WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Susquehanna River Basin Commission announced the approvals by rule for 78 projects relating to the consumptive use of water within the basin. This notice provides a list of all approvals issued by the commission during the period covering Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, 2025. This process is consistent with the commission's regulations regarding approvals by rule, as set forth in 18 CFR 806.22 (e) and (f). The commission issued the approvals for the consumptive use of w  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission has proposed eliminating the required simulcasting of broadcast television programming in the current ATSC 1.0 standard for stations transitioning to ATSC 3.0, or Next Gen TV. This proposed rule change aims to support and accelerate the nation's ongoing, market-based shift to the enhanced broadcasting standard. The FCC tentatively concludes that the mandatory simulcasting requirement for stations that adopt the 3.0 transmissio  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System has amended the Regulation D, Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions, to update the annual indexing of the reserve requirement exemption amount and the low reserve tranche for 2026. This action is mandated by the Federal Reserve Act, despite the Board having set all reserve requirement ratios to zero in March 2020. The Board is adjusting the reserve requirement exemption amount for 2026 to $39.2 million, an increase from $37.8 m  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is moving to revise federal regulations by removing language that identifies obsolete funds it distributes to eligible states and tribes each fiscal year. This action is being taken through a direct final rule that rescinds a portion of the existing regulations found at 30 CFR 872.13(a)(5), which refers to "prior balance replacement funds." These prior balance replacement fun  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is issuing a direct final rule to revise federal regulations by rescinding obsolete provisions relating to the scope of rules implementing the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). This action specifically removes subsection (n) of 30 CFR 700.1, which describes Subchapter S as containing regulations for mining and mineral research institute grants. The S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a direct final rule to revise federal regulations related to abandoned mine land funding. The rule rescinds references to obsolete prior balance replacement funds and makes conforming language edits to several parts of the Code of Federal Regulations. Prior balance replacement funds were from the U.S. Treasury's General Fund that were meant to replace State or Triba  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a direct final rule to amend federal regulations and eliminate obsolete provisions concerning surface mining reclamation funds. This action revises 30 CFR Part 872 by removing references to prior balance replacement funds and rescinding the phase-in schedule for minimum program make up fund distributions. The Department determined this rule is administrative and te  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has issued a direct final rule to rescind provisions governing the distribution of prior balance replacement funds. This action aims to remove obsolete language from Federal regulations that described how the agency awards and distributes these funds to eligible States and Tribes. Prior balance replacement funds are from the U.S. Treasury's General Fund that were designated t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has proposed a direct final rule to eliminate regulations related to prior balance replacement funds, which the agency deems obsolete. The rule would rescind 30 CFR 872.29 and 30 CFR 872.31 of the federal regulations, which define and outline restrictions for the use of these funds. Prior balance replacement funds are from the U.S. Treasury's General Fund used to substitute S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has proposed to amend its federal regulations by rescinding language that refers to obsolete funds related to distributions made to states and tribes. This action, implemented through a direct final rule seeks to remove references to "prior balance replacement funds" from the Federal regulations at 30 CFR Part 885. Prior balance replacement funds originated from the U.S. Trea  more