Rule 29 Sep 2025 penalties, administrative practice and procedure, excise taxes, cigars and cigarettes, claims, packaging and containers, regulation, deregulatory action, u.s. government, seizures and forfeitures, surety bonds, compliance, tobacco, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, tax

🚬Deregulatory Action on Tobacco Product Floor Stocks Tax Regulations

In this final rule, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is removing regulations related to the 2009 tobacco product floor stocks tax. These regulations are no longer necessary because they implement a tax that applied only to specified articles held for sale on April 1, 2009, and was required to be paid on or before August 1, 2009. This deregulatory action removes 42 regulatory sections from TTB regulations.

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Proposed Rule 25 Sep 2025 food stamps, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, penalties, agriculture, banks, retailer standards, banking, snap, food industry, grant programs-social programs, compliance, surety bonds

🥦Update on SNAP Staple Food Requirements for Retailers

In response to section 765 of the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2017 and subsequently enacted appropriations, this rule proposes to codify a new framework for determining distinct staple food varieties and accessory foods (such as snacks, desserts, and foods meant to complement or supplement meals, which do not themselves count as staple foods) for purposes of meeting the staple food requirements for retailer participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The rulemaking is necessary to implement the codified stocking requirements of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which increased the minimum number of staple food varieties and perishables SNAP retailers must carry. A summary of this notice of proposed rulemaking is posted on regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FNS- 2025-0018.

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Rule 25 Sep 2025 reporting and recordkeeping requirements, bureau of land management, intergovernmental relations, mines, public lands-mineral resources, environmental protection, federal law, mining, regulations, wilderness areas, administrative practice and procedure, compliance, environmental management, surety bonds

⛏️Rescission of Mining Claims Regulations by Bureau of Land Management

This direct final rule rescinds a portion of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations that address Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws--Surface Management--Operations Conducted Under Notices--Does this subpart apply to my existing notice-level operations.

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Rule 11 Sep 2025 water supply, hazardous substances, incorporation by reference, surety bonds, oil pollution, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, environmental regulations, intergovernmental relations, compliance, insurance, environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, penalties, underground storage tanks, water pollution control, confidential business information, epa, maryland, petroleum

⛽Maryland Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions Approved by EPA

Pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, as amended (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State of Maryland's Underground Storage Tank (UST) program submitted by Maryland (Maryland or State). This action also codifies EPA's approval of Maryland's state program and incorporates by reference (IBR) those provisions of Maryland's regulations and statutes that EPA has determined meet the requirements for approval. The provisions will be subject to EPA's inspection and enforcement authorities under sections 9005 and 9006 of RCRA Subtitle I and other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.

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Rule 11 Sep 2025 water supply, hazardous substances, incorporation by reference, surety bonds, oil pollution, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, intergovernmental relations, compliance, minnesota, insurance, environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, environmental regulation, penalties, environmental protection agency, underground storage tanks, water pollution control, business operations, confidential business information, petroleum

⛽Approval of Minnesota’s Underground Storage Tank Program Revisions

Pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965, as amended (commonly known as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to approve revisions to the State of Minnesota's Underground Storage Tank (UST) program submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. This action also codifies EPA's approval of Minnesota's state program and incorporates by reference those provisions of Minnesota's statutes and regulations that EPA has determined meet the requirements for approval. The provisions will be subject to EPA's inspection and enforcement authorities under RCRA Subtitle I and other applicable statutory and regulatory provisions.

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Rule 8 Sep 2025 customs, bonds, common carriers, surety bonds, compliance, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, administrative practice and procedure, penalties, usmca, textile industry, automotive goods, freight, imports, exports, trade agreements, laboratories

⚖️USMCA Correcting Amendments

On January 17, 2025, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published an interim final rule in the Federal Register amending the CBP regulations to add implementing regulations for the preferential tariff treatment and related customs provisions of the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA) related to general definitions, drawback and duty- deferral programs, textile and apparel goods, and automotive goods, among others. Errant amendatory instructions resulted in the inadvertent omission of two conforming amendments and the removal of two paragraphs that were unrelated to the USMCA amendments. This action corrects those errors.

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Notice 5 Sep 2025 small business, sba, financial assistance, surety bonds, regulatory compliance

💼SBA Notice on Data Collection for Surety Bond Program

The Small Business Administration (SBA) intends to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information described below. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) requires federal agencies to publish a notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information before submission to OMB, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice complies with that requirement.

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Rule 1 Aug 2025 bureau of land management, regulation, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, oil and gas, surety bonds, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, oil and gas exploration, government employees, federal lands, leasing, oil and gas reserves

🌍Regulatory Update

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is amending its rules governing fees for expressions of interest (EOI) to effectuate changes required by the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB) enacted on July 4, 2025.

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Rule 1 Aug 2025 energy, bureau of land management, regulation, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, oil and gas, resource management, surety bonds, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, oil and gas exploration, government employees, leasing, oil and gas reserves

🛢️Final Rule on Oil and Gas Leasing Definitions by BLM

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is amending its rules governing oil and gas leasing to effectuate changes to the definitions for "eligible" and "available" as required by the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB) enacted on July 4, 2025.

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Rule 1 Aug 2025 compliance, bureau of land management, government contracts, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, oil and gas, energy regulation, resource management, surety bonds, mineral royalties, public lands-mineral resources, oil and gas exploration, government employees, oil and gas reserves

⛽New Regulations on Oil and Gas Leasing Affecting Industry Compliance

This direct final rule (DFR) removes existing Bureau of Land Management (BLM) regulations pertaining to stipulations and mitigation measures to effectuate changes required by the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBB) enacted on July 4, 2025.

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