{"description":"Documents matching 'adaptable future scientific advancements provide'","count":221,"total_pages":12,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=adaptable+future+scientific+advancements+provide&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Relating to Agricultural Water","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule to amend the agricultural water provisions of the produce safety regulation. This rule replaces the microbial criteria and testing requirements for pre-harvest agricultural water for covered produce (other than sprouts) with a regulatory approach that incorporates recent science and Food and Drug Administration outbreak investigation findings to achieve improved public health protections as compared to the earlier requirements. The rule requires systems-based assessments, with required testing in certain circumstances, that focus on key risk factors for contamination by pre-harvest agricultural water and will enable farms to implement effective preventive measures. The rule requires farms to take timely action based on risk and includes a new requirement for expedited mitigation for certain hazards. The requirements are adaptable to future scientific advancements and provide sufficient flexibility to be practicable for all sizes and types of farms to implement across the wide variety of agricultural water systems, uses, and practices. These revisions to the produce safety regulation will more comprehensively address a known route of microbial contamination that can lead to preventable foodborne illness that is a significant public health problem.","document_number":"2024-09153","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-09153/standards-for-the-growing-harvesting-packing-and-holding-of-produce-for-human-consumption-relating","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-09153.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09153.pdf?1714662913","publication_date":"2024-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"pre-harvest agricultural water and will enable farms to implement effective preventive measures. The rule requires farms to take timely action based on risk and includes a new requirement for expedited mitigation for certain hazards. The requirements are <span class=\"match\">adaptable</span> to <span class=\"match\">future</span> <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> <span class=\"match\">advancements</span> and <span class=\"match\">provide</span> sufficient flexibility to be practicable for all sizes and types of farms to implement across the wide variety of agricultural water systems, uses, and practices. These revisions to the produce safety regulation will more comprehensively address a"},{"title":"Request for Information; Comprehensive Review of the Essential Health Benefits Framework and Typical Employer Plan Standard","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This request for information (RFI) seeks public input to support CMS' comprehensive review of the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) framework and the requirement under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) that the scope of EHB be equal to the scope of benefits provided under a typical employer plan. CMS seeks comment on current interpretations of EHB, State approaches to selecting and updating EHB-benchmark plans, and methodologies used to determine the scope of benefits included as EHB, as well as how these approaches relate to access and market stability under the Affordable Care Act. CMS also seeks comment on variation across States in the scope of benefits included as EHB, cost pressures affecting EHB, processes for updating State EHB-benchmark plans, limitations in available data used to evaluate EHB, and potential impacts of possible future policy changes. The information gathered will inform CMS' evaluation of whether revisions or additions to the current EHB regulations through future notice and comment rulemaking may be appropriate.","document_number":"2026-11994","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/15/2026-11994/request-for-information-comprehensive-review-of-the-essential-health-benefits-framework-and-typical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-15/pdf/2026-11994.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11994.pdf?1781295308","publication_date":"2026-06-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"party's expense. We note that not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any <span class=\"match\">future</span> procurement, if conducted. It is the responsibility of the potential responders to monitor this RFI announcement for additional information pertaining to this request. In addition, we note that CMS will not respond to questions about the policy issues raised in this RFI. \n We will actively consider all input as we develop <span class=\"match\">future</span> regulatory proposals or <span class=\"match\">future</span> subregulatory policy guidance. We may or may not choose to contact individual responders. Such"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker From Endangered to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), are reclassifying the red-cockaded woodpecker (Dryobates (= Picoides) borealis) from endangered to threatened (i.e., downlisting it) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This action is based on our evaluation of the best available scientific and commercial information, which indicates that the species' status has improved such that it is not currently in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, but that it is still likely to become so in the foreseeable future. We also finalize protective regulations under the authority of section 4(d) of the Act that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the red-cockaded woodpecker. In addition, we correct the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife to reflect that Picoides is not the current scientifically accepted generic name for this species.","document_number":"2024-23786","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/25/2024-23786/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-reclassification-of-the-red-cockaded-woodpecker-from","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-25/pdf/2024-23786.