WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District has announced its intent to prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) concerning the operation and maintenance of the Willamette Valley System (WVS) in Oregon. This action responds to a directive within the 2024 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) requiring the formal analysis of an alternative that would cease hydropower operations at the Corps-owned and operated Willamette Valley Projects. T  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an interim final rule to rescind the 2021 protections enacted for mortgage borrowers affected by the COVID-19 emergency under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Regulation X. The rule, published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2025, formally withdraws temporary amendments that were originally established to provide procedural safeguards during the national emergency, including special los  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a notice in the Federal Register detailing its quarterly listing of program issuances released from January through March 2025. The seven-page notice, published on May 16 under docket number CMS-9154-N, includes updates to CMS manual instructions, interpretive rules, national coverage determinations, and other regulatory documents pertaining to Medicare and  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC), has published a formal request for information (RFI) to gather public input on the current landscape and potential expansion of the digital health technology ecosystem for Medicare beneficiaries. The notice, appeari  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed notice announcing the potential renewal of the Utilization Review Accreditation Commission's (URAC) deeming authority for Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and Preferred Provider Organizations (PPOs) under the Medicare Advantage (MA) program. This authority permits URAC-accredited MA organizations to be deemed compliant with certain Medicare require  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has issued a preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination regarding imports of erythritol from the People's Republic of China. The investigation, covering the period from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, found that Chinese producers and exporters of erythritol have been receiving countervailable subsidies, which give them an unfair advantage in the U.S. market. Commerce calc  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has issued a proposed rule to rescind existing energy conservation standards for compact residential clothes washers. The proposal, published in the Federal Register on May 16, 2025, aims to eliminate the efficiency requirements currently applied to compact washers defined as those with a capacity under 1.6 cubic feet. These standards, which have applied to both top-loading and front-loa  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has announced a proposed rulemaking that would reverse its 2016 decision to classify portable air conditioners (portable ACs) as a covered consumer product under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). This proposed withdrawal reflects DOE's updated view that regulating portable ACs under EPCA's energy conservation framework is not currently necessary or appropriate to fulfill the  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has issued a proposed rule to withdraw its previous determination that miscellaneous refrigeration products (MREFs) qualify as covered consumer products under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). This action would reverse a long-standing process initiated in 2011 and may eliminate federal energy conservation standards for products such as wine chillers, non-compressor refrigerat  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has issued a direct final rule rescinding part 1000 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, which outlined the transfer of certain proceedings and functions from predecessor federal agencies to the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) following the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977. This rule eliminates regulations that are now considered obsolete, as the transfers in question too  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a notice regarding two proposed settlement agreements related to the Mohawk Tannery Site located in Nashua, New Hampshire, under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), also known as the Superfund law. The first agreement, referred to as the First Modification to the Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Settlement Agreement for Removal Action, involves Blaylock   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of several recent Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) in the Federal Register on May 16, 2025. In accordance with Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act, the EPA has published its comments on EIS documents issued by other federal agencies. These comments are accessible to the public through the EPA's online portal. Among the notable disclosures is the EPA's adoption of the National Park Servic  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has issued a final notice regarding agency actions for a significant infrastructure project in Cochise County, Arizona. The project, formally titled the City of Douglas New Commercial Land Port of Entry Connector Road Study, aims to develop a connector road approximately 4.5 miles west of the existing Raul Hector Castro International Port of Entry (IPOE) in Douglas. This transportation initiati  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System has announced receipt of a change in bank control notice under the Change in Bank Control Act concerning Anchor Bancorporation, Inc., a bank holding company headquartered in Anchor, Illinois. The application was submitted by the Estate of William H. Davis and Donna J. Davis, both of Fairview Park, Ohio. The proposed transaction involves the estate's retention of voting shares in Anchor Bancorporation, Inc. and thereby indirect control of  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced preliminary determinations indicating that the domestic industry is likely materially injured by imports of multifunctional acrylate and methacrylate monomers and oligomers (MAMMOs) from South Korea and Taiwan. These products, classified under several subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, have been alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value, with imports from Taiwan also subj  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA-NMFS) has issued a notice proposing to grant Narwhal, LLC an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) under the Marine Mammal Protection Act for oil and gas exploration activities in west Harrison Bay, Alaska. The proposed IHA would permit the non-lethal, incidental take of marine mammals during a suite of activities conducted between August 202  more