{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance agencies dear consumer financial protection requirements'","count":313,"total_pages":16,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+agencies+dear+consumer+financial+protection+requirements&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including gas-fired instantaneous water heaters, which are a type of consumer water heater. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\" or the \"Department\") to periodically review its existing standards to determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters. It has determined that the amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-30369","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/26/2024-30369/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-consumer-gas-fired-instantaneous-water","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-26/pdf/2024-30369.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30369.pdf?1734961515","publication_date":"2024-12-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"various DOE regulations and other regulatory <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> on manufacturers. \n For individual <span class=\"match\">consumers</span>, measures of economic impact include the changes in LCC and PBP associated with new or amended standards. These measures are discussed further in the following section. For <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> in the aggregate, DOE also calculates the national NPV of the <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> costs and benefits expected to result from particular standards. DOE also evaluates the impacts of potential standards on identifiable subgroups of <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> that may be affected disproportionately by"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Water Heaters","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer water heaters. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\" or \"the Department\") to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for consumer water heaters. It has determined that the new and amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-09209","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-09209/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-consumer-water-heaters","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-09209.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09209.pdf?1714740318","publication_date":"2024-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"Costs to <span class=\"match\">Consumers</span> \n \n Table I.2 summarizes DOE's evaluation of the economic impacts of the adopted standards on <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> of <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> water heaters, as measured by the average life-cycle cost (“LCC”) savings and the simple payback period (“PBP”).\n 3 \n \n The average LCC savings are positive for all product classes, and the PBP is less than the average lifetime of <span class=\"match\">consumer</span> water heaters, which is estimated to be about 15 years for storage water heaters (\n see \n section IV.F of this document).\n \n \n \n 3 \n  The average LCC savings refer to <span class=\"match\">consumers</span> that"},{"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":"Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> evaluate proposed water resources projects, programs activities, and related actions, consist of the following three components: (1) the P&amp;R, providing the overarching concepts that the Federal Government seeks to achieve through policy implementation and <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for inputs into analysis of Federal investment alternatives; (2) Interagency Guidelines, providing more detailed guidance for affected Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span>, \n \n including the Departments of the Interior, Agriculture, and Commerce, the Environmental <span class=\"match\">Protection</span> <span class=\"match\">Agency</span>, the"},{"title":"Bus Testing: Updates to Bus Testing Program Procedures and Policies, Clarifications, Technical Adjustments, and Other Program Updates","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is proposing amendments to its bus testing regulation. The proposed changes will improve the efficiency of the testing program for stakeholders, enhance the value of bus testing reports for consumers, and assist in removing outdated test reports.","document_number":"2026-12919","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12919/bus-testing-updates-to-bus-testing-program-procedures-and-policies-clarifications-technical","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12919.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12919.pdf?1782391515","publication_date":"2026-06-26","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 Transit Administration","name":"Federal Transit Administration","id":193,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/193","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-transit-administration"}],"excerpts":"must certify that any new bus model acquired with FTA <span class=\"match\">financial</span> assistance has been tested in accordance with the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of part 665 and received a passing test score before expenditure of any FTA funding on a bus.\n \n \n Need for and Expected Use of the Information To Be Collected: \n The Bus Testing Program was created to provide transit <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> an independent source of bus performance results that could be used to improve their bus procurement decisions. Without the program, transit <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> would have to rely on either manufacturer-supplied"},{"title":"Special Registrations for Telemedicine and Limited State Telemedicine Registrations","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (the \"Ryan Haight Act\") generally requires an in-person medical evaluation prior to the issuance of a prescription of controlled substances but provides an exception to this in-person medical evaluation requirement where the practitioner is engaged in the \"practice of telemedicine\" within the meaning of the Ryan Haight Act. These proposed regulatory changes would establish a Special Registration framework and authorize three types of Special Registration. This proposed rulemaking also provides for heightened prescription, recordkeeping, and reporting requirements. DEA believes such changes are necessary to effectively expand patient access to controlled substance medications via telemedicine while mitigating the risks of diversion associated with such expansion. A summary of this rule may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/DEA-2023-0029.","document_number":"2025-01099","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01099/special-registrations-for-telemedicine-and-limited-state-telemedicine-registrations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01099.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01099.pdf?1736948758","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","id":116,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/drug-enforcement-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/116","parent_id":268,"slug":"drug-enforcement-administration"}],"excerpts":"802(10).\n \n \n \n \n 11 \n  21 U.S.C. 871(b), 958(f).\n \n \n \n The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> <span class=\"match\">Protection</span> Act of 2008. \n The \n Ryan Haight Act \n amended the CSA by, among other things, adding several new provisions to prevent the illegal distribution and dispensing of controlled substances by means of the \n internet. \n A central feature of the \n Ryan Haight Act \n is the in-person medical evaluation <span class=\"match\">requirement</span>. The in-person medical evaluation <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> is set forth in 21 U.S.C. 829(e), which provides that “[n]o controlled substance that is"},{"title":"Financial Responsibility, Administrative Capability, Certification Procedures, Ability To Benefit (ATB)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the regulations implementing title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), related to financial responsibility, administrative capability, certification procedures, and ATB. We amend the financial responsibility regulations to increase the Department of Education's (Department) ability to identify high-risk events at institutions of higher education and require financial protection as needed. We amend and add administrative capability provisions to enhance the capacity for institutions to demonstrate their ability to continue to participate in the financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the HEA (title IV, HEA programs). Additionally, we amend the certification procedures to create a more rigorous process for certifying institutional eligibility to participate in the title IV, HEA programs. Finally, we amend the ATB regulations related to student eligibility for non-high school graduates.","document_number":"2023-22785","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/31/2023-22785/financial-responsibility-administrative-capability-certification-procedures-ability-to-benefit-atb","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-10-31/pdf/2023-22785.