{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance across areas lets examine'","count":1947,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+across+areas+lets+examine&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Demolition of Pier 10 and Construction of a Crane Weight Test Area Project at U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London","type":"Notice","abstract":"NMFS has received a request from the U.S. Navy (Navy) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the demolition of Pier 10 and the construction of a Crane Weight Test Area (CWTA) at Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) New London in Groton, Connecticut. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, 1-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.","document_number":"2026-03861","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/26/2026-03861/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-26/pdf/2026-03861.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03861.pdf?1772027117","publication_date":"2026-02-26","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":"England <span class=\"match\">area</span> and does not include any biologically important <span class=\"match\">areas</span> (BIAs) or ESA-designated critical habitat. The total <span class=\"match\">area</span> affected by the project is small compared to the vast foraging <span class=\"match\">area</span> available to marine mammals in the <span class=\"match\">area</span>. Pile driving and removal at the project site would not obstruct long-term movements or migration of marine mammals.\n \n \n Avoidance by potential prey (\n i.e., \n fish) of the immediate <span class=\"match\">area</span> due to the temporary loss of this foraging habitat is also possible. The duration of fish and marine mammal avoidance of this <span class=\"match\">area</span> after"},{"title":"Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduct. The proposed rule lets policy-influencing positions be moved into Schedule Policy/Career. These positions will remain career jobs filled on a nonpartisan basis. Yet they will be at-will positions excepted from adverse action procedures or appeals. This will allow agencies to quickly remove employees from critical positions who engage in misconduct, perform poorly, or undermine the democratic process by intentionally subverting Presidential directives.","document_number":"2025-06904","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/04/23/2025-06904/improving-performance-accountability-and-responsiveness-in-the-civil-service","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-04-23/pdf/2025-06904.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06904.pdf?1745007307","publication_date":"2025-04-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","name":"Personnel Management Office","id":406,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/personnel-management-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/406","parent_id":null,"slug":"personnel-management-office"}],"excerpts":"Administration (OSHA) Regional <span class=\"match\">Area</span> Directors occupy GS-14 positions covered by chapter 75.\n 287 \n \n OSHA regulations task <span class=\"match\">Area</span> Directors with determining when and where to conduct workplace safety inspections, deciding whether to seek compulsory processes to require those inspections, determining whether to issue citations, and determining and issuing proposed penalties.\n 288 \n \n They also negotiate measures to resolve serious occupational safety and health violations that involve controversial or unprecedented issues.\n 289 \n \n <span class=\"match\">Area</span> Directors also have significant"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Southern Hognose Snake","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to list the southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus), a small, fossorial snake species from the coastal plains and sandhills across the southeastern United States, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This determination also serves as our 12-month finding on a petition to list the southern hognose snake. After a review of the best scientific and commercial data available, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the southern hognose snake as a threatened species with protective regulations under section 4(d) of the Act (\"4(d) rule\"). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the species. We find that designating critical habitat for this species is prudent but not determinable at this time.","document_number":"2025-16688","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/29/2025-16688/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-with-section-4d-rule-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-29/pdf/2025-16688.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-16688.pdf?1756385137","publication_date":"2025-08-29","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":"3(5)(A) of the Act defines critical habitat as (i) the specific <span class=\"match\">areas</span> within the geographical <span class=\"match\">area</span> occupied by the species, at the time it is listed, on which are found those physical or biological features (I) essential to the conservation of the species and (II) which may require special management considerations or protections; and (ii) specific <span class=\"match\">areas</span> outside the geographical <span class=\"match\">area</span> occupied by the species at the time it is listed, upon a determination by the Secretary that such <span class=\"match\">areas</span> are essential for the conservation of the species. Section 4(b)(2)"},{"title":"Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposes to revise the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance to improve government- wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of assistance. OMB is proposing revisions that would improve transparency, accountability, and oversight for Federal awards across the Federal Government. This includes ensuring that American tax dollars are not wasted or misused, activities performed under Federal awards are consistent with law and policy, and recipients are held accountable when they