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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.

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DOE Seeks Comments on Changes to Energy Efficiency Standards for Direct Heating Equipment

Office of Advocacy Mar 6, 2019

On February 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy published a request for information relating to energy efficiency standards for direct heating equipment. Direct heating equipment refers to gas wall heaters, floor heaters, and room…

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FMCSA Seeks Comment on Application by Livestock Industry to Modify Hours of Service Rule

Office of Advocacy Feb 27, 2019

On February 6, 2019, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a joint Notice of Application for exemption from certain provisions of the hours-of-service (HOS) of commercial drivers rules. The applicants request approval of…

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Army Corps of Engineers and EPA Seek Comments on Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”

Office of Advocacy Feb 14, 2019

On February 14, 2019, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule to revise the definition of “Waters of the United States.” The rule is the second step in a two-step process to…

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EPA Issues Notice of Advance Proposed Rulemaking to Consider Revisions to its Criteria for Municipal…

Office of Advocacy Feb 14, 2019

On December 26, 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding revisions to its criteria for municipal solid waste landfills to address advances in liquids management. First, EPA…

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Copyright Office Proposes Rules Regarding the Noncommercial Use Exception to Unauthorized Uses of…

Office of Advocacy Feb 14, 2019

Title II of the Music Modernization Act sets out the requirements for someone other than the owner of the rights in a sound recording fixed before February 15, 1972, to make use of that recording for noncommercial purposes, including…

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DOE Seeks Comments on Proposed Procedures for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards…

Office of Advocacy Feb 13, 2019

On February 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to clarify the process rule that applies to the establishment of new or revised energy…

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USDA Seeks Comments on Amendments to the Regulations Governing Meats, Prepared Meats, and Meat…

Office of Advocacy Feb 6, 2019

On February 5, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a proposed rule to update out-of-date shields and grade markers associated with grading services, and outdated administrative references…