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TTB Requests Comments on Proposed Information Collections
On November 3, 2020, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published Proposed Information Collections; Comment Request (No. 81), requesting comments on information collections (forms, recordkeeping and labeling requirements,…
Advocacy Submits Comment Letter to Recommend that DOL Delay Implementation of IFR Increasing Wages…
On November 9, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy submitted public comments to the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration on its Interim Final Rule (IFR), which immediately increases the…
EPA seeks small businesses that use or are exposed to HBCD for SBREFA panel
EPA recently published its final risk evaluation for the third of its 10 high-priority chemicals under the amended Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). In September 2020, EPA published a risk evaluation for HBCD, finalizing…
CPSC Seeks Comments on Safety Standards for Crib Mattresses
On October 26, 2020 the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission published a proposed rule to update safety standards for crib mattresses. The Commission is proposing a safety standard for full-size and non-full-size crib mattresses, and…
Advocacy Submits Comment Letter to Army Corps to Extend Public Comment Period for “Proposal to…
On November 6, 2020, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration submitted a comment letter in response to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Army Corps) proposed rule titled: “Proposal to Reissue and Modify…
DOI Seeks Comments on a Proposed Rule to Streamline Evaluation Criteria for Financial Assurances for…
On October 16, 2020, the United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to regulate risk management, financial…
USDA Seeks Comments on a Request for Information Collection on Domestic Hemp Production
On October 16, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service published a notice of a request for approval for an information and data collection pertaining to hemp production using a producer survey.…
SBA Office of International Trade USMCA Advance Ruling Webinars
The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA, T-MEC in Mexico and CUSMA in Canada) went into force on July 1st replacing the North America Free Trade Agreement. Under USMCA, small businesses can decrease risks and increase predictability…
Advocacy submits comments on the vaping industry’s FDA citizen petition
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,…
Advocacy Comments on USDA’s Reopened Comment Period for Interim Final Rule to Establish a Domestic…
The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the U.S. Small Business Administration submitted comments on October 8, 2020 in response to the reopening of the public comment period for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing…