Rule 1 Aug 2025 energy, bureau of land management, regulation, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, coal, mines, federal law, royalties

💰Changes to Federal Coal Royalty Rates Effective 2025

This direct final rule (DFR) revises existing Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations pertaining to coal royalties to effectuate changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB) enacted on July 4, 2025.

Learn More
Notice 1 Aug 2025 compliance, regulation, securities, nyse arca, etf, crypto

📈Proposed Rule Change for Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF

The Securities and Exchange Commission has addressed a proposed rule change by NYSE Arca to list and trade shares of the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index ETF. The document outlines multiple rounds of approval and public comment periods, indicating the ongoing regulatory review process and potential market implications for securities trading.

Learn More
Notice 1 Aug 2025 compliance, regulation, law enforcement, closed meeting, federal trade commission

⚖️FTC Announces Closed Meeting for Law Enforcement Matter

Please take notice that the Federal Trade Commission ("Commission") has scheduled a meeting, which will be closed to the public, for the consideration of a law enforcement matter.

Learn More
Notice 1 Aug 2025 commerce, trade, international trade, regulation, china, countervailing duty, l-lysine

📈Postponement of CVD Investigation for L-Lysine from China

The U.S. Department of Commerce has postponed the preliminary determination date in the countervailing duty investigation concerning L-lysine imports from the People's Republic of China. This decision follows a request by the Lysine Fair Trade Coalition seeking additional time to gather information regarding the investigation, affecting import compliance and trade dynamics.

Learn More
Rule 1 Aug 2025 compliance, environmental protection, regulation, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, penalties, investigations, environmental impact statements, oil and gas exploration, department of the interior, pipelines, continental shelf, bsee, offshore energy, sulphur operations

⚒️BSEE Removes Outdated Sulphur Operations Regulations

The Department of the Interior (DOI or Department), through the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), is rescinding the majority of the provisions in its sulphur operations subpart and revising the subpart by applying other available regulatory requirements for similar operations to sulphur operations in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The existing regulations are outdated, duplicative of, or inconsistent with, other Department regulations. This direct final rule provides consistency and clarity to industry regarding regulatory requirements for sulphur operations by aligning the requirements with the Department's other BSEE-administered regulations.

Learn More
Notice 1 Aug 2025 regulation, financial services, securities exchange, nasdaq, market makers

📊Nasdaq Proposes Changes to SQF Port Fees for Market Makers

The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a notice regarding Nasdaq's proposed rule change to limit the number of Specialized Quote Feed (SQF) Ports Market Makers can subscribe to, from an unlimited allocation to a maximum of 250 ports per month. This regulation aims to enhance market efficiency and secure a stable trading environment while ensuring compliance among Market Makers.

Learn More
Notice 31 Jul 2025 compliance, information collection, regulation, transportation, phmsa, pipeline safety

🛢️Pipeline Safety Information Collection Activities

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the two information collection requests abstracted below are being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the information collections was published on May 7, 2025.

Learn More
Notice 31 Jul 2025 bureau of land management, regulation, land management, alaska, survey plats

📍Survey Plats Filing in Alaska

The plats of survey of lands described in this notice are scheduled to be officially filed in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, Anchorage, Alaska. The surveys, which were executed at the request of the BLM, are necessary for the management of these lands.

Learn More
Notice 31 Jul 2025 information collection, regulation, homeland security, fema, national flood insurance program

🌊Notice on National Flood Insurance Program Information Collection

On Friday, June 6, 2025, FEMA published in the Federal Register a 60-Day notice of revision and request for comments for an information collection concerning the Office of the Flood Insurance Advocate's (OFIA) Ask the Advocate web form and the removal of two instruments that are no longer needed. This notice provides a correction to this information to be used in lieu of the information published June 6, 2025.

Learn More
Notice 31 Jul 2025 agriculture, regulation, new mexico, energy development, texas, land acquisition, wildlife refuge

🌳Withdrawal of Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge Land Protection Plan

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the final Land Protection Plan (LPP) for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) approved on June 15, 2023. Hereafter, the Service will take no actions to acquire lands within the acquisition boundary created by the now withdrawn Muleshoe NWR LPP. The Service has determined that withdrawing the proposal is justified to support President Trump's Executive Order (E.O.) 14154 of January 20, 2025, "Unleashing American Energy." The withdrawal of the LPP will ensure America's lands continue to support energy development, agriculture production, and our local economies.

Learn More