🍊Texas Citrus Industry Sees Assessment Rate Increase for 2024-2025
This final rule implements a recommendation from the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2024-2025 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.03 to $0.04 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges and grapefruit grown in Texas. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Learn More🌾Analysis of Crop Insurance Regulation Changes and Business Impact
Risk Management Agency (RMA), on behalf of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), is in the process of reviewing all regulations within its purview to reduce regulatory burdens and costs. Pursuant to this review, FCIC has identified obsolete, unnecessary, and outdated provisions in title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulation (CFR). FCIC is removing these provisions to streamline and clarify the dictates of title 7. The changes in this rule will reduce confusion for FCIC customers but otherwise the changes will have no impacts to insurance coverage for past or present FCIC customers.
Learn More🎣Notice of SEDAR 90 Assessment Webinar for South Atlantic Fisheries
The SEDAR 90 assessment process of South Atlantic red snapper will consist of a Data Workshop, a series of assessment webinars, and a Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Learn More📊SAMHSA's Proposed Collection of Service Delivery Feedback
The Department of Health and Human Services, through SAMHSA, invites comments on its proposed collection of qualitative feedback to improve service delivery. This initiative aims to enhance customer satisfaction by soliciting input from stakeholders through various collection methods, ultimately contributing to more effective program management and communication.
Learn More⛏️2025 Draft List of Critical Minerals and Its Business Impact
The United States remains heavily dependent on imports of certain mineral commodities that are vital to the Nation's economic and national security interests. This dependency has the potential to create strategic vulnerabilities arising from adverse foreign actions, pandemics, natural disasters, or other events that can disrupt the supply of critical minerals. The Department of the Interior (DOI) published Lists of Critical Minerals in 2018 \1\ and 2022.\2\ Section 7002 of the Energy Act of 2020 requires the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to update the List of Critical Minerals every three years. This is a Notice of an opportunity to comment on the 2025 draft List of Critical Minerals.
Learn More📡New FCC Rules to Accelerate Broadband Deployment and Compliance
In this document, a Fifth Report and Order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules ensuring greater collaboration and cooperation between utilities and attachers, establishing a timeline for large pole attachment requests, revising and improving the pole attachment timeline, and establishing a deadline for the contractor approval process. In addition, the Commission denies in part and grants in part a Petition for Clarification and/or Reconsideration from the Edison Electric Institute of portions of the Commission's December 2023 Fourth Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Finally, the Commission denies a Petition for Reconsideration from the Coalition of Concerned Utilities of a portion of the Fourth Report and Order.
Learn More🏦SEC Notice on Co-Investment for Business Development Companies
The SEC has issued a notice regarding the application from ISQ OpenInfra Income Fund and associated firms, seeking an order that would allow certain business development companies to co-invest in portfolio companies. This application aims to address joint transactions that are currently prohibited under the Investment Company Act of 1940, requiring potential authorization from the SEC.
Learn More⚖️Notice of Scope Ruling Applications in Antidumping and CVD Proceedings
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received scope ruling applications, requesting that scope inquiries be conducted to determine whether identified products are covered by the scope of antidumping duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) orders and that Commerce issue scope rulings pursuant to those inquiries. In accordance with Commerce's regulations, we are notifying the public of the filing of the scope ruling applications listed below in the month of July 2025.
Learn More⚡Combined Notice of Natural Gas Pipeline Rate Filings and Requirements
The Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issues a combined notice regarding natural gas pipeline rate and refund report filings. It includes important details about compliance filings, comment deadlines, and procedures for public participation in regulatory processes surrounding natural gas pricing.
Learn More🛢️ANR Pipeline Company Project Notice and Intervention Deadline
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has published a notice regarding ANR Pipeline Company’s request for authorization to construct new injection/withdrawal wells at the Goodwell Storage Field in Michigan. The project aims to restore lost deliverability and enhance reliability within the field, with a public participation process outlined for interested stakeholders.
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