Rule 5 Feb 2025 business operations, compliance, pfas, regulatory changes, hazardous waste, environmental regulations, epa

⏳Delay of Effective Dates for EPA Regulations

In accordance with the memorandum of January 20, 2025, from President Donald J. Trump, entitled "Regulatory Freeze Pending Review," this action temporarily delays until March 21, 2025, the effective date of the regulations listed in the table below. EPA has identified two additional regulations that meet the criteria in the memo and may identify additional regulations in subsequent notices.

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Notice 4 Feb 2025 regulatory changes, education, grants, federal funding, charter schools

📚Withdrawal of CSP Grants Notice and Its Impact on Businesses

The Department of Education (Department) withdraws the notice inviting applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 for CSP Grants to State Entities.

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Regulatory Requirements, Environmental Compliance 23 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, environmental compliance, consent decree, business impacts, trust management
Compliance, Financial Regulations 22 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, risk management, options clearing corporation, margin requirements, clearing fund
Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 17 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, national parks, tourism, national park, assateague island, outdoor recreation, vehicle permits

🌊Proposed Vehicle Permit Changes for Assateague Island Seashore

The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to amend the special regulations for Assateague Island National Seashore to remove certain permit eligibility requirements for motor vehicles that drive on designated beaches and oversand routes. The rulemaking would eliminate requirements addressing vehicle weight, ground clearance, and dimensions. These requirements were established in 1976 and are no longer necessary. In addition, the NPS proposes to make several technical, non-substantive changes to the regulations.

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Compliance, Regulation 17 Jan 2025 small business, regulatory changes, government procurement, inflation adjustment, federal contracts, defense acquisition

📈Proposed Rule for Inflation Adjustment of DoD Acquisition Thresholds

DoD is proposing to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to further implement the statute that requires an adjustment every 5 years of statutory acquisition-related thresholds for inflation. The adjustment uses the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers and does not apply to the Construction Wage Rate Requirements statute (Davis-Bacon Act), Service Contract Labor Standards statute, performance and payment bonds, and trade agreements thresholds. DoD is also proposing to use the same methodology to adjust some nonstatutory DFARS acquisition-related thresholds in 2025.

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Regulatory Compliance, Economic Development 16 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, reservoir lands, easements, real estate, department of the interior

🌊DOI Revises Regulations on Reservoir Lands Acquisition Policies

We, the Department of the Interior (DOI), are revising regulations that govern DOI's internal real property acquisition policies for reservoir lands. This direct final rule adds a section to allow deviations for the acquisition of less than fee title realty interests in and around reservoirs owned by DOI and typically only those constructed before 1962, a relatively infrequent occurrence.

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Compliance, Regulatory Updates 16 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, administrative practice and procedure, employer responsibilities, immigration, business compliance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, adoption and foster care, legal obligations

📋Regulatory Update on Adjustment of Status for Business Employers

On May 12, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) published an interim final rule titled "Eligibility of Arriving Aliens in Removal Proceedings To Apply for Adjustment of Status and Jurisdiction To Adjudicate Applications for Adjustment of Status" The rule amended DHS and DOJ regulations governing applications for adjustment of status filed by paroled "arriving aliens" seeking to become lawful permanent residents and removed certain provisions. In that rule, DHS removed a paragraph from its regulations and redesignated the paragraph that followed to close the gap. DHS inadvertently failed to make a conforming amendment to a related regulatory provision to reflect the redesignation. This document describes the oversight and corrects the CFR. This action makes no substantive changes.

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Compliance, Regulatory Changes 16 Jan 2025 postal service, regulatory changes, negotiation, logistics, shipping

📦USPS Notice on Priority Mail Express Service Changes 2025

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Regulatory Compliance, Consumer Trends 15 Jan 2025 regulatory changes, nutrition, public comments, alcoholic beverages, health guidelines

🍷HHS and USDA Request Comments on Alcoholic Beverages and Health

HHS and USDA invite the public to provide written comments on two reports: The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD) Alcohol Intake and Health (AIH) draft report and The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's (NASEM) Review of Evidence on Alcohol and Health report.

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