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23786.pdf?1729773917","publication_date":"2024-10-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"time) based on the best <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> understanding of current and <span class=\"match\">future</span> abundance and distribution within the species' ecological settings using the conservation biology principles of resiliency, redundancy, and representation (Shaffer and Stein 2000, pp. 308-311). The SSA report <span class=\"match\">provides</span> decisionmakers with a <span class=\"match\">scientifically</span> rigorous characterization of a species' status and the likelihood that the species will sustain populations over time, along with key uncertainties in that characterization.\n \n The 2003 recovery plan <span class=\"match\">provides</span> management guidelines"},{"title":"Request for Information on the Development of a 2025 National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development (R&D) Strategic Plan","type":"Notice","abstract":"On behalf of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO) welcomes input from all interested parties on how the previous administration's National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan (2023 Update) can be rewritten so that the United States can secure its position as the unrivaled world leader in artificial intelligence by performing R&D to accelerate AI-driven innovation, enhance U.S. economic and national security, promote human flourishing, and maintain the United States' dominance in AI while focusing on the Federal government's unique role in AI research and development (R&D) over the next 3 to 5 years. Through this Request for Information (RFI), the NITRD NCO encourages the contribution of ideas from the public, including AI researchers, industry leaders, and other stakeholders directly engaged in or affected by AI R&D. Responses previously submitted to the RFI on the Development of an AI Action Plan will also be considered in updating the National AI R&D Strategic Plan.","document_number":"2025-07332","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/29/2025-07332/request-for-information-on-the-development-of-a-2025-national-artificial-intelligence-ai-research","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-29/pdf/2025-07332.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-07332.pdf?1745844312","publication_date":"2025-04-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION","name":"National Science Foundation","id":366,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-science-foundation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/366","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-science-foundation"}],"excerpts":"applications, aiming at maintaining U.S. AI leadership into the <span class=\"match\">future</span>; high-risk, high-reward AI research relevant for domains critical to <span class=\"match\">future</span> U.S. competitiveness, including human-AI interaction; research on next-generation AI hardware and architectures beyond deep learning; AI research for accelerating fundamental <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> discovery and technological breakthroughs in areas where private-sector investment is insufficient; advances in AI systems capable of reasoning, <span class=\"match\">adaptability</span>, and robustness in dynamic environments; research into AI standards"},{"title":"Corps of Engineers Agency Specific Procedures To Implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule establishes Agency Specific Procedures (ASPs) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines (PR&G) for Federal water resources investments. It provides a framework to govern how the Corps would evaluate proposed water resources investments, subject to the PR&G. The rule incorporates recommendations from interested parties. The Army is issuing this rule in response to congressional direction in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.","document_number":"2024-29652","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/19/2024-29652/corps-of-engineers-agency-specific-procedures-to-implement-the-principles-requirements-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-19/pdf/2024-29652.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29652.pdf?1734529516","publication_date":"2024-12-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers","name":"Engineers Corps","id":142,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/engineers-corps","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/142","parent_id":103,"slug":"engineers-corps"}],"excerpts":"conditions such as climate, population, urbanization, and land use. The current existing conditions <span class=\"match\">provide</span> the baseline for forecasting both the <span class=\"match\">future</span> “with-project conditions” and the <span class=\"match\">future</span> “without-project conditions.” The inventory and forecast <span class=\"match\">provide</span> information for understanding existing conditions and for establishing a baseline for forecasting “with-project conditions” and “without-project conditions.” The existing conditions and forecast <span class=\"match\">provide</span> a basis for comparing the effects of alternative water resources investments. These forecasts help"},{"title":"Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations as a result of Agency review. The revisions include several changes and amplifications to the accident prevention program requirements, enhancements to the emergency preparedness requirements, improvements to the public availability of chemical hazard information, and several other changes to certain regulatory definitions or points of clarification. As major and other serious and concerning RMP accidents continue to occur, the record shows and EPA believes that this final rule will help further protect human health and the environment from chemical hazards through advancement of process safety based on lessons learned. These amendments seek to improve chemical process safety; assist in planning, preparedness, and response to Risk Management Program-reportable accidents; and improve public awareness of chemical hazards at regulated sources. While many of the provisions of this final rule reinforce each other, it is EPA's intent that each one is merited on its own, and thus severable.","document_number":"2024-04458","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/11/2024-04458/accidental-release-prevention-requirements-risk-management-programs-under-the-clean-air-act-safer","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-11/pdf/2024-04458.