Regulatory Update 10 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, treasury, bonds, internal revenue service
Regulatory Requirements, Economic Impact 10 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, transportation, imports, wildlife, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, u.s. fish and wildlife service, injurious wildlife, salamanders, lacey act, animal diseases

🦎Salamander Regulations and Their Economic Impact on Businesses

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is affirming as final the 2016 interim rule that added all species of salamanders from 20 genera to the list of injurious amphibians. Under the injurious wildlife prohibitions of the Lacey Act, this final rule prohibits the importation into the United States and shipment between the continental United States, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States of any live or dead specimen, including hybrids and parts, of those 20 genera of salamanders, except by permit for certain purposes or by Federal agencies solely for their own use. In addition to finalizing the listing of those 20 genera, we are publishing a new interim rule to add to the injurious amphibian list 16 genera that recent studies determined are also carriers of the fungus and to clarify some provisions from the final rule. This interim rule includes any live or dead specimen, hybrid, or parts of the 16 genera and opens a public comment period. We take these actions to protect U.S. ecosystems from the introduction, establishment, and spread of the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, which infects and is carried by salamanders, and which is not yet known to be found in the United States.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 regulations, business compliance, coast guard, waterways, security zones, safety zones

⚓Coast Guard Notification of Expired Temporary Safety Zones

This document provides notification of substantive rules issued by the Coast Guard that were made temporarily effective but expired before they could be published in the Federal Register. This document lists temporary safety zones, security zones, and special local regulations, all of limited duration and for which timely publication in the Federal Register was not possible. This document also announces notifications of enforcement for existing reoccurring regulations that we issued but were unable to be published before the enforcement period ended.

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Compliance Requirements, Regulatory Updates 10 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, nhtsa, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, motor vehicle safety, motor vehicles, motor vehicle, electronic communication, recall notification

🚗NHTSA Proposes New Electronic Recall Notification Requirements

In accordance with the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) and the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act), NHTSA is proposing to amend the means of required recall notification to include notification by electronic means, in addition to first-class mail, and proposing certain other attendant obligations related to this requirement. NHTSA is also proposing to revise certain language that is currently required for recall notifications, as well as to update certain language in the regulation and the office designation for NHTSA's Recall Management Division and NHTSA's web address.

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Compliance, Financial Regulations 10 Jan 2025 compliance, regulations, chemicals, government contracts, administrative practice and procedure, grant programs, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, foreign relations, civil monetary penalties, penalties, claims, investigations, financial impact, fraud, exports, loan programs, freedom of information, department of state, international organizations, arms and munitions, lobbying, classified information, crime, seizures and forfeitures

⚖️Department of State 2025 Civil Monetary Penalties Adjustment Regulations

This final rule is issued to adjust the civil monetary penalties (CMP) for regulatory provisions maintained and enforced by the Department of State. The revised CMP adjusts the amount of civil monetary penalties assessed by the Department of State based on the December 2024 guidance from the Office of Management and Budget and by recent legislation. For penalties adjusted according to the December 2024 guidance, the new amounts will apply only to those penalties assessed on or after the effective date of this rule, regardless of the date on which the underlying facts or violations occurred.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements, Maritime Operations 10 Jan 2025 regulations, transportation, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, penalties, vessels, waterways, navigation (water), radio, hazardous materials transportation, maritime industry, vessel compliance, st lawrence seaway

🚢New Seaway Regulations Impacting Maritime Compliance and Operations

The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (GLS) and the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, under international agreement, jointly publish and presently administer the St. Lawrence Seaway Regulations and Rules (Practices and Procedures in Canada) in their respective jurisdictions. Under agreement with the SLSMC, the GLS is amending the joint regulations by updating the regulations and rules in various categories. These changes are to clarify existing requirements in the regulations.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 10 Jan 2025 compliance, agriculture, regulations, usda, privacy

⚖️USDA APHIS Modifies SNICAS System Under Privacy Act Regulations

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is modifying a system of records in its inventory of records systems subject to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended. The system of records being modified is the Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance (SITC) National Information Communication Activity System (SNICAS), USDA/APHIS-21. SNICAS maintains a record of activities conducted by the agency pursuant to its mission and authorized responsibilities. The purpose of the system is to record data and information about APHIS' SITC activities nationwide. We are modifying the system to exempt the system from certain provisions of the Privacy Act.

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Regulatory Compliance, Financial Impact 10 Jan 2025 regulations, finance, securities, nasdaq, exchange commission, port fees
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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