🛢️Streamlining Hazardous Materials Permit Renewals for Businesses
This NPRM streamlines the Hazardous Materials Regulations by allowing a grantee to file an application to renew a special permit or approval any time before its expiration date rather than requiring the application to be filed 60 days in advance.
Learn More💻Proposed Rule for Electronic Payments in Hazardous Materials Registration
PHMSA proposes to modernize the payment system for hazardous materials registration to require electronic submissions via the Department of Transportation (DOT) e-Commerce internet site and eliminate the option to pay using a paper check. This revision is intended to increase government efficiency by eliminating the burdens associated with processing paper checks from the regulatory community.
Learn More🚧Pipeline Safety Standards Update
This DFR amends PHMSA's regulations to incorporate by reference the updated industry standard ASTM F2767, Specification for Electrofusion Type Polyamide-12 Fittings for Outside Diameter Controlled Polyamide-12 Pipe and Tubing for Gas Distribution. This updated standard will maintain or improve public safety, prevent regulatory confusion, reduce compliance burdens on stakeholders, and satisfy a mandate in the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) of 1995.
Learn More🔋TVA's Clinch River Nuclear Site Construction Permit Notice by NRC
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is providing public notice each week for four consecutive weeks of receipt and availability of an application for a construction permit (CP) from Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the Clinch River Nuclear Site in Roane County, Tennessee. The application, proposing to construct a GE- Hitachi BWRX-300 reactor, was received in two parts on April 25 and May 20, 2025. This notice is being provided to make the public and other stakeholders aware that the CP application is available for inspection.
Learn More📦Proposed Rule to Reduce Costs for Hazardous Materials Shipments
This NPRM proposes to remove undue regulatory burdens by allowing for a reduced sized marking for limited quantity shipments of hazardous materials.
Learn More🏦Regulatory Notice on Bank Holding Companies Mergers and Acquisitions
The Federal Reserve System issued a notice concerning the applications for the formation, acquisition, and merger of bank holding companies. It outlines the process for public commentary on these applications and the relevant regulatory framework. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments to influence the decision-making process regarding these financial transactions.
Learn More🌾Proposed Rule to Reduce Hazardous Materials Training Burdens for Farmers
This NPRM proposes to streamline the exceptions for in-depth security training requirements for farmers by raising the dollar amount of the exception threshold to account for inflation.
Learn More🛡️Proposed OSHA Revisions to 13 Carcinogens Regulation Impacting Businesses
This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's 13 Carcinogens standard and better aligns this standard with OSHA's respiratory protection standard.
Learn More📉Proposed Rule to Remove COVID-19 Recordkeeping in Healthcare
OSHA is proposing to remove OSHA's COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard and its associated recordkeeping and reporting provisions from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Learn More🚂Proposed Rule on Enforcement Discretion by the FRA
This proposed rule would clarify that FRA's Office of the Chief Counsel has discretion to decline or dismiss a violation, such as a technical violation where challenged conduct does not raise a practical safety issue.
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