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-04458.pdf?1709905524","publication_date":"2024-03-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"\n Marsh <span class=\"match\">provides</span> estimates of large property damage losses in the hydrocarbon industry from 1974 to 2021 in current and 2021 dollars and in a few cases, business loss costs.\n \n \n \n \n 24 \n  For the discussion of how final rule provisions are intended to lower the likelihood of <span class=\"match\">future</span> accidents of the same or similar type, see section 6.1.1 of the RIA.\n \n \n \n \n Table 4—Summary of Social Benefits of Final Rule Provisions \n \n Broad benefit category \n Explanation \n Specific benefit categories \n \n \n Accident Prevention \n Prevention of <span class=\"match\">future</span> RMP facility"},{"title":"Corps of Engineers Agency Specific Procedures To Implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule establishes Agency Specific Procedures (ASPs) for the Corps' implementation of the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for water resources investments. It provides a framework to govern how the Corps would evaluate proposed water resource investments, including identification of which Corps programs and activities are subject to the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines. The Corps is proposing this rule in response to congressional direction provided in authorizing language in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.","document_number":"2024-02448","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/15/2024-02448/corps-of-engineers-agency-specific-procedures-to-implement-the-principles-requirements-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-15/pdf/2024-02448.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02448.pdf?1707918315","publication_date":"2024-02-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers","name":"Engineers Corps","id":142,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/engineers-corps","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/142","parent_id":103,"slug":"engineers-corps"}],"excerpts":"ecosystems <span class=\"match\">provide</span> services to communities and the natural environment. The inventory would also define the ecosystem services that exist in the study area. \n The forecast of <span class=\"match\">future</span> conditions is comparable to the NEPA identification of <span class=\"match\">future</span> impacts associated with the proposed alternatives. The Corps would predict and identify what the <span class=\"match\">future</span> conditions of the study area may be across the various alternatives. Such comparison would also be conducted with the No Action alternative. Any key assumptions made for forecasting of <span class=\"match\">future</span> conditions"},{"title":"Prediction Markets; Public Interest Determinations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission or CFTC) is proposing amendments to its rules concerning event contract derivatives. The markets for these event contracts are commonly referred to as \"prediction markets.\" In particular, the Commission is proposing amendments to further specify the types of event contracts that may be subject to a determination that they are contrary to the public interest, such that they may not be listed for trading or accepted for clearing on or through a CFTC-registered entity, as provided in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The proposed amendments set out factors the Commission would apply in that determination and conform the process by which the determination would be made to the CEA. The Commission also is proposing amendments to the procedure for the Commission's determination to enhance clarity and organization, as well as a definition of the term \"gaming\" and a rule regarding when event contracts \"involve\" an underlying activity.","document_number":"2026-11854","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/12/2026-11854/prediction-markets-public-interest-determinations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-12/pdf/2026-11854.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11854.pdf?1781181917","publication_date":"2026-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION","name":"Commodity Futures Trading Commission","id":77,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commodity-futures-trading-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/77","parent_id":null,"slug":"commodity-futures-trading-commission"}],"excerpts":"Under § 40.11 \n \n The Special Rule <span class=\"match\">provides</span> that the Commission must make a final public interest determination “not later than 90 days from the commencement of its review unless the party seeking to offer the [relevant event contract] agrees to an extension of this time limitation.” \n 262 \n \n CEA section 5c(c)(1) <span class=\"match\">provides</span> that a DCM may list a contract for trading by providing a written certification that the contract complies with the CEA (including Commission regulations thereunder).\n 263 \n \n Rule 40.2(a)(2) <span class=\"match\">provides</span> that the Commission must receive"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule will update and revise the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model for Performance Year (PY) 2. This final rule also includes a technical correction to the regulatory text.","document_number":"2026-10890","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/01/2026-10890/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-iota","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-01/pdf/2026-10890.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10890.pdf?1779999311","publication_date":"2026-06-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","name":"Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services","id":45,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/45","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-medicare-medicaid-services"}],"excerpts":"these facilities, but did not <span class=\"match\">provide</span> further suggestions or justification.\n \n \n Response: \n We thank the commenter for their feedback.\n \n \n Comment: \n A commenter supported CMS's proposed definitions for MTF and VA medical facility, but did not <span class=\"match\">provide</span> a rationale for their support.