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Rule Change Brief

Environmental Protection Agency· Rule· 87 FR 30393

Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, Participation by Disadvantaged Business Enterprises in United States Environmental Protection Agency Programs, State and Local Assistance, Research and Demonstration Grants, National Environmental Education Act Grants

effective in 0d

This regulatory action finalizes an interim final rule and revises certain provisions of other Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) financial assistance regulations to make non-substantive technical corrections to the text of the rules. Revisions to these rules are exempt from the notice and comment requirements of…

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Defense Department· Rule· 87 FR 30416

Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation

effective in 33d

The DoD is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations to exempt portions of the DoD-0003, "Mobilization Deployment Management Information System (MDMIS)," system of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974.

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Commerce Department· Notice· 87 FR 30453

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Ocean Wind II Marine Site Characterization Surveys, New Jersey

effective 9d ago

In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued an IHA to Ocean Wind II, LLC (Ocean Wind II), an affiliate of Orsted Wind Power North America LLC (Orsted), to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment, marine mammals…

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Energy Department· Proposed Rule· 87 FR 30610

Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Water Heating Equipment

comments close in 60d

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial water heaters, hot water supply boilers, and unfired hot water storage tanks (hereinafter referred to as "commercial water heating (CWH)…

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Commerce Department· Proposed Rule· 87 FR 30730

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Comprehensive Fishery Management Plans for Puerto Rico, St. Croix, and St. Thomas and St. John

comments close in 33d

NMFS proposes to implement management measures in three new fishery management plans (FMPs), as prepared and submitted by the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council). If finalized, this proposed rule would replace regulations implementing the U.S. Caribbean region-wide FMPs with regulations implementing the…

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Labor Department· Notice· 87 FR 30515

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Pilot Study and Prospective Analysis of the Draft Revised Form 33, Safety and Health Program Assessment Worksheet

comments close in 33d

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

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Commerce Department· Notice· 87 FR 30448

Certain Walk-Behind Snow Throwers and Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders

Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on certain walk-behind snow throwers and parts thereof (snow throwers) from the People's Republic of…

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Health and Human Services Department· Notice· 87 FR 30501

Criteria for Determining Maternity Care Health Professional Target Areas

Section 332 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to identify Maternity Care Target Areas (MCTA), or geographic areas within health professional shortage areas that have a shortage of maternity…

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Administrative Conference of the United States· Notice· 87 FR 30445

Disclosure of Agency Legal Materials; Comment Request

comments close in 60d

The Office of the Chairman of ACUS is requesting public input on what legal materials agencies must or should make publicly available and how they ought to do so. Responses to this request may inform an ongoing ACUS project, Disclosure of Agency Legal Materials. If warranted, the project will recommend statutory…

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Treasury Department· Notice· 87 FR 30557

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of persons whose property and interests in property have been unblocked and who have been removed from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.

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