WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has withdrawn a rule related to employee benefits following the receipt of adverse public comments. EBSA published a direct final rule (DFR) on July 1, 2025, but it will no longer take effect. The Department had stated that if it received what it defined as "adverse comments" by the July 31, 2025, deadline, it would publish a notification to either pull the DFR or issue an updated rule to addre  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is accepting public comments on potential changes to North Dakota's coal combustion residuals (CCR) permit program. This follows a proposal on May 16, 2025, to approve a partial program for the state. The EPA is now reopening the public comment period to evaluate revisions to the state's program, which would grant North Dakota added authority to implement its own CCR permit system. The comment period for the initial proposa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration has withdrawn its direct final rule regarding employee benefits, which was originally issued on July 1, 2025, to take effect without a traditional public comment period. The agency specified in the initial document that if substantial negative feedback were to be received by July 31, it would publish a notice either rescinding the measure or issuing a different final rule that addressed the con  more