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The U.S. Department of Energy is requesting comments and information on reviews of several current energy conservation standards and/or test procedures for the products listed below. In conducting these reviews, the agency seeks to…

On June 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resource Revenue (ONRR) issued a proposal to withdraw the 2020 final rule that amended procedures by which the agency values coal and gas produced from federal…

In June 2020, EPA announced it granted a public petition to add 1-bromopropane (1-BP) to the list of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) under the Clean Air Act (CAA). This is the first time that a substance will be added to the HAP list since…

On May 28, 2021, EPA announced its scheduled public listening sessions for its review of the most recent revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations. In January 2017, EPA revised the RMP rule because of an Executive Order…

The Census Bureau recently published new Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) data. Agencies often use this data to estimate the number of small entities affected by a rule and the revenue of small entities. The updated SUSB data…

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) final Deeming Rule requires manufacturers of deemed tobacco products to submit their products to the agency for approval before those products can be introduced into the market. On September 25,…

On June 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule to list the lesser prairie chicken northern distinct population segment as threatened and southern distinct population segment…

On June 2, 2021 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of intent to revise the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule (the Certification Rule). Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, a federal agency is…

The Federal Communications Commission has announced the agenda for its June 17, 2021 Open Commission Meeting.  The FCC will vote on the following proposals: Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain…

FRIDAY, June 4, 2021, 10 a.m. –11:30 a.m. Via Microsoft Teams Meeting The next U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet virtually to discuss the following topic, beginning at 10 a.m.…