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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/.
EPA Seeks Small Entity Representatives For SBREFA Panel On Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking…
EPA is now recruiting small entity representatives for a possible SBREFA panel on a rulemaking to develop a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including…
Department of Labor Proposes to Allow Use of ESG Factors Such As Climate-Related Financial Risk in…
On October 14, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed amendments to the Investment Duties regulation under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended…
FWS Seeks Comments on Notice to Develop Permitting Program for Take of Migratory Birds
On October 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to develop regulations that authorize incidental take of migratory birds under certain conditions. The…
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Proposed Rule on Small Business Lending Data…
On October 8, 2021, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) has published a proposed rule amending Regulation B to implement changes to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act made by section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform…
CEQ Seeks Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Modify its Regulations Implementing NEPA
On October 7, 2021, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to modify its regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The proposed rule, if promulgated, would expand the…
DOE Seeks Comments on Reviews of Energy Conservation Standards
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 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…
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Issues Proposed Rule to Rescind June 2020 Community…
On September 17, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a proposed rule to rescind and replace its rule implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) for national banks and savings associations that was…
EPA seeks information on small entities operating pyrolysis and gasification units
On September 8, EPA published an Advance Notice of Rulemaking requesting comment to assist in the development of possible regulations of emissions from pyrolysis and gasification units under the Clean Air Act. Pyrolysis and…
Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Feedback on Streamlining Eagle Permit Process in Advance Notice of…
On September 14, 2021, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public and regulated community input on potential approaches for further expediting and simplifying the permit…
FCC Seeking Comment on Competitive Broadband Access in Multi-Tenant Environments
On September 7, 2021, The Federal Communications Commission released a public notice inviting a new round of comments on its proceeding examining how the FCC can promote increased broadband competition in apartments and office…