WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Asian Art Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, have received a federal determination from the U.S. Department of State that clears the way for the temporary exhibition of various cultural objects from South Korea. The determination applies to two separate exhibitions: "Korean Treasures: Collected, Cherished, Shared," which will be shown at the National Museum of Asian Art Arthur M. Sack  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is issuing a final rule to approve an update to the Alabama State Implementation Plan, which was submitted by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) on Dec. 20, 2023. This action incorporates modifications to various air permit regulations that ADEM has adjusted since EPA last approved them. This approval ensures the state plan continues to meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. The revisions pertain  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule that would extend compliance deadlines established in the 2024 Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category. The EPA aims to update transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives and would establish authority for alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requesting public information and comment to aid in the development of changes to the Regional Haze Rule (RHR), which aims to protect visibility in mandatory Class I Federal areas, such as certain national parks and wilderness areas. EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking indicates a priority is streamlining the RHR's requirements. These regulations dictate how states must submit state implementation plans (SIPs) to   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Housing Finance Agency is proposing a rule to establish the housing goals for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for the years 2026 through 2028. The proposed rule sets benchmark levels for these goals as required by the Federal Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act of 1992. This action would establish benchmark levels for various single-family and multifamily housing goals. For single-family mortgages, the proposed benchmarks are 21.0 percent   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System adopted amendments to its Regulation A to reflect a reduction in the rate for primary credit at each Reserve Bank. This action resulted in an automatic decrease in the secondary credit rate at each Reserve Bank, based on a predetermined formula. These changes were applicable on Sept. 18, 2025. Federal Reserve Banks offer primary and secondary credit to depository institutions, giving them a source of backup funding for short-term needs, t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE), New York City, has submitted notifications regarding its standards development activities to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. The submission was made pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 and was filed on Sept. 24, 2025. The filing seeks to continue limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specific circ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service has published a final rule that revises regulations concerning the interest capitalization requirements for improvements that qualify as the production of designated property. These revisions primarily affect taxpayers who make improvements to real or tangible personal property. The rulemaking finalizes a proposal from May 15, 2024, by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS. The core of the rule   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire (PC) strand from Malaysia. This review covers the period from June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. ITA preliminarily determined that two producers and exporters selected for individual examination, Kiswire Sdn. Bhd., Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and Wei Dat Steel Wire Sdn. Bhd., Ipoh, Malaysia, did not s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration is automatically starting five-year reviews, known as Sunset Reviews, of antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders and suspended investigations. This action is taken in accordance with the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. The International Trade Commission is publishing a parallel notice for the institution of these reviews, covering the same orders and suspended investigations. This  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary findings in an antidumping duty administrative review of raw honey from Argentina. ITA determined that two individually examined companies, Asociacion De Cooperativas Argentinas Cooperativa Limitada (ACA) and Nexco S.A., both of Buenos Aires, Argentina, along with other companies not selected for individual examination, sold raw honey in the U.S. at less than normal value   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration preliminarily determined that chlorinated isocyanurates from China were sold in the U.S. at less than fair value during the period of review from June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. The administrative review included two producers and exporters, Heze Huayi Chemical Co. Ltd., and Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co. Ltd., both in Heze City, China. Based on the preliminary results, ITA assigned a weighted-a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has preliminarily concluded that a producer and exporter in Spain sold prestressed concrete steel wire (PC) strand at less than normal value during an administrative review period. This determination covers the period of June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. The sole company under review, Global Special Steel Products S.A.U., Los Corrales de Buelna, Spain, dba Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC S.L., Santa  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration has completed its preliminary administrative review of the antidumping duty order on cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel from India. The review period covered June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. ITA preliminarily determined that one exporter, Goodluck India Ltd., Ghaziabad, India, did not make sales of the subject merchandise at prices below normal value during the review period.   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration is revoking the antidumping duty order on barium carbonate from China. This action follows the initiation of the fourth sunset review of the Order and the subsequent lack of a response from any domestic interested party. The revocation is applicable on Oct. 3, 2025. ITA published the initiation of the sunset review on July 1, 2025, which began a process to determine if the order should be maintained  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration determined that ending the antidumping duty order on calcium hypochlorite from China would probably lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping. ITA found that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighed-average margins up to 210.52 percent. This finding means that the duties are likely to remain in effect. The review was initiated on June 2, 2024. Innovative Water C  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration is ending its administrative review of the countervailing duty order on some non-refillable steel cylinders from China. This decision applies to the review period from Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024. ITA is taking this action because there were no reviewable suspended entries for the one company that was subject to this review. ITA published a notice on May 5, 2025, providing an opportunity for  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration preliminarily determined that Nan Ya Plastics Corp., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, sold polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip, also known as PET film, at less than normal value during the period of review from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. The estimated weighted-average dumping margin for the company is preliminarily set at 1.06 percent. ITA published a notice of opportunity to request   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration preliminarily determined that sales of chlorinated isocyanurates from Spain were not sold in the U.S. at less than their normal value during the period of review, which ran from June 1, 2023, through May 31, 2024. As a result of this preliminary outcome, the sole company under individual examination, Ercros S.A., Barcelona, Spain, was assigned a zero-percent weighted-average dumping margin for the r  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission announced the scheduling of an expedited review to determine the future of the antidumping duty order on electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from China. The review, conducted under the Tariff Act of 1930, seeks to ascertain if ending the duty order would likely cause the continuation or recurrence of material injury to the U.S. domestic industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. This action follows the Commission's determinat  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission is soliciting input from the public and interested government agencies regarding potential remedies in a trade investigation involving photodynamic therapy systems. This request follows the administrative law judge's (ALJ) Initial Determination on a violation of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which was issued on Sept. 30, 2025. The investigation, designated No. 337-TA-1411, concerns the importation and sale of specific pho  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- OpenGMSL Association, Beaverton, Oregon, submitted written notifications of changes in its membership to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division on Sept. 22, 2025. The submission was made pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The purpose of this action is to extend the act's provisions that limit the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under certain conditions. OpenGMSL added several organ  more