Notice 20 Mar 2025 bitcoin, securities, financial services, options trading, cryptocurrency, regulation, risk management

💹NYSE Proposes FLEX Options Trading for Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

The SEC is considering a proposed rule change by NYSE American LLC to allow the trading of FLEX options on the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). This move aims to enhance liquidity and provide better risk management options for investors, while ensuring robust surveillance to protect market integrity against manipulation.

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Notice 20 Mar 2025 noaa, business, public meeting, new england, regulation, fisheries

🎣New England Fishery Management Council Public Meeting Notice

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is holding a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) via webinar to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

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Rule 20 Mar 2025 energy conservation, consumer appliances, compliance, regulation, department of energy

🚿Delay of Energy Standards for Gas-Fired Water Heaters Announced

This document further delays the effective date of a recently published final rule amending the energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters.

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Rule 20 Mar 2025 gulf of mexico, fishery, king mackerel, regulation, commercial fishing

🎣2024-2025 Closure of King Mackerel Gillnet Fishery Regulations

NMFS closes commercial harvest of king mackerel using run- around gillnet gear in the southern zone of the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) exclusive economic zone (EEZ). NMFS has determined that the commercial landings of king mackerel harvested by run-around gillnet gear in the southern zone have reached the annual catch limit (ACL). Therefore, NMFS implements an accountability measure (AM) and closes the southern zone to commercial king mackerel fishing using run-around gillnet gear in the Gulf EEZ. This closure is necessary to protect the Gulf king mackerel resource.

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Notice 20 Mar 2025 sustainability, noaa, atlantic herring, fishing, exempted fishing permits, regulation

🎣Notice for Exempted Fishing Permits under Magnuson-Stevens Act

The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. The EFP would allow federally permitted fishing vessels to fish outside fishery regulations in support of exempted fishing activities proposed by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (MA DMF). Regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act require publication of this notification to provide interested parties the opportunity to comment on applications for proposed EFPs.

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Proposed Rule 20 Mar 2025 faa, airspace, incorporation by reference, az, navigation (air), aviation, wickenburg, compliance, regulation

✈️FAA Proposes Class E Airspace Establishment in Wickenburg, AZ

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace at Wickenburg, AZ. The FAA is proposing this action to support new instrument procedures and to support instrument flight rule (IFR) operations.

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Rule 20 Mar 2025 noaa, nmfs, compliance, pacific cod, regulation, bering sea, fisheries

🎣Temporary Pacific Cod Fishing Closure in Bering Sea Announced

NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors using pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). This action is necessary to prevent exceeding the A season apportionment of the 2025 Pacific cod total allowable catch (TAC) allocated to catcher/processors using pot gear in the BSAI.

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Notice 19 Mar 2025 compliance, regulation, federal, energy, environmental, water quality

💧Notice of Water Quality Certification Request Period for PE Hydro

The Department of Energy, through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, issued a notice regarding PE Hydro Generation, LLC's water quality certification request under the Clean Water Act. The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has a reasonable period of one year to act on this request, after which, if no action is taken, the authority is deemed waived.

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Notice 19 Mar 2025 compliance, hydroelectric, regulation, new york, infrastructure, energy

⚡Notice of License Surrender for Kayuta Lake Hydro Project

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted an application from Ampersand Kayuta Lake Hydro LLC for the surrender of its license for the Kayuta Lake Hydroelectric Project. The notice solicits comments and interventions from stakeholders regarding the proposed surrender, environmental implications, and future jurisdiction of the project. The surrender followed the determination that the project would be uneconomic under expected licensing conditions.

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Notice 19 Mar 2025 securities, regulation, options trading, cboe, commodity-based trust shares

📈Cboe Proposes Rule Change for Options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published a notice regarding a proposed rule change by Cboe Exchange, Inc. to amend Rule 4.3, permitting the listing of options on Commodity-Based Trust Shares. This amendment aims to enhance market competition and provide investors with more efficient trading and hedging options in a transparent environment.

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