Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, regulations, bureau of land management, environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, intergovernmental relations, wilderness areas, surety bonds, public lands, public lands-mineral resources, mines

⛏️Rescission of Mining Regulations - Impact on Business Operations

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws--Surface Management--Operations Conducted Under Plans of Operations--Does this subpart apply to my existing or pending plan of operations?

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, agriculture, environmental protection, epa, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, food safety, pesticide, agricultural commodities, pesticides and pests, durian, cypermethrin

🌾New EPA Regulation on Cypermethrin Tolerances for Durian

This regulation establishes a tolerance action for residues of cypermethrin (CASRN 52315-07-8) in or on the food and feed commodities of durian. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) submitted a petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible level for residues of this pesticide on in or on the identified commodity(ies).

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, mining, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, business operations, land management, minerals, public lands-mineral resources, mines

⛏️Rescission of Mineral Disposal Regulations and Its Business Impact

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations pertaining to mineral reservation in patent; conditions to be noted on mineral applications.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, regulations, bureau of land management, environmental protection, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, public lands, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources

🌍Rescission of Geothermal Production Incentives

This direct final rule rescinds Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations that address production incentives for geothermal leases.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, regulations, bureau of land management, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, financial implications, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, mines

⛏️Rescission of Mining Claim Regulations

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that authorize declining balance accounts with the BLM concerning mining claims.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, bureau of land management, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, mineral resources, wilderness areas, public lands, public lands-mineral resources, mines, national forests, mining regulation

⛏️Rescission of BLM Regulations on Mineral Locations

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations addressing mineral locations within National Forest System lands.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, bureau of land management, environmental protection, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, royalties

🔥Rescission of Geothermal Lease Royalty Rate Regulations Impact

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations addressing geothermal lease royalty rate terms.

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Rule 17 Jul 2025 compliance, energy, regulations, bureau of land management, environmental protection, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, surety bonds, geothermal energy, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, geothermal

🔥Rescission of Geothermal Regulations and Its Business Impact

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) regulations that address amending a geothermal operations plan or drilling permit.

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Rule 16 Jul 2025 compliance, environmental regulation, agriculture, environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, pesticide, agricultural commodities, pesticides and pests, food manufacturing

🌱New Pesticide Tolerances for Acetamiprid

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of acetamiprid in or on multiple spice commodities that are identified and discussed in this document. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), the American Spice Trade Association submitted a petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible level for residues of this pesticide in or on these commodities.

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Proposed Rule 16 Jul 2025 environmental regulation, environmental protection, epa, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, incorporation by reference, business compliance, intergovernmental relations, air pollution control, volatile organic compounds, air quality, particulate matter, california, sulfur oxides, pm2.5, nitrogen oxides

🌫️EPA Proposes New PM2.5 Air Quality Standards Affecting Businesses

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to determine that the San Joaquin Valley, California fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nonattainment area attained the 1997 annual PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) by the December 31, 2024 applicable attainment date. This proposed determination is based on ambient air quality monitoring data from 2022 through 2024. We are also proposing to make a clean data determination (CDD) based on the 2022 through 2024 data and our evaluation of preliminary air quality monitoring data from 2025. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.

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