\n \n \n Response: \n We thank the commenter for their support of the proposed definitions.\n \n \n Comment: \n Several commenters stated that they supported the proposed modification replacing “meets both” with “meets all”, but did not <span class=\"match\">provide</span> further suggestions or justification"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing Golden Paintbrush From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), remove the golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants as it no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The golden paintbrush is a flowering plant native to southwestern British Columbia, western Washington, and western Oregon. Our review of the best available scientific and commercial data indicates threats to the golden paintbrush have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Act.","document_number":"2023-14971","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/07/19/2023-14971/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removing-golden-paintbrush-from-the-federal-list-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-07-19/pdf/2023-14971.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-14971.pdf?1689684317","publication_date":"2023-07-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"species now and in the foreseeable <span class=\"match\">future</span>. \n The Act does not define the term “foreseeable <span class=\"match\">future</span>,” which appears in the statutory definition of “threatened species.” Our implementing regulations at 50 CFR 424.11(d) set forth a framework for evaluating the foreseeable <span class=\"match\">future</span> on a case-by-case basis. The term foreseeable <span class=\"match\">future</span> extends only so far into the <span class=\"match\">future</span> as we can reasonably determine that both the <span class=\"match\">future</span> threats and the species' responses to those threats are likely. In other words, the foreseeable <span class=\"match\">future</span> is the period of time in which we"},{"title":"Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This action proposes performance-based regulations to enable the design and operation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at low altitudes beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) and for third-party services, including UAS Traffic Management (UTM), that support these operations. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 directs the development of this proposed rule. This proposed rule is necessary to support the integration of UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). This proposed rule is intended to provide a predictable and clear pathway for safe, routine, and scalable UAS operations that include package delivery, agriculture, aerial surveying, civic interest, operations training, demonstration, recreation, and flight testing. TSA proposes to make complementary changes to its regulations to ensure it can continue to impose security measures on these operations under its current regulatory structure for civil aviation.","document_number":"2025-14992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14992/normalizing-unmanned-aircraft-systems-beyond-visual-line-of-sight-operations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-14992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14992.pdf?1754484350","publication_date":"2025-08-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"regulatory certainty and efficiency, and framework for scaled operations, that proposed rule would <span class=\"match\">provide</span>. FAA evaluates the benefits of the proposed rule qualitatively. Compared with operations under the current regulatory framework, this proposed rule may result in incremental costs to comply with requirements for design, production, and operations. There may also be cost implications to becoming certificated to <span class=\"match\">provide</span> automated data services. FAA <span class=\"match\">provides</span> potential unit costs and example total costs. \n However, given that the proposed rule includes"},{"title":"Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Updates Related to the Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances as Process Agents","type":"Rule","abstract":"This action establishes recordkeeping and reporting requirements for uses of ozone-depleting substances as process agents and updates related definitions. Codified recordkeeping and reporting requirements will provide clear notice of information the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency collects, aggregates, and reports each year on behalf of the United States as a party to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; effectively monitor these narrow uses in a more routine and consistent manner under the Clean Air Act; and enhance understanding of emissions of substances harmful to the stratospheric ozone layer.","document_number":"2024-22380","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/10/2024-22380/protection-of-stratospheric-ozone-updates-related-to-the-use-of-ozone-depleting-substances-as","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-10/pdf/2024-22380.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-22380.pdf?1728477916","publication_date":"2024-10-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"authority for this action? \n Several sections of the CAA <span class=\"match\">provide</span> authority for this action. In particular, section 603 <span class=\"match\">provides</span> authority to establish monitoring and reporting requirements for controlled substances. EPA also relies on its authority under section 114 of the CAA, which authorizes the EPA Administrator to establish recordkeeping and reporting requirements in carrying out any provision of the CAA (with certain exceptions that do not apply here). Sections 604 and 605 of the CAA <span class=\"match\">provide</span> the authority to phase out the production and consumption"},{"title":"Personnel Demonstration Project at the Army Futures Command Science and Technology Reinvention Laboratory (STRL)","type":"Notice","abstract":"This Federal Register Notice (FRN) serves as notice of the adoption of STRL personnel demonstration project flexibilities by an STRL comprised of certain organizations within the