WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is withdrawing a set of proposed rules for designated contract markets and swap execution facilities. The proposed rules would have established governance and conflict of interest standards for market regulation functions. The commission published the notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register on March 19, 2024. The proposal included minimum fitness standards, requirements for managing conflicts of interest and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is canceling the competition for fiscal year 2025 awards under the High School Equivalency Program (HEP) and the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). A notice of cancellation was issued for both programs. The department is withdrawing the Notices Inviting Applications (NIAs) that were published in the Federal Register on Aug. 30, 2024. This action cancels the competition for 2025   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has put out a supplemental proposed rule to adjust renewable fuel volume standards for 2026 and 2027. The proposal accounts for exemptions granted to small refineries for the 2023, 2024, and 2025 compliance years under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. On June 17, 2025, the EPA initially proposed volumes for four categories of renewable fuel. However, following decisions on 175 small refinery exemption (SRE) petit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions (AVSS), Fredericton, Canada, voluntarily requested the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration to rescind a declaration of compliance for the Skydio X10 with AVSS Parachute Recovery System (PRS-X10) unmanned aircraft. The FAA complied with the request, rescinding the operations over people declaration. This action is effective Sept. 18, 2025. The FAA had accepted the declaration on August 26, 2024. The com  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has received two requests for a panel review regarding the final determination on countervailing duties for certain softwood lumber products from Canada. The requests, filed with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Secretariat on Sept. 11, 2025, challenge the findings of a countervailing duty administrative review. The first request was submitted by a group of parties, including Resolute FP C  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is providing additional funding to an existing grant recipient. This notice serves to inform the public about the decision to award supplemental funding to one grant recipient that was initially funded in the fiscal year 2024. The recipient funded under the National Anti-Drug Coalitions Training and Workforce Development Cooperative Agreement is eligible to r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is providing supplemental funding to a grant recipient under the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Center for Excellence (HBCU-CFE) grant. This notice informs the public of the intention to award up to $350,000 in additional funds to the one eligible grantee from the FY 2023 grant cycle. The recipient, Clark University, operates the HBCU Center fo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration will provide supplemental funding to eleven grant recipients of the Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTCs) Cooperative Agreements. This is being done to expand the efforts of the PTTCs to develop and deliver resources to the prevention field, allowing for a focused effort on SAMHSA prevention grant recipients. The 11 eligible grant recipients were al  more