WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has formally withdrawn a proposed interpretive rule intended to clarify how the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) applies to emerging payment mechanisms used for accounts established for personal, family, or household purposes. The proposal, originally published in the Federal Register on January 15, 2025 (90 FR 3723), aimed to assist companies, financial institutions, investors, and other market stakeholders in understand  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has formally withdrawn its proposed rule titled "Protecting Americans from Harmful Data Broker Practices (Regulation V)," which was initially published on December 13, 2024, in the Federal Register at 89 FR 101402. This proposed rule aimed to revise interpretations and applications of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), specifically redefining "consumer report" and "consumer reporting agency" while setting limitations on t  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a notice inviting public comment on its newly issued draft guidance under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) concerning the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program. Published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2025, the document outlines CMS' proposals for implementing the third negotiation cycle, the first cycle of renegotiation, and the effectuation of maximum fa  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Southeastern Power Administration (SEPA) has issued a notice proposing adjustments to wholesale power rates and a revision of the true-up mechanism for the Kerr-Philpott System, affecting service across Virginia and North Carolina. The proposed changes, which would be effective from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, aim to align revenue recovery with increased costs identified in a new repayment study released in March 2025.  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for certain Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 2000EX airplanes to address a critical safety concern involving the very high frequency omnidirectional range and localizer (VOR/LOC) antenna coupler. This action follows reports of incorrect installations of the antenna coupler, which could cause oscillations in lateral deviation indicators during instrum  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has issued a notice of final federal agency actions for the proposed Truck Parking--Central Florida Corridor: Orange County Site project. This project involves the development of a new truck parking facility located at the northeast corner of Sand Lake Road and John Young Parkway, just west of and adjacent to Florida's Turnpike, approximately 2.90 miles east of Interstate 4 (I-4) in Orange County,  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted for filing a new major license application submitted by Lyonsdale Associates, LLC, for the Lyonsdale Hydroelectric Project located on the Moose River in Lewis County, New York. The application, filed on May 29, 2024, seeks authorization to continue operating the existing hydroelectric facility under the Federal Power Act. The project features a dam approximately 506 feet in length with multiple spillways, abutme  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a notice detailing the schedule for the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) concerning the Decatur Lateral Project proposed by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC. Filed on February 28, 2025, under Docket No. CP25-94-000, the application seeks a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to construct and operate natural gas pipeline facilities intended to deliver approximately 185 million standard  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has announced the availability of the final supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed CP LNG and CP Express Pipeline Projects. These projects, proposed by Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC and Venture Global CP Express, LLC, involve the siting, construction, and operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, along with associated pipeline infrastructure extending t  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, has completed a federally required inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that a cultural affiliation exists with the United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the museum will proceed with the repatriation of the remains of four Native American individuals along with three l  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, Pennsylvania, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The inventory identified the physical remains of one probable adult male Native American, consisting of a cranium and incomplete portions of the right femur, right tibia, and left tibia. The precise geographic  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has completed an official inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), confirming the cultural affiliation of human remains and associated funerary objects with multiple federally recognized tribes primarily from the southeastern United States. The inventory identifies the remains of two Native American individuals and three associated funerary objects--two ja  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has announced the completion of an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects held by the . In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the museum has determined a cultural affiliation between the ancestral remains and funerary objects and several federally recognized Tribes of the Southeastern United States. The remains of   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, has completed an official inventory of human remains and determined a cultural affiliation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The remains, representing at least seven individuals of Native American ancestry, were originally removed from a mound site at Hood's Landing, approximately 15 miles south of Kingston in Roane County, Tennessee. Excavated by Professor R  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Michigan State Police, Dimondale, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, according to a notice issued by the Department of the Interior National Park Service. The remains represent at least ten individuals, primarily adults, and were initially discovered in 2007 inside an apartment in Warren, Michigan. The discovery, made by the tenant's ex-wif  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has published its regular monthly notice pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, detailing applications and amendments to facility operating licenses and combined licenses that have been determined to involve no significant hazards considerations (NSHC). This notice covers all amendments issued or proposed from March 28, 2025, to April 24, 2025. Under the Commission's authority, these amendments may be made imm  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an official inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), confirming the cultural affiliation and lineal descent of human remains in its collection. The inventory pertains to human remains representing one individual, consisting of hair clippings collected from a Native American identified as Dan Walker, a 16-year-old  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. State Department has announced an extension of the existing restriction invalidating all U.S. passports for travel to, in, or through the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) until August 31, 2026. This announcement, published in the Federal Register, continues a travel ban first imposed on September 1, 2017, which has been renewed annually due to ongoing security concerns. The travel restriction prohibits the use of U.S. passports for entry into   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued an interim final rule rescinding key components of its 2024 Bank Merger Act (BMA) procedural overhaul, effectively restoring the streamlined application and expedited review procedures previously in place for national bank and federal savings association combinations. Published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2025, the new rule reverses the 2024 Final Rule that had add  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The University of Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program Iowa City, has completed an official inventory under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), confirming the cultural affiliation of human remains and associated funerary objects with numerous federally recognized tribes primarily from the Pacific Northwest region. The inventory concerns human remains representing at least one individual, consisting of three   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service has issued a revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Austin Project, covering portions of the Malheur National Forest's Blue Mountain and Prairie City Ranger Districts, as well as the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest's Whitman Ranger District in Oregon. This revision updates the original 2019 notice by extending the project timeline, considering the potential use of an emer  more