fail to meet relevant standards. The revisions also aim to ensure that basic American principles of equality and equal opportunity are upheld throughout all stages of the award making process and that unlawful discrimination is no longer permitted. Proposed changes also include providing further clarification on the regulatory status of the OMB requirements and on the process for future updates to the government- wide requirements. Finally, OMB also proposes changes to reduce recipient burden. The listed Federal grant-making agencies propose conforming changes to their respective adopting regulations, or, in the case of some agencies and other entities, establishing new adopting regulations or policies. The proposed changes reflect the administration's commitment to transparency, accountability, and proper oversight for the Federal grantmaking process. The proposed regulations seek to ensure that American tax dollars are ultimately used to serve the needs of the American public.","document_number":"2026-10817","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/29/2026-10817/regulation-for-federal-financial-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-29/pdf/2026-10817.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10817.pdf?1779984020","publication_date":"2026-05-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET","name":"Management and Budget Office","id":280,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/management-and-budget-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/280","parent_id":null,"slug":"management-and-budget-office"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services 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For example, such <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> reviews may be necessary to determine whether a recipient of Federal financial assistance is in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with Federal civil rights laws or conscience protection laws. \n Section 200.513—Responsibilities"},{"title":"Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing Study Area","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS, upon request from the U.S. Navy (Navy), issues these regulations pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to govern the taking of marine mammals incidental to the training and testing activities conducted in the Hawaii-Southern California Training and Testing (HSTT) Study Area between 2018 and 2025. In 2021, two separate U.S. Navy vessels struck unidentified large whales on two separate occasions, one whale in June 2021 and one whale in July 2021, in waters off Southern California. The takes by vessel strike of the two whales by the U.S. Navy were covered by the existing regulations and Letters of Authorization (LOAs), which authorize the U.S. Navy to take up to three large whales by serious injury or mortality by vessel strike between 2018 and 2025. The Navy reanalyzed the potential of vessel strike in the HSTT Study Area, including the recent strikes, and as a result, requested two additional takes of large whales by serious injury or mortality by vessel strike for the remainder of the current regulatory period. In May 2023, a U.S. Navy vessel struck a large whale in waters off Southern California. NMFS reanalyzed the potential for vessel strike based on new information, including the three strikes, and authorizes two additional takes of large whales by serious injury or mortality by vessel strike for the remainder of the current regulatory period (two takes in addition to the three takes authorized in the current regulations). The Navy's activities qualify as military readiness activities pursuant to the MMPA, as amended by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (2004 NDAA).","document_number":"2024-31402","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2024-31402/taking-and-importing-marine-mammals-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-the-us-navy-training-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2024-31402.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31402.pdf?1736370921","publication_date":"2025-01-16","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":"al. \n (2024) for blue whale (feeding <span class=\"match\">area</span>), fin whale (feeding <span class=\"match\">area</span>), and gray whale (migratory route).\n \n \n Additional restrictions in mitigation <span class=\"match\">areas</span> beyond those restrictions and <span class=\"match\">areas</span> included in the 2020 HSTT final rule (including mitigation to reduce vessel strike risk such as vessel speed restrictions, and in consideration of the newly identified BIAs (Kratofil et al. 2023 and Calambokidis et al. 2024)) is impracticable given overlap with critical Navy training <span class=\"match\">areas</span> in the HRC and SOCAL, including <span class=\"match\">areas</span> around the Channel Islands in SOCAL"},{"title":"Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or Agency) is finalizing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule to extend deadlines promulgated in the 2024 \"Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category\" (2024 rule), update the 2024 rule's transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates, based on site-specific factors.","document_number":"2025-24102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/31/2025-24102/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-31/pdf/2025-24102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24102.pdf?1767102318","publication_date":"2025-12-31","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":"record independently of the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date extensions. Although the invalidation of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date extensions would result in a NOPP submission date in 2031 that is two years after the latest <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for the generally applicable limitations, the EPA finds that this would still be appropriate as the practicalities of permitting would result in facilities submitting NOPPs prior to the latest <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates to avoid receiving permits with zero-discharge limitations. \n This