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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/.

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EPA Seeks Small Businesses for SBREFA Panel on Ethylene Oxide Emission Proposed Rule

Office of Advocacy Dec 6, 2019

EPA has announced its intent to significantly tighten emissions for Ethylene Oxide (EtO) from Commercial Sterilization and Fumigation Operations. EPA anticipates that such a rule would have a significant economic impact on a substantial…

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DOE Seeks Information on Whether to Amend Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Refrigerators…

Office of Advocacy Nov 27, 2019

On November 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) issued a request for information to determine whether to amend the current energy conservation standards for consumer…

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FDA Premarket Tobacco Product Applications and Recordkeeping Requirements Comment Period Reopened

Office of Advocacy Nov 26, 2019

On November 26, 2019, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published the proposed rule Premarket Tobacco Product Applications and Recordkeeping Requirements; Reopening of the Comment Period. The FDA has reopened the comment period for…

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SBA Proposes to Merge 8(a) Business Development Mentor-Protégé Program and All Small Mentor-Protégé…

Office of Advocacy Nov 25, 2019

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to merge its 8(a) Business Development (BD) Mentor-Protégé Program and its All Small Mentor-Protégé Program to eliminate confusion and remove unnecessary duplication of functions within…

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EPA Proposes Revisions of Application Exclusion Zone Requirements for Agricultural Worker Protection…

Office of Advocacy Nov 19, 2019

On November 1, 2019, EPA published proposed revisions to the application exclusion zone (AEZ) requirements under its Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act. An AEZ…

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Availability of EPA’s Draft Risk Evaluation for Methylene Chloride and Notice of its Public…

Office of Advocacy Nov 12, 2019

On October 29, 2019, EPA published its draft risk evaluation for methylene chloride. Under the Toxic Substance Control Act, EPA is required to conduct risk evaluations to determine whether existing chemicals present an unreasonable…

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FTC Extends Public Comment Period for Review of Children’s Online Privacy Rules

Office of Advocacy Nov 12, 2019

On October 22, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a Federal Register Notice extending the deadline for filing comments on its implementation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”). The FTC is seeking…

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USDA Seeks Comments on Domestic Hemp Production Program, Established by Interim Final Rule

Office of Advocacy Oct 31, 2019

On October 31, 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service published an interim final rule with a request for comments to establish a domestic hemp production program in the United States. The rule is…

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Forest Service Seeks Comments on Proposed Rule for Roadless Area Conservation on National Forest…

Office of Advocacy Oct 24, 2019

On October 17, 2019 the United States Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service published a proposed rule to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the 2001 Roadless Rule. The rule prohibits tree harvest and road…

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USPTO Announces Proposed Changes to Rules for Post-Grant Proceedings

Office of Advocacy Oct 23, 2019

On October 22, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would change the rules of practice in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to shift the…

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