The Small Business
Rule Change Brief

Office of Personnel Management· Rule

Prevailing Rate Systems; Abolishment of Calhoun, Alabama, as a Nonappropriated Fund Federal Wage System Wage Area

Stage 2·first seen 180d ago·180d PRORULE→RULE·effective in 30d

SUMMARY: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing a final rule to abolish the Calhoun, Alabama (AL), nonappropriated fund (NAF) Federal Wage System (FWS) wage area and define Calhoun County, AL, to the Cobb, Georgia, NAF FWS wage area, and Jefferson County, AL, to the Madison, AL, NAF FWS wage area. These…

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Environmental Protection Agency· Rule

Excess Emissions During Periods of Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction; Partial Withdrawals of Findings of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan (SIP)

effective in 45d

SUMMARY: See Federal Register The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action to partially withdraw two final actions finding that 13 States and/or local air pollution control agencies failed to submit State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions required by the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a timely…

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Environmental Protection Agency· Proposed Rule

Excess Emissions During Periods of Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction; Partial Withdrawals of Findings of Failure To Submit State Implementation Plan (SIP)

comments close in 30d

SUMMARY: See Federal Register The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to partially withdraw two final actions finding that 13 States and/or local air pollution control agencies failed to submit State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions required by the Clean Air Act (CAA) in a timely manner to address…

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Federal Communications Commission· Notice

Information Collection Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission

SUMMARY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Exemption Application No. L-11954; Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions Involving the Fedeli Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan Located in Cleveland, OH

SUMMARY: This document contains a notice of exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) to the Fedeli Group Employee Benefits Plan.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Characteristics of the Insured Unemployed

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employment and Training Administration (ETA)-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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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of SOUTH CAROLINA

Stage 2·first seen 39d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of South Carolina (FEMA-4835-DR), dated September 29, 2024. Incident: Tropical Storm Debby.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Seminole Tribe of Florida

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the Seminole Tribe of Florida (FEMA-4844-DR), dated November 5, 2024. Incident: Hurricane Milton.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

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

Stage 6·first seen 46d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for Public Assistance Only for the State of Florida (FEMA-4828-DR), dated October 5, 2024. Incident: Hurricane Helene.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the State of Illinois

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the State of Illinois (FEMA-4819-DR), dated September 20, 2024. Incident: Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Presidential Declaration Amendment of a Major Disaster for the Seminole Tribe of Florida

Stage 2·first seen 13d ago

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Presidential declaration of a major disaster for the Seminole Tribe of Florida (FEMA-4844-DR), dated November 5, 2024. Incident: Hurricane Milton.

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Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is revising the entries of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons…

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Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

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…

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