WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management has replaced regulations governing the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A) surface resources to support national energy policy and align management with the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 (NPRPA). The BLM determined that the 2024 rule conflicted with and exceeded its statutory authority under the NPRPA, undermining the purpose of that act, which is considered a dominant-use sta  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has amended the list of designated user fee airports in its regulations. This technical amendment revises the table found in 19 CFR part 122, which governs regulations for aircraft engaged in international commerce. The rule adds five airports to the list and removes one other airport. Five airports are being added after the agency and the respective airport authorities signed Memorandums of A  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule that mandates commercial vessel operators to electronically submit the data elements of Form I-418, Passenger List--Crew List, in place of a paper submission. This action adopts the interim amendments to titles 8 and 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations that were published in the Federal Register on Dec. 28, 2021. The core purpose of this rule is to streamline vessel a  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a final rule to place the substance 4-chloromethcathinone (4-CMC) in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. This action imposes the regulatory controls, administrative, civil and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on any person who handles or proposes to handle 4-CMC. The DEA is taking this measure, in part, to enable the U.S. to meet its obligations und  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has published a draft voluntary agreement developed to reinforce the nation's nuclear industrial base under the Defense Production Act (DPA). The agreement, which was unveiled at a public meeting held on Oct. 23, 2025, sets forth a broad framework for achieving the objectives of Executive Order 14302, titled "Reinvigorating the Nuclear Industrial Base." This action by the DOE follows the agency's earlier publication of an interim fin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has withdrawn its advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) concerning "Airline Passenger Rights," which was issued on Dec. 11, 2024. The proposed rule would have mandated airlines to provide various expensive measures, such as cash compensation, free rebooking, meals, and lodging, to passengers who experienced flight cancellations or lengthy delays. The withdrawal of the ANPRM is consistent with two Executive Orders (E.O  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a direct final rule to bring its hazardous chemical inventory reporting regulations into alignment with amendments made to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) in 2012 and 2024. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) relies on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's standard for defining a hazardous che  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an interim final rule to adjust the deadline for certain products listed on the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan product schedule to comply with updated requirements. This action revises the date until which specific chemical agent categories can remain conditionally listed and available for use in response to oil discharges into U.S. jurisdictional waters. The EPA is extending th  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to approve a revision to the State of New York's state implementation plan (SIP) for the ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). This proposed rule addresses a source-specific SIP (SSSIP) revision for the Calpine JFK Energy Center, located at Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York. The facility supplies electricity to the airport and the Consolidated Edison Power Distribution Grid, as wel  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed to approve parts of revisions to the Oklahoma state implementation plan (SIP) designed to update the state's source review (NSR) permit program. These revisions, submitted by the State of Oklahoma's designee between 2002 and 2025, also include general amendments to the Oklahoma SIP. The EPA's proposed action is required by the Federal Clean Air Act (CAA), which mandates states to develop air pollution controls   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to align its hazardous chemical inventory reporting regulations under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) with updates to the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) of 2012 and 2024. This proposed action aims to modify the terminology and information required on hazardous chemical inventory forms, directly re  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission has started its review of its media ownership rules, proposing to determine if the regulations remain necessary or should be modified or repealed due to marketplace competition. This proposed rule addresses the Local Radio Ownership Rule, the Local Television Ownership Rule and the Dual Network Rule. Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 mandates that the FCC conduct this review every four years to ensure the ru  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has eliminated outdated regulations for the Forest Highway Program. This action follows legislative changes that superseded the original program structure, rendering the existing rules obsolete. The Forest Highway Program, along with programs for forest development roads and trails, park roads and trails, parkways, Indian reservation roads, and public lands highways, was previously codified in se  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued a final rule rescinding regulations concerning the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP) and the associated management systems for the Forest Service and the Forest Highway Program. The regulations, originally established in Feb. 2004, required the development and implementation of management systems for safety, bridges, pavements, and congestion for facilities that provided access to and w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has issued a final rule to rescind regulations concerning the Federal Lands Highway Program and the management systems for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Reservation Roads Program. The Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP) rule, which was established on Feb. 27, 2004, provided for the creation and execution of safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion management systems for transportat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration has removed regulations concerning the Federal Lands Highway Program and its associated management systems for the National Park Service (NPS) and the Park Roads and Parkways Program. This final rule rescinds the rule issued on Feb. 27, 2004, which amended title 23 Code of Federal Regulations part 970. That rule previously mandated the creation and application of safety, bridge, pavement, and con  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is approving an amendment to Ohio's program for regulating surface coal mining. This final rule revises the state's rules by eliminating the requirement that a coal mining permit application must include either the employment identification number or the last four digits of a resident agent's Social Security number (SSN). Ohio submitted the proposed amendment on Jan. 8, 2021,  more