WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service is proposing a rule to decrease the assessment rate for domestic dates grown or packed in Riverside County, California. This would lower the rate from $0.15 to $0.05 per hundredweight for the 2024-2025 and subsequent crop years. This action follows a recommendation from the California Date Administrative Committee. The Committee, which is composed of date producers and handlers, formulated an annua  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking direct final action to approve revisions to Minnesota's Underground Storage Tank program. The revisions were submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and are in line with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. This action also serves to codify the EPA's approval of Minnesota's state program and incorporates by reference those state regulations and statutes that the EPA has decided meet the require  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to approve revisions to the Minnesota's Underground Storage Tank program. The revisions were submitted by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The proposed rule would also codify the EPA's approval of Minnesota's state program and incorporate by reference provisions of Minnesota's regulations. The provisions would be subject to the EPA's inspection and enforcement authorities under the Resource Conservatio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to remove the Corozal Well in Puerto Rico, from the national priorities list. The agency, in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico's Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, has determined that all appropriate response actions have been completed at the site. This proposed rule and Notice of Intent to delete the site from the National Priorities List is a procedural action that makes the s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The Railroad Retirement Board is amending its regulations to remove provisions that provided unequal treatment for male and female spouses. The regulations, which define when a spouse, divorced spouse, surviving divorced spouse, or remarried widow or widower of a railroad employee may receive an annuity, contained a disparity that could violate the right to equal protection under the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The provisio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (TNSFR) -- The Social Security Administration is extending the expiration dates for several body systems within its listing of impairments. This final rule ensures the agency has the criteria it needs to evaluate impairments for disability claims and continuing disability reviews. The extension applies to 13 body systems. The listings of impairments are used at the third step of the sequential evaluation process for claims filed by adults and children seeking benefits based  more