U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC), known collectively as the AFC STRL. The organizations comprising the AFC STRL are the U.S. Army Futures Command Headquarters and Headquarters Components (AFC HHC); the Futures and Concepts Center (FCC); Cross Functional Teams (CFTs); The Research and Analysis Center (TRAC); the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Headquarters (also known as DEVCOM Headquarters); and the DEVCOM Analysis Center (DAC). The AFC STRL will adopt with some modifications, personnel demonstration project flexibilities implemented by the Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (ARL); CCDC Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Center (C5ISR); the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI); the CCDC Armament Center (AC); the Technical Center (TC), U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC); and the Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC). Most flexibilities and administrative procedures are adopted without changes. However, modifications were made when necessary to address specific management and workforce needs. In addition, changes were made based on current law, best practices, and administrative guidance.","document_number":"2024-03586","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/22/2024-03586/personnel-demonstration-project-at-the-army-futures-command-science-and-technology-reinvention","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-22/pdf/2024-03586.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-03586.pdf?1708523121","publication_date":"2024-02-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE","name":"Defense Department","id":103,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/103","parent_id":null,"slug":"defense-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"rules of the GS system which limit internal reassignments, promotions, and training, the AFC STRL Mod Demo <span class=\"match\">provides</span> flexibility to train and assign personnel as needed to respond to the rapid changes in the modernization mission. In addition, AFC STRL Mod Demo enables and enhances innovative ways to attract, recruit, and retain current and <span class=\"match\">future</span> employees through better pay and hiring flexibilities. In addition, AFC STRL Mod Demo will <span class=\"match\">provide</span> supervisor and leadership training to develop capabilities and skills to better engage employees.\n \n D. Changes"},{"title":"Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Salamanders Due to Risk of Salamander Chytrid Fungus","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is affirming as final the 2016 interim rule that added all species of salamanders from 20 genera to the list of injurious amphibians. Under the injurious wildlife prohibitions of the Lacey Act, this final rule prohibits the importation into the United States and shipment between the continental United States, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or possession of the United States of any live or dead specimen, including hybrids and parts, of those 20 genera of salamanders, except by permit for certain purposes or by Federal agencies solely for their own use. In addition to finalizing the listing of those 20 genera, we are publishing a new interim rule to add to the injurious amphibian list 16 genera that recent studies determined are also carriers of the fungus and to clarify some provisions from the final rule. This interim rule includes any live or dead specimen, hybrid, or parts of the 16 genera and opens a public comment period. We take these actions to protect U.S. ecosystems from the introduction, establishment, and spread of the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, which infects and is carried by salamanders, and which is not yet known to be found in the United States.","document_number":"2024-31203","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2024-31203/injurious-wildlife-species-listing-salamanders-due-to-risk-of-salamander-chytrid-fungus","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-10/pdf/2024-31203.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31203.pdf?1736343918","publication_date":"2025-01-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":" Ambystoma \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 200 \n \n \n \n Amphiuma * \n \n Commercial \n 200 \n \n \n \n Bolitoglossa * \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 99 \n \n \n   \n Commercial \n 80 \n \n \n \n Cryptobranchus \n \n Traveling Exhibit \n 1 \n \n \n \n Desmognathus \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 24 \n \n \n \n Eurycea \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 9 \n \n \n \n Laotriton \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 2 \n \n \n \n Necturus * \n \n Commercial \n 6 \n \n \n \n Notophthalmus \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 9 \n \n \n \n Nototriton * \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 6 \n \n \n \n Oedipina * \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 2 \n \n \n \n Paramesotriton \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 4 \n \n \n \n Plethodon \n \n <span class=\"match\">Scientific</span> \n 6 \n \n \n \n Salamandra"},{"title":"Region 5 and Region 6; California, Oregon, and Washington; Forest Plan Amendment for Planning and Management of Northwest Forests Within the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Pacific Northwest and Pacific Southwest Regions of the Forest Service, USDA, are proposing to amend the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP). The amendment would apply to those Forest Service units, or parts thereof, with land management plans amended in 1994 by the NWFP or with land management plans developed later to include provisions of the NWFP. Units in the Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) include: Deschutes National Forest, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mt. Hood National Forest, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Olympic National Forest, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, Siuslaw National Forest, Umpqua National Forest, and Willamette National Forest. Units in the Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) include: Klamath National Forest and Butte Valley National Grassland, Lassen National Forest, Mendocino National Forest, Modoc National Forest, Six Rivers National Forest, and Shasta-Trinity National Forest. This notice initiates a scoping period on a preliminary proposed action and advises the public that the Forest Service is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate the effects of amending the Northwest Forest Plan.","document_number":"2023-27742","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/18/2023-27742/region-5-and-region-6-california-oregon-and-washington-forest-plan-amendment-for-planning-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-18/pdf/2023-27742.