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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 a Potential SBREFA Panel for its TSCA Section 8(a) Tiered…
On July 6, 2022, EPA announced that it is seeking small businesses to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review Panel (SBREFA Panel) for the development of a proposed rule, under Toxic…
AMS Seeks Comments on Rulemakings Regarding Poultry Grower Tournament Systems and Contracting
On June 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding poultry growing tournament systems. The purpose of the ANPRM is to obtain…
BOEM Seeks Comments on Draft Fisheries Mitigation Guidance, Announces Public Hearings
On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published a draft fisheries mitigation guidance. Renewable energy lessees are required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to submit…
EPA Requests Comments On Draft Guidance for No-Discharge Zones Applications
On June 27, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice and request for comments on its draft Guidance for States Applying for No-Discharge Zones. A no-discharge zone (NDZ) is a water body where the discharge of both…
FDA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Bans
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the public comment period for two proposed tobacco product standards by 30 days. The proposed rules would prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit…
EPA Seeks Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Revise the Clean Water Act Section 401…
On June 9, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule. Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, a federal agency is prohibited…
Army Corps Seeks Comments on Modernizing Its Civil Works Program
On June 3, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Army, Civil Works, and the Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) published a notice to announce an effort to modernize the Civil Works program of the Army Corps. These modernization efforts…
Army Corps Seeks Comments on Implementation of Credit Assistance Program for Dams
On June 10, 2022, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement a new credit assistance program for safety projects to maintain, upgrade, and repair dams owned by states, local…
OCC, Federal Reserve and FDIC Issue Joint Rulemaking on the Community Reinvestment Act
On June 3, 2022, the OCC, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC (agencies) published a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on changes to update and clarify the regulations to implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The CRA…