final rule extends certain <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates associated with zero-discharge"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; South Carolina; Second Planning Period Regional Haze Plan","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by the State of South Carolina on March 3, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as \"Haze Plan\"), as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (\"CAA\" or \"Act\") and EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the regional haze program's second planning period. South Carolina's SIP submission was submitted to address the requirement that states must periodically revise their long-term strategies (LTSs) for making reasonable progress toward the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas (hereinafter referred to as \"Class I areas\"). This SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second planning period of the regional haze program. EPA is taking this action pursuant to sections 110 and 169A of the Act.","document_number":"2025-22565","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/11/2025-22565/air-plan-approval-south-carolina-second-planning-period-regional-haze-plan","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-11/pdf/2025-22565.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22565.pdf?1765374333","publication_date":"2025-12-11","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"},{"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":" as to how the URP should be used in the evaluation of regional haze second planning period SIPs.”\n \n \n \n 4 \n  <span class=\"match\">Areas</span> statutorily designated as mandatory Federal Class I <span class=\"match\">areas</span> consist of national parks exceeding 6,000 acres, wilderness <span class=\"match\">areas</span> and national memorial parks exceeding 5,000 acres, and all international parks that were in existence on August 7, 1977. CAA section 162(a). There are 156 mandatory Class I <span class=\"match\">areas</span>. The list of <span class=\"match\">areas</span> to which the requirements of the visibility protection program apply is in 40 CFR part 81, subpart D.\n \n \n \n Response"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Contract Year 2027 and Certain Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, and Medicare Cost Plan Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule revises the Medicare Advantage (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D), and Medicare cost plan regulations to implement changes related to Star Ratings, marketing and communications, drug coverage, enrollment processes, special needs plans, and other programmatic areas.","document_number":"2026-06600","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/06/2026-06600/medicare-program-contract-year-2027-and-certain-contract-year-2026-policy-and-technical-changes-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-06/pdf/2026-06600.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06600.pdf?1775160908","publication_date":"2026-04-06","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":"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":"such instances of plan marketing violations and negative beneficiary enrollment experiences that commenters describe are rare, as CMS does not often receive reports or complaints in this <span class=\"match\">area</span>. Additionally, CMS routinely monitors <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with MA marketing rules and may take <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> action if CMS determines that a plan or agent/broker is out of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with these rules.\n \n \n Comment: \n Several commenters believed the proposed changes could increase confusion and high-pressure interactions, especially for beneficiaries with complex medication"},{"title":"Amendments and Nonconformance Penalties for Model Year 2027 and Later Heavy-Duty Highway Engines and Amendments to Inducement Provisions for SCR-Equipped Diesel Engines","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulatory amendments to certain compliance provisions and test procedures related to model year (MY) 2027 and later heavy-duty highway engines. These amendments would include changes to the regulatory useful life periods and the emission-related warranty periods. The EPA also proposes to add clarity to certain regulatory compliance provisions and correct errors in the regulations to support the MYs 2027 and later program for heavy-duty highway engines and vehicles. This includes certain amendments related to provisions adopted in January 2023 as well as other provisions adopted in earlier rules. The EPA also proposes to make nonconformance penalties (NCPs) available to manufacturers of medium heavy-duty engines (Medium HDE) and heavy heavy-duty engines (Heavy HDE) beginning in MY 2027. In addition, the EPA proposes to amend the requirements for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system inducement provisions for newly manufactured diesel-fueled highway engines and vehicles (i.e., light- and medium- duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines) and nonroad engines and equipment. The EPA is also considering new inducement guidance for in- use highway and nonroad diesel engines, vehicles, and equipment.","document_number":"2026-14112","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/14/2026-14112/amendments-and-nonconformance-penalties-for-model-year-2027-and-later-heavy-duty-highway-engines-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-14/pdf/2026-14112.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14112.pdf?1783946711","publication_date":"2026-07-14","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":"is numerically greater than the value determined from PCA testing. The <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> level is used to calculate the NCP, but it also serves as the emission standard for any <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> testing. As a result, selecting a higher <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> level would result in a greater NCP but would also give the manufacturer a bigger <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> margin for managing their <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> risk. In no case would the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> level exceed the UL.