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-27742.pdf?1702647929","publication_date":"2023-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"}],"excerpts":"Washington, Oregon, and California, and as far south as Marin County, California. Managing sufficient habitat for the NSO now and into the <span class=\"match\">future</span> is important for its recovery, though this challenge is exacerbated by competition from the barred owl (\n Strix varia \n ) which poses a significant and complex threat to the NSO. An important goal of the NWFP is to conserve mature and old growth forests which <span class=\"match\">provide</span> habitat for NSO.\n \n \n After publication of the recovery plan, the USFWS designated critical habitat for the NSO in 2012 and revised that designation"},{"title":"Review of the Secondary National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Oxides of Nitrogen, Oxides of Sulfur, and Particulate Matter","type":"Rule","abstract":"Based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) review of the air quality criteria for ecological effects and secondary national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for oxides of nitrogen (N oxides), oxides of sulfur (SO<INF>X</INF>), and particulate matter (PM), the EPA is revising the existing secondary sulfur dioxide (SO<INF>2</INF>) standard to an annual average, averaged over three consecutive years, with a level of 10 parts per billion (ppb). Additionally, the Agency is retaining the existing secondary standards for N oxides and PM, without revision. The EPA is also finalizing revisions to the data handling requirements for the secondary SO<INF>2</INF> NAAQS.","document_number":"2024-29463","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/27/2024-29463/review-of-the-secondary-national-ambient-air-quality-standards-for-oxides-of-nitrogen-oxides-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-27/pdf/2024-29463.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29463.pdf?1735220713","publication_date":"2024-12-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"public welfare. A public welfare policy decision draws upon <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> information and analyses about welfare effects, exposures and risks, as well as judgments about the appropriate response to the range of uncertainties that are inherent in the <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> evidence and analyses. The ultimate determination as to what level of damage to ecosystems and the services provided by those ecosystems is adverse to public welfare is not wholly a <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> question, although it may be informed by <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> studies linking ecosystem damage to losses in ecosystem"},{"title":"Control of Communicable Diseases; Foreign Quarantine: Importation of Dogs and Cats","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issues this final rule to provide clarity and safeguards that address the public health risk of dog-maintained rabies virus variant (DMRVV) associated with the importation of dogs into the United States. This final rule addresses the importation of cats as part of overall changes to the regulations affecting both dogs and cats, but the final rule does not require that imported cats be accompanied by proof of rabies vaccination and does not substantively change how cats are imported into the United States.","document_number":"2024-09676","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/13/2024-09676/control-of-communicable-diseases-foreign-quarantine-importation-of-dogs-and-cats","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-13/pdf/2024-09676.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09676.pdf?1715181316","publication_date":"2024-05-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"}],"excerpts":"importation of a rabid dog that is incubating rabies at the time the titer is collected.\n 148 \n \n CDC will publish the length of the waiting period in technical instructions. The technical instructions will be based on the latest <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> information and may be updated in the <span class=\"match\">future</span> based on new <span class=\"match\">scientific</span> information and <span class=\"match\">advancements</span> in veterinary medicine related to vaccination and titer testing.\n \n \n \n 148 \n  Smith TG, Fooks AR, Moore SM, Freuling CM, Muller T, et al. Negligible risk of rabies importation in dogs thirty days after demonstration of adequate"},{"title":"Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the regulations for the Federal student loan programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs) to implement the statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in Public Law 119-21, the Working Families Tax Cuts Act signed into law by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The Department previously referred to the Working Families Tax Cuts Act as the \"One Big Beautiful Bill Act,\" including in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on January 30, 2026. These changes include establishing new loan limits for graduate students, professional students, and parents, and phasing out the Graduate PLUS (Grad PLUS) Program. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act also simplifies the current broken and confusing myriad of Federal student loan repayment plans by phasing out the existing Income- Contingent Repayment (ICR) plans, creating a new Tiered Standard repayment plan option, and establishing a new income-driven repayment plan known as the Repayment Assistance Plan. The Working Families Tax Cuts Act also enables borrowers in default who have previously rehabilitated a defaulted loan a second chance to rehabilitate their loan(s) and resume repayment.","document_number":"2026-08556","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08556/reimagining-and-improving-student-education-federal-student-loan-program-final-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08556.