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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 Lead and Copper Rule Improvement…
EPA is now recruiting small entity representatives for a possible SBREFA panel on a rulemaking to amend the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions to further address lead in drinking water, including modifying requirements for lead service line…
FDA Announces Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Bans
On May 4, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published proposed rules that would ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. The proposed “Tobacco Product Standard for Menthol in Cigarettes” would prohibit menthol as a…
FCC Releases Draft Proposals for May 2022 Open Meeting
The following regulatory items will be considered by the Federal Communications Commission at its May 19, 2022 Open Meeting:
Combatting Illegal Robocalls –a Report and Order, Order on Reconsideration, and Further Notice of Proposed…
APHIS Extends Comment Period on Proposal to Establish Animal Welfare Standards for Birds Not Bred…
On February 22, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal, Plant, and Health Inspection Service published a proposed rule to establish animal welfare standards for birds not bred for use in research. APHIS is extending the public…
White House Office Seeks Input On Defining And Supporting Sustainable Chemistry
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 tasked the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) with convening an interagency entity to coordinate Federal programs and activities in support of sustainable…
SEC Requests Comments on Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules
In March 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published on its website and in the Federal Register proposed rules on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure. The proposed rules seek…
EPA Proposes to Ban Ongoing Uses of Chrysotile Asbestos under Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substance…
On April 12, 2022, EPA published a proposed rule to ban ongoing uses of chrysotile asbestos based on its unreasonable risk determination under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). In the 2020 final risk evaluation, EPA determined that…
DOL Announces Additional Listening Sessions on Overtime Regulations
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division previously announced that it is reviewing the regulations that implement the Fair Labor Standard Act’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions for bona fide executive, administrative, and…
BOEM Seeks Comments on Morro Bay Wind Energy Area Environmental Assessment
On April 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft environmental assessment that analyzes the potential impacts from future offshore wind commercial leasing activities, and…
EPA Seeks Small Business Input on Revision to Air Emissions Reporting Requirements Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting qualified small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel.…