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-22785.pdf?1698669915","publication_date":"2023-10-31","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":"their <span class=\"match\">financial</span> obligations, by adding events that constitute a failure to do so, including failure to make debt payments for more than 90 days, failure to make payroll obligations, or borrowing from employee retirement plans without authorization. \n • Amend in § 668.171 the set of conditions that require an institution to post <span class=\"match\">financial</span> <span class=\"match\">protection</span> if certain events occur. These mandatory triggers are certain external events, <span class=\"match\">financial</span> circumstances that may not be reflected in the institution's regular <span class=\"match\">financial</span> statements, and <span class=\"match\">financial</span> circumstances"},{"title":"Certification of Tribal Housing Counselors","type":"Rule","abstract":"HUD's Housing Counseling Program provides counseling to individuals seeking information about financing, maintaining, renting, or owning a home. Established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, entities and individual counselors that participate in the Housing Counseling Program are required to be certified by HUD as competent to provide counseling services. In 2016, HUD implemented such housing counselor certification requirements for most HUD programs but agreed to conduct consultation with Tribes before implementing them for Tribes. On January 26, 2023, HUD published a proposed rule that provides an alternative regulatory standard for the counselor certification that accounts for the unique status of Tribal land and housing programs in Indian country and recognizes the importance of Tribal expertise. After consulting with Tribes and considering public comments received in response to the proposed rule, this final rule adopts the proposed rule with minor changes.","document_number":"2024-12777","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/06/12/2024-12777/certification-of-tribal-housing-counselors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-06-12/pdf/2024-12777.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-12777.pdf?1718109921","publication_date":"2024-06-12","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"make an accessible telephone call, please visit \n https://www.fcc.gov/<span class=\"match\">consumers</span>/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n I. Background \n \n Established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> <span class=\"match\">Protection</span> Act (Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376, approved July 21, 2010) (Dodd-Frank), HUD's Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) provides support to a nation-wide network of HUD-certified counseling <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> and State Housing Finance <span class=\"match\">Agencies</span> that provide counseling to individuals seeking information about financing"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer furnaces. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\" or \"the Department\") to determine periodically whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for consumer furnaces, specifically non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces. The Department has determined that the amended energy conservation standards for the subject products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2023-25514","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/18/2023-25514/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-consumer-furnaces","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-18/pdf/2023-25514.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25514.pdf?1702647915","publication_date":"2023-12-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"Energy Commission \n CEC \n 382 \n State <span class=\"match\">Agency</span>. \n \n \n The National <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Law Center on behalf of its low-income clients: Alliance for Affordable Energy; Pennsylvania Utility Law Project; <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Federation of America; Southface; Massachusetts Energy Directors' Association; Green Energy <span class=\"match\">Consumers</span> Alliance; Georgia Watch; North Carolina Justice Center; Texas Legal Services Center; <span class=\"match\">Consumers</span> Council of Missouri; Wildfire; Renew Missouri; Virginia Citizens <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Council \n \n NCLC \n et al. \n \n 383 \n <span class=\"match\">Consumer</span> Advocates. \n \n \n Heating, Air-conditioning"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (Department) amends the regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). The purpose of these amendments is to better align the Title IX regulatory requirements with Title IX's nondiscrimination mandate. These amendments clarify the scope and application of Title IX and the obligations of recipients of Federal financial assistance from the Department, including elementary schools, secondary schools, postsecondary institutions, and other recipients (referred to below as \"recipients\" or \"schools\") to provide an educational environment free from discrimination on the basis of sex, including through responding to incidents of sex discrimination. These final regulations will enable all recipients to meet their obligations to comply with Title IX while providing them with appropriate discretion and flexibility to account for variations in school size, student populations, and administrative structures.","document_number":"2024-07915","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/29/2024-07915/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-sex-in-education-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-29/pdf/2024-07915.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07915.pdf?1713530716","publication_date":"2024-04-29","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":"context of enforcing Title IX, but if there is a direct conflict between FERPA's <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> and Title IX's <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>, such that enforcing FERPA would interfere with Title IX's primary purpose to eliminate sex-based discrimination in schools, the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of Title IX override any conflicting FERPA provisions. 85 FR 30424. This override of FERPA when there is a direct conflict with Title IX is referred to in this preamble as the “GEPA override.”\n \n \n As an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> of the Federal government subject to the U.S. Constitution, the Department is precluded"},{"title":"Request for Information on Developing and Implementing a Common Manual for the Federal Direct Loan Program","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Education (ED), office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) is interested in developing and instituting common standards to serve as a centralized, authoritative source of servicing and collections policies and procedures under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program. This initiative will complement the current performance-based contracts and is aimed at establishing a set of clear, concise, consistent, and enforceable federal standards for the operations and oversight of the Direct Loan Program, drawing lessons from the Common Manual model used for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program. This effort is intended to promote consistency, transparency, and effectiveness across all post-disbursement servicing and collections functions.","document_number":"2025-17216","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/08/2025-17216/request-for-information-on-developing-and-implementing-a-common-manual-for-the-federal-direct-loan","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-08/pdf/2025-17216.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17216.pdf?1757076324","publication_date":"2025-09-08","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":"not left to discretionary interpretation or external sources.\n \n Impact of Gaps: Borrower Pain Points \n Borrowers, federal and state oversight <span class=\"match\">agencies</span>, and advocates have identified repeated issues stemming from inconsistent guidance and practices among loan servicers under contract with FSA. These inconsistencies cause unequal borrower treