The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Department of Justice· Rule

Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Ethylphenidate in Schedule I

Stage 2·first seen 396d ago·396d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 30d

SUMMARY: With the issuance of this final rule, the Drug Enforcement Administration places ethylphenidate (chemical name: ethyl 2-phenyl-2-(piperidin-2-yl)acetate), including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. This action is being taken, in part, to enable the…

Owner check — Regulated-substance action: affected handlers should confirm licensing, inventory, shipping, and compliance obligations.

Department of Commerce· Notice

Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee Meeting

Stage 2·first seen 195d ago

SUMMARY: https://apps.bea.gov/fesac/. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is giving notice of a meeting of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC or the Committee). The Committee advises the Directors of the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau, and the Commissioner of the U.S.…

Owner check — Import/export action: check supplier, customer, duty, documentation, or shipping exposure before the effective date.

Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Guam Military Base Realignment Contractor Recruitment Standards

comments close in 62d

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor's (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is soliciting comments concerning a proposed extension for the authority to conduct the information collection request (ICR) titled, “Guam Military Base Realignment Contractor Recruitment Standards”. This comment request is part of…

Owner check — Labor/OSHA action: check workplace, payroll, certification, or contractor obligations against the source notice.

Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; EBSA Participant Assistance Program Customer Survey

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-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…

Owner check — Labor/OSHA action: check workplace, payroll, certification, or contractor obligations against the source notice.

Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of North Carolina

Stage 6·first seen 19d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a majordisaster for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4827-DR), dated 09/28/2024. Incident: Tropical Storm Helene. Incident Period: 09/25/2024 and continuing.

Owner check — SBA action: confirm whether financing, disaster assistance, eligibility, or SBIC exposure changes for your business.

Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Carolina

Stage 4·first seen 5d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of North Carolina (FEMA-4827-DR), dated 10/02/2024. Incident: Tropical Storm Helene. Incident Period: 09/25/2024 and continuing.

Owner check — SBA action: confirm whether financing, disaster assistance, eligibility, or SBIC exposure changes for your business.

Department of Transportation· Notice

Buy America Waiver Notification

SUMMARY: This notice provides information regarding FHWA's finding that it is appropriate to grant a non-availability Buy America waiver to the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) for procurement and installation of 16 suspended explosive charge remote avalanche control systems (RACS), which contain non-domestic…

Owner check — Save the source link and verify whether this changes costs, compliance, financing, vendors, customers, or operations.

Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were…

Owner check — Sanctions/trade action: re-screen vendors, customers, owners, and foreign counterparties before transactions.