\n \n \n • \n Section 1071.40(a): \n Calculating the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> level from PCA testing must account for infrequent regeneration adjustment"},{"title":"Policy Statement Concerning the Suppression of Accuracy in Artificial Intelligence Systems","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Federal Trade Commission (\"Commission\") is proposing a policy statement regarding the application of the prohibition on deceptive acts or practices in section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to companies that market artificial intelligence (\"AI\") systems.","document_number":"2026-13628","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13628/policy-statement-concerning-the-suppression-of-accuracy-in-artificial-intelligence-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13628.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13628.pdf?1783341907","publication_date":"2026-07-07","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION","name":"Federal Trade Commission","id":192,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/192","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-trade-commission"}],"excerpts":"navigation, 6% concerned personal development, and 4% concerned spirituality), \n https://www.anthropic.com/research/claude-personal-guidance. \n \n \n \n \n 39 \n  Ted Ladd, \n Anthropic: 91% of Users Do Not Fact-Check AI. <span class=\"match\">Let's</span> Fix That, \n Forbes (Mar. 5, 2026), \n https://www.forbes.com/sites/tedladd/2026/03/05/anthropic-91-of-users-do-not-fact-check-ai-<span class=\"match\">lets</span>-fix-that/. \n \n \n \n \n 40 \n  Reasonable consumers would not expect, of course, that an AI system would output content that is clearly and unequivocally not protected by the First Amendment, such as child pornography"},{"title":"Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Implementation Modifications","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT or Department) is amending its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) and Airport Concession Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (ACDBE) program regulations. The DBE and ACDBE programs are designed to allow small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals to compete fairly for DOT funded contracts let by State and local transportation agencies and in airport concession opportunities. The final rule improves program implementation in major areas, including by updating the personal net worth and program size thresholds for inflation; modernizing rules for counting of material suppliers; incorporating procedural flexibilities enacted during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; adding elements to foster greater usage of DBEs and ACDBEs with concurrent, proactive monitoring and oversight; updating certification provisions with less prescriptive rules that give certifiers flexibility when determining eligibility; revising the interstate certification process to provide for reciprocity among certifiers; and making technical corrections to commonly misinterpreted rules.","document_number":"2024-05583","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/09/2024-05583/disadvantaged-business-enterprise-and-airport-concession-disadvantaged-business-enterprise-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-09/pdf/2024-05583.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05583.pdf?1712580314","publication_date":"2024-04-09","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"boundaries of a recipient's market <span class=\"match\">area</span> should be determined by the number of firms which seek to do concession business with that airport and their locations. The market <span class=\"match\">area</span> may be different for different types of concessions, so another factor is the <span class=\"match\">area</span> in which the firms which receive the substantial majority of concessions-related revenues are located. \n \n We recognize that the changes to interstate certification may increase the number of interested concessionaires located outside a recipient's putative geographic <span class=\"match\">area</span>. The Department's Tips for"},{"title":"Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) amends Regulations E and Z to update regulatory exceptions for overdraft credit provided by very large financial institutions, thereby ensuring that these extensions of overdraft credit adhere to consumer protections required of similarly situated products, unless the overdraft fee is a small amount that only recovers estimated costs and losses. The rule allows consumers to better comparison shop across credit products and provides substantive protections that apply to other consumer credit.","document_number":"2024-29699","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/30/2024-29699/overdraft-lending-very-large-financial-institutions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-30/pdf/2024-29699.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29699.pdf?1735307118","publication_date":"2024-12-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"Rural <span class=\"match\">Areas</span> \n As discussed above, the final rule may lead to an increase in overdraft credit regulated by TILA and Regulation Z, and for remaining non-covered overdraft credit, a decrease in the fee. To the extent that consumers in rural <span class=\"match\">areas</span> bank with institutions other than very large financial institutions, the impact of the final rule on these <span class=\"match\">areas</span> will be limited. The CFPB has limited insight into overdraft practices in rural <span class=\"match\">areas</span> specifically. It is not aware of reasons to suggest more adverse or particular impacts in rural <span class=\"match\">areas</span>. \n \n The"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Human Interaction With Driving Automation Systems","type":"Notice","abstract":"In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a new information collection. The proposed collection of information described below supports research addressing safety-related aspects of drivers' interactions with driving automation systems. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on December 12, 2023. Comments were received from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).","document_number":"2024-12735","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/11/2024-12735/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-11/pdf/2024-12735.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12735.pdf?1718023530","publication_date":"2024-06-11","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":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"behavior of the automation varies <span class=\"match\">across</span> the different conditions. The information will be used to measure trust in the DAS following specific events. These questions will remain the same <span class=\"match\">across</span> all three studies.\n \n \n 8. Post-Drive Questionnaire (NHTSA Form 1749) \n —Necessary for collecting data used to measure participants' understanding (\n i.e., \n mental model) of DAS and their post-drive trust in the DAS, as well as general risk-taking behavior while driving. This post-drive questionnaire will remain the same <span class=\"match\">across</span> all three studies.\n \n 9. Balloon"},{"title":"Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that seeks comment on eliminating outdated requirements and ways to enhance the efficiency of the Broadband Data Collection (BDC) while ensuring that the Commission continues to receive accurate, granular data. Building off the infrastructure data-based coverage restoration process established by the Commission in 2024, the FNPRM seeks comment on several approaches suggested by commenters to simplify, streamline, or otherwise reduce burdens on this coverage restoration process. The FNPRM seeks comment on several ways to simplify the collection of fixed and fixed wireless biannual submissions, specifically on: (1) either allowing providers to indicate certain fixed broadband availability data have been \"grandfathered\" or else simply eliminating the collection of these data; (2) eliminating the requirement that a provider report fixed broadband availability data at speeds below 25/3 Mbps as part of its biannual submission; (3) revising the Commission's rules to eliminate the requirement for providers to use and disclose maximum buffer size data in their BDC biannual submissions; and (4) revising the Commission's rules to relax the 7 meter antenna height requirement that fixed wireless providers must use when modeling their coverage. In addition, the FNPRM seeks comment on ending legacy data collections for mobile service, specifically the collection of 3G mobile broadband availability data and mobile voice data as part of a provider's biannual submission, including potential impacts on reporting for Alaska and on relevant USF programs, respectively. Furthermore, the FNPRM seeks comment on current data retention practices to develop a set of best practices instead of adopting any substantive rule. The FNPRM seeks comment on several potential challenge process improvements, specifically on: (1) allowing service providers to presumptively rebut certain types of fixed challenges with infrastructure data and on requiring infrastructure data in response to certain types of fixed challenges; (2) various options for simplifying and reducing the provider response periods for the fixed challenge process; (3) streamlining the mobile challenge process by automatically removing from the National Broadband Map (NBM) all challenged areas that are conceded or upheld; and (4) relaxing or removing some current mobile crowdsourced data requirements to encourage the submission of additional data. The FNPRM seeks comment on mobile verification and audit process improvements. The FNPRM also seeks comment on improvements to the collection of mobile crowdsourced data and the use of drone data. Lastly, the FNPRM seeks comment on revising the Commission's rules to expressly provide that subscription data, the geographic coordinates of mobile or fixed wireless base stations, mobile or fixed wireless link budget parameter rationales, and any infrastructure data submitted in response to a verification request or audit will be always treated as confidential.","document_number":"2026-12767","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12767/establishing-the-digital-opportunity-data-collection-modernizing-the-fcc-form-477-data-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12767.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12767.pdf?1782218725","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"comment on whether to revise our rules to automatically remove challenged <span class=\"match\">areas</span> that are conceded or upheld from the NBM. In the \n Third Report and Order, \n the Commission adopted a challenge process in which providers must rebut or concede a challenge within a 60-day period of being notified of a challenge. Providers are required to submit either infrastructure data or on-the-ground speed test data that Commission staff <span class=\"match\">examine</span> to assess a provider's coverage in the challenged <span class=\"match\">area</span> and resolve the challenge. The Commission recognized that permitting"},{"title":"The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule III for Model Years 2022 to 2031 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NHTSA, on behalf of the Department of Transportation (DOT), proposes to substantially recalibrate the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program to realign this program with Congressional intent. That recalibration includes proposing to amend DOT's fuel economy standards for light-duty vehicles for model years (MYs) 2022- 2026 and MYs 2027-2031. Consistent with statutory requirements, the fuel economy standards proposed in this rule are founded on light-duty vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel fuels, a category that includes non-plug-in hybrid vehicles. In formulating the proposed standards, NHTSA has not considered, consistent with law, the imputed fuel-economy performance of battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) or the electric operation of vehicles that use plug-in hybrid electric powertrains, nor compliance credits or adjustments to the two-cycle fuel economy test procedures to account for air conditioning and off-cycle technologies. NHTSA also is proposing to eliminate the inter-manufacturer credit trading system and to amend the light-duty vehicle fleet classification system to allocate vehicles into passenger and non-passenger automobile fleets appropriately, based on their attributes and capabilities, starting in MY 2028. Elimination of unlawful considerations, combined with several of the proposed changes, would significantly improve the capabilities of manufacturers to meet fuel economy standards, better align the program with Congressional intent, and reduce manufacturer incentives to design vehicles and add features that are not desired by American consumers and that have questionable real-world fuel economy benefits. NHTSA is therefore proposing to set fuel economy standards that increase from newly proposed MY 2022 standards at a rate of 0.5 percent per year through MY 2026, followed by 0.25 percent per year through MY 2031, with MY 2027 stringency established as a bridge between the two sets of standards. The reduced stringency increases in later years, coupled with a reevaluation of the coefficients that define the functions governing fuel economy standards, are intended to establish maximum feasible standards in a manner that gains real-world fuel-economy-benefits, while enabling the industry to adapt to the proposed substantial recalibration of the CAFE program. NHTSA projects that the amended standards would correspond to the industry fleetwide average for all light-duty vehicles of roughly 34.5 miles per gallon (mpg) in MY 2031.","document_number":"2025-22014","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/05/2025-22014/the-safer-affordable-fuel-efficient-safe-vehicles-rule-iii-for-model-years-2022-to-2031-passenger","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-05/pdf/2025-22014.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22014.pdf?1764855918","publication_date":"2025-12-05","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":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"given percent per year for a given number of consecutive years.\n \n \n Manufacturer <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> simulation and the ensuing effects estimation, collectively referred to as <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> modeling, encompass numerous subsidiary elements. <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> simulation begins with a detailed user-provided initial forecast of the vehicle models offered for sale during the simulation period.\n 40 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> simulation then attempts to bring each \n \n manufacturer into <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the standards defined by the regulatory scenario contained within an input file"},{"title":"Green Eagle Railroad, LLC-Construction and Operation Exemption-in Maverick County, Tex.","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2026-08098","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/24/2026-08098/green-eagle-railroad-llc-construction-and-operation-exemption-in-maverick-county-tex","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-24/pdf/2026-08098.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08098.pdf?1776948327","publication_date":"2026-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","name":"Surface Transportation Board","id":481,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-transportation-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/481","parent_id":null,"slug":"surface-transportation-board"}],"excerpts":"Affected Environment and Environmental Consequences, Figure 3.6-5. \n )\n \n Cultural Resources \n MM-Cultural-01. Prior to drilling piles for new bridge piers on the rail line, GER shall conduct additional archaeological surveys via deep mechanical trenching of floodplain <span class=\"match\">areas</span> in the <span class=\"match\">Area</span> of Potential Effects to confirm the presence or absence of deeply buried archaeological deposits. \n MM-Cultural-02. GER shall prepare and provide to OEA a construction monitoring plan no later than 30 days prior to the start of construction of the rail line and abide"},{"title":"Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Halibut Recreational Quota Entity Program Fee Collection","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule authorizes fee collection for the Recreational Quota Entity (RQE) Program. A charter halibut stamp (stamp) is required under this final rule for every charter vessel angler, 18 years of age or older, for each charter vessel fishing trip in a given calendar day, or each calendar day during a charter vessel fishing trip that spans multiple days, who intends to catch and retain halibut on a charter vessel in International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) regulatory areas 2C in Southeast Alaska and 3A in South Central Alaska. Persons who hold charter halibut permits (CHPs) must purchase electronic stamps from NMFS. Charter vessel guides are required to validate a stamp for each adult charter vessel angler intending to catch and retain halibut on a charter vessel fishing trip. This final rule is necessary to promote stability and economic viability in the charter halibut fishery and is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson- Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982 (Halibut Act), and other applicable laws.","document_number":"2025-12558","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/07/2025-12558/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-pacific-halibut-recreational-quota-entity","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-07/pdf/2025-12558.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-12558.pdf?1751546714","publication_date":"2025-07-07","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":"regulatory <span class=\"match\">areas</span> 2C and 3A should have fee collection funds allocated proportionally to each <span class=\"match\">area</span> based on the fee revenue generated from each respective <span class=\"match\">area</span>.