WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a proposed rule to rescind amendments made in 2022 and 2023 to its Rules of Practice for Adjudication Proceedings. The Bureau cited concerns about procedural inefficiencies and the unusual centralization of authority in the Director's office as key motivations for the proposed reversal. These amendments, which originally aimed to modify the adjudicatory framework used in enforcement proceedings, expanded t  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an interim final rule modifying the reporting timeline under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for manufacturers and importers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Published on May 13, 2025, the rule adjusts the start and end dates for the mandated data submission period in response to delays in software development critical for collecting industry reports. As revised, the data rep  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule to modify Class E airspace at Colusa County Airport in Colusa, California. The rule, published in the May 13, 2025 edition of the Federal Register, removes airspace extending from 1,200 feet above the surface and amends airspace extending from 700 feet above the surface. The changes are intended to enhance the safety and efficiency of instrument flight rules (IFR) operati  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a final rule amending the Colored Federal Airways Green 8 (G-8), Green 10 (G-10), Green 12 (G-12), and Red 99 (R-99) while simultaneously revoking the Blue 27 (B-27) and Alaskan Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airway V-619. These changes affect airspace infrastructure across remote parts of Alaska and are directly tied to the decommissioning of key Nondire  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a proposed rule to amend airspace designations over Jacksonville, North Carolina, specifically in the vicinity of New River Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS). The agency seeks to establish Class E2 airspace extending upward from the surface over the facility, which operates an air traffic control tower only part-time. This change is aimed at enhancing the safety and efficiency of i  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise existing airworthiness directives affecting a range of Airbus SAS A300 model airplanes. The proposal, published in the Federal Register under Docket No. FAA-2025-0754, seeks to supersede Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2017-23-04, which currently applies to all Airbus A300 B4-600R series airplanes, as well as the B4-603, B4-620, B4-622, C4-60  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency has issued a final rule removing the obsolete Crop Assistance Program (CAP) regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations. The action, published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2025, is a housekeeping measure that reflects the formal conclusion of a one-time emergency aid initiative that was authorized for the 2009 crop year. The CAP was originally implemented as a response to extraordinary market disru  more