Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, food safety, military, dod, food vendors

🍽️DoD Announces Compliance Requirements for Food Vendors in 2024

The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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Information Notice 10 Jan 2025 regulations, information collection, public comments, dod, personnel readiness

📄DoD Information Collection Notice and Public Comment Request

The DoD has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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Compliance, Financial Regulation 10 Jan 2025 regulations, royalty payments, copyright, business establishments, sound recordings

📜Ruling Clarifies Gross Proceeds for Business Establishments

The Copyright Royalty Judges publish their ruling on regulatory interpretation in a matter that was referred to them by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The regulation at issue is the definition of "Gross Proceeds" in the rates and terms set forth through settlements in the BES I and BES II proceedings in 37 CFR 384.3(a), which is used when calculating royalty payments paid to SoundExchange, a collective for copyright owners, in relation to digital transmissions of sound recordings pursuant to the statutory license in 17 U.S.C. 112.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, aviation, faa, safety, aircraft, aviation safety, incorporation by reference, air transportation, airworthiness, boeing

✈️FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive for Boeing 757 Airplanes

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain The Boeing Company Model 757 airplanes. This AD was prompted by reports of several occurrences of a power transfer unit (PTU) control valve that failed to open when commanded. This AD requires installing new relays and changing certain wire bundles leading to the PTU control valve. The FAA is issuing this AD to address the unsafe condition on these products.

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Regulatory Notice 8 Jan 2025 regulations, judicial conference, business law, hearing, bankruptcy

🔒Bankruptcy Rules Hearing Cancelled by Judicial Conference Notice

The following public hearing on proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure has been canceled: Bankruptcy Rules Hearing on January 31, 2025.

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Regulatory Compliance, Business Operations 8 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, safety, phmsa, hazardous materials

🚧PHMSA Extends Comment Period for Hazardous Materials Regulations

On October 28, 2024, PHMSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) titled "Hazardous Materials: Advancing Safety of Highway, Rail, and Vessel Transportation (HM-265)," proposing amendments to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to adopt several modal-specific amendments that would enhance the safe transportation of hazardous materials in commerce by highway, rail, and vessel transportation. In response to a request for an extension of the comment period submitted by the Railway Supply Institute (RSI), PHMSA is extending the comment period for the HM-265 NPRM by an additional 90 days.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 8 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, aviation, faa, safety, incorporation by reference, navigation (air), airports, air traffic control

✈️New FAA Regulations on Instrument Approach Procedures Effective 2025

This rule establishes, amends, suspends, or removes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPS) and associated Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure procedures (ODPs) for operations at certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes occurring in the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new navigational facilities, adding new obstacles, or changing air traffic requirements. These changes are designed to provide safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace and to promote safe flight operations under instrument flight rules at the affected airports.

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Regulatory Updates 8 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, foreign assistance, department of state, nondiscrimination

🚫Withdrawal of Proposed Nondiscrimination Rules in Foreign Assistance

The Department of State (the Department) hereby withdraws two notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) that proposed specific contract and grant terms that would have prohibited the discriminatory use of Department foreign assistance funds on specified grounds.

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Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management 8 Jan 2025 regulations, flood insurance, fema, flood hazard, disaster management, community compliance

🌊FEMA Notice

Comments are requested on proposed flood hazard determinations, which may include additions or modifications of any Base Flood Elevation (BFE), base flood depth, Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA) boundary or zone designation, or regulatory floodway on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs), and where applicable, in the supporting Flood Insurance Study (FIS) reports for the communities listed in the table below. The purpose of this notice is to seek general information and comment regarding the preliminary FIRM, and where applicable, the FIS report that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided to the affected communities. The FIRM and FIS report are the basis of the floodplain management measures that the community is required either to adopt or to show evidence of having in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

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Regulatory Compliance, Environmental Impact 8 Jan 2025 compliance, endangered species, regulations, business impact, permits

🐾Endangered Species Permits

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have issued permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species. We issue these permits under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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