\n \n \n Response: \n NMFS disagrees. Total fees collected from IPHC regulatory <span class=\"match\">areas</span> 2C and 3A will be directly proportional to the number of charter vessel anglers on charter vessel fishing trips in each <span class=\"match\">area</span>. The RQE, which is composed of board members who represent each of the IPHC regulatory <span class=\"match\">areas</span>, has the discretion to purchase proportional amounts of halibut QS for each <span class=\"match\">area</span>. Reasons the"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Rough Popcornflower From Endangered to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reclassifying the rough popcornflower (Plagiobothrys hirtus) from endangered to threatened (downlist) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This action is based on our evaluation of the best scientific and commercial data available, which indicates that the species' status has improved such that it is not in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, but that it is still likely to become so within 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 this species.","document_number":"2026-10045","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10045/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-reclassification-of-the-rough-popcornflower-from","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10045.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10045.pdf?1779108319","publication_date":"2026-05-19","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":" TNC means The Nature Conservancy.\n \n \n 3 \n  ODOT means the Oregon Department of Transportation.\n \n \n \n 4 \n  The Umpqua Management <span class=\"match\">Area</span> is not an official recovery unit. This <span class=\"match\">area</span> is an additional recovery management <span class=\"match\">area</span> that includes introduced populations of rough popcornflower in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)'s North Bank Habitat Management <span class=\"match\">Area</span>. While not an official recovery unit, the Umpqua Management <span class=\"match\">Area</span> populations do contribute toward the overall species' recovery.\n \n \n 5 \n  Downlisting criterion 3 states that a minimum of nine reserves"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Washington Department of Transportation Mukilteo Wingwalls Repair Project in Puget Sound, Washington","type":"Notice","abstract":"NMFS has received a request from the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to the Mukilteo Wingwalls Repair Project in Puget Sound, Washington. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, 1-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.","document_number":"2025-13270","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13270/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-16/pdf/2025-13270.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13270.pdf?1752583510","publication_date":"2025-07-16","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":"hours, allowing fish to forage and transit the project <span class=\"match\">area</span> in the evening. Vibratory pile driving and removal would possibly elicit behavioral reactions from fishes such as temporary avoidance of the <span class=\"match\">area</span> but is unlikely to cause injuries to fishes or have persistent effects on local fish populations. \n \n The most likely impact to fishes from pile driving and removal activities in the project <span class=\"match\">area</span> would be temporary behavioral avoidance of the <span class=\"match\">area</span>. The duration of fish avoidance of the <span class=\"match\">area</span> after pile driving stops is unknown but a rapid return"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; Georgia; Second Period Regional Haze Plan","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the regional haze State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision submitted by Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (GA EPD), dated August 11, 2022 (\"Haze Plan\" or \"2022 Plan\"), as satisfying applicable requirements under the Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) and EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR) for the regional haze program's second planning period. Georgia's SIP submission addresses the requirement that states must periodically revise their long-term strategies (LTS) for making reasonable progress toward the national goal of preventing any future, and remedying any existing, anthropogenic impairment of visibility, including regional haze, in mandatory Class I Federal areas (hereinafter referred to as \"Class I areas\"). The SIP submission also addresses other applicable requirements for the second planning period of the regional haze program. EPA is taking this action pursuant to sections 110 and 169A of the Act.","document_number":"2024-26977","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/21/2024-26977/air-plan-approval-georgia-second-period-regional-haze-plan","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-21/pdf/2024-26977.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26977.pdf?1732110315","publication_date":"2024-11-21","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":"04 \n \n \n \n Wolf Island National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (Wolf Island) (GA) *** \n 2.33 \n 1.54 \n 1.76 \n \n \n Chassahowitzka National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (FL) \n 2.28 \n \n \n \n \n St Marks National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (FL) \n 4.89 \n \n \n \n \n Linville Gorge National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (NC) \n 1.13 \n \n \n \n \n Shining Rock National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (NC) \n 1.29 \n \n \n \n \n Swanquarter National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (NC) \n 1.03 \n \n \n \n \n \n Cape Romain National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (SC) \n 3.53 \n 1.28 \n \n \n \n Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock National Wilderness <span class=\"match\">Area</span> (TN and NC) \n 1.11 \n \n \n \n * Note that fields"}]}