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08556.pdf?1777553126","publication_date":"2026-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"professional in nature offered by institutions. The list <span class=\"match\">provides</span> those degree programs that we have identified as meeting the statutory definition of a \n professional degree \n for the purposes of determining who is considered a professional student and is subject to the higher loan limits. Additionally, the definition's framework <span class=\"match\">provides</span> clear clues that, so long as the operative definition and context allow, additional degrees may be added to the list of professional degrees through <span class=\"match\">future</span> rulemaking.\n \n \n By stating that the law does not contemplate"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to U.S. Navy Operations of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active Sonar in the Western and Central North Pacific Ocean and Eastern Indian Ocean","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Department of the Navy (Navy) for Incidental Take Regulations (ITR) and an associated Letter of Authorization (LOA) pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). The requested regulations would govern the authorization of take of marine mammals incidental to training and testing activities using Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar systems in the western and central North Pacific and eastern Indian oceans over the course of 7 years from August 2026 through August 2033. NMFS requests comments on this proposed rule. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the promulgation of the requested ITR and issuance of the LOA; agency responses to public comments will be summarized in the final rule, if issued. The Navy's activities are considered military readiness activities pursuant to the MMPA, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (2004 NDAA) and the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2019 (2019 NDAA).","document_number":"2026-04668","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/10/2026-04668/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-us","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-10/pdf/2026-04668.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04668.pdf?1773060315","publication_date":"2026-03-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"section of this proposed rule.\n \n The Navy describes and analyzes the effects of their activities within the application and <span class=\"match\">provides</span> additional details in the 2025 SURTASS Draft SEIS/OEIS. In their assessment, the Navy concluded that the transmission of acoustic signals was the only stressor likely to result in impacts on marine mammals that qualify as harassment as defined under the MMPA. Therefore, the Navy's application <span class=\"match\">provides</span> their assessment of potential effects from this stressor. \n SURTASS LFA Sonar System \n Sonar is an acronym for “sound navigation"},{"title":"Renewable Energy Modernization Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior (the Department or DOI), acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) (\"the agencies\"), is finalizing regulatory amendments to its renewable energy regulations under the authority of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). The notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for this final rule was published in the Federal Register on January 30, 2023. While the NPRM contemplated amendments only to the Department's existing renewable energy regulations that are administered by BOEM, this final rule also finalizes regulatory amendments previously proposed by BOEM that are now administered by BSEE and includes amendments to regulations resulting from the \"Reorganization of Title 30--Renewable Energy and Alternative Uses of Existing Facilities on the Outer Continental Shelf\" direct final rule, issued by the Department on January 31, 2023. This final rule eliminates unnecessary requirements for the deployment of meteorological (met) buoys; increases survey flexibility; improves the project design and installation verification process; establishes a public Renewable Energy Leasing Schedule; reforms BOEM's renewable energy auction regulations; tailors financial assurance requirements and instruments; clarifies safety management system regulations; revises other provisions; and makes technical corrections. This final rule advances the Department's energy policies in a safe and environmentally sound manner that will provide a fair return to the U.S. taxpayer.","document_number":"2024-08791","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/15/2024-08791/renewable-energy-modernization-rule","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-15/pdf/2024-08791.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08791.pdf?1715690712","publication_date":"2024-05-15","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Ocean Energy Management","name":"Ocean Energy Management Bureau","id":575,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/ocean-energy-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/575","parent_id":253,"slug":"ocean-energy-management-bureau"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement","name":"Safety and Environmental Enforcement Bureau","id":576,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/safety-and-environmental-enforcement-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/576","parent_id":253,"slug":"safety-and-environmental-enforcement-bureau"}],"excerpts":"requirements, financial assurance, and geotechnical survey revisions) <span class=\"match\">provide</span> compliance cost savings and one, SMS reporting, has minor compliance cost burdens. In net, BOEM estimates these changes could save the OCS renewable energy industry approximately $127 million in annualized cost savings over the 20-year period of analysis (3 percent discounting). In addition to these \n \n quantitative costs and benefits, the rule also <span class=\"match\">provides</span> qualitative benefits. This rule <span class=\"match\">provides</span> additional clarity and certainty, while streamlining the regulatory framework"}]}