ISG 48-volt on-board electrical system," which resulted in a warning light illumination and an inability to start the Petitioner's 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC300. The Petitioner further requested a recall for 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC300 vehicles based on this issue. After conducting a technical review of the Petitioner's submissions, reviewing complaints related to MY 2023 Mercedes-Benz GLC300 warning light illumination as well as the inability to start a vehicle, and reviewing information provided by Mercedes-Benz regarding the ISG 48-volt system, NHTSA has concluded that the issues raised by the petition do not warrant a defect investigation at this time. Accordingly, the Agency has denied the petition.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 16 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, environmental, chemicals, epa, tsca, risk management, surveys

⚖️EPA Notice on TSCA Information Collection and Compliance Requirements

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), TSCA Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management; Generic ICR for Surveys, (EPA ICR Number 2585.02 and OMB Control Number 2070-0218) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through February 28, 2025. Public comments were previously requested via the Federal Register on May 15, 2024. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.

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Regulatory Compliance, Transportation, Hazardous Materials 16 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, transportation, dot, hazardous materials, special permits

⚠️Notice on Modifications to Hazardous Materials Special Permits

In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the application described herein.

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Compliance, Regulatory Updates 15 Jan 2025 regulation, financial institutions, asset cap, federal housing finance agency, community financial institutions

💼Annual Adjustments to Community Financial Institutions Asset Cap for 2025

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has adjusted the cap on average total assets that is used in determining whether a Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank) member qualifies as a "community financial institution" (CFI) to $1,500,000,000, based on the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Department of Labor (DOL). This change is effective as of January 1, 2025.

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Compliance, Financial Impact 15 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, administrative practice and procedure, civil monetary penalties, inflation adjustment, penalties, department of defense

💼DoD Adjusts Civil Monetary Penalties for Inflation

The DoD is issuing this final rule to adjust each of its statutory civil monetary penalties (CMP) to account for inflation. The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996 and the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (the 2015 Act), requires the head of each agency to adjust for inflation its CMP levels in effect as of November 2, 2015, under a revised methodology that was effective for 2016 and for each year thereafter.

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Compliance, Financial Regulation 15 Jan 2025 market data, regulation, securities, fees, nasdaq, inflation