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Listed below are documents published in the Federal Register and open for comment that may significantly affect small businesses. Advocacy encourages affected small businesses to provide the Federal agency issuing the notice with comments on the proposed action and the agency’s analysis of its potential impacts on small business. Please share with the Office of Advocacy your comments on these and other regulatory proposals of importance to small businesses.
The Regulatory Alerts Archive can be found here: https://advocacy.sba.gov/category/alerts-archive/.
USPTO Seeks Comment on Patent Trials and Appeals Board Rules
On April 21, 2023, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking public comment on rules governing discretionary denial of petitions brought before the Patent Trials and Appeals…
BLM Requests Comments on Proposed Rule to add Conservation as a Land Use Activity
On April 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a proposed rule to add conservation as a “use” within the framework of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. According to BLM the…
EPA proposes restrictions in the use of Ethylene Oxide in Commercial Sterilization Operations
Ethylene Oxide is used on half of the sterilized medical devices in the United States. However, since 2016, when EPA updated its Integrated Risk Information System classification of ethylene oxide (EtO) as a carcinogen, EPA has been…
EPA Seeks Public Feedback on Potential Future CERCLA Hazardous Substance Designations for Additional…
On April 13, 2023, EPA published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public feedback to consider future hazardous substance designations under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).…
IRS Issues Proposed New Clean Vehicle Credit Regulations
On April 17, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations detailing the requirements taxpayers must meet to qualify for a tax credit related to each new clean vehicle purchased and placed into service. The…
IRS Proposes Superfund Chemical Excise Tax Regulations
On March 29, 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations regarding the reinstated Superfund chemical excise taxes. The excise taxes, which are imposed on the sale or use of certain chemicals and certain imported…
FCC Releases Proposed Rules to Minimize Scam Texts
The FCC has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comments to address the issue of scam texts. In the Notice, the FCC seeks comment on the following:
Whether to require terminating mobile wireless providers to block text…
EPA Issues Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulations
On March 29, 2023, EPA published its proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) to establish legally enforceable levels, called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which…
TTB Seeks Comments on Alcohol Trade Practice Regulations
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) seeks public comment on the agency’s trade practice regulations related to the Federal Alcohol Administration Act's exclusive outlet, tied house, commercial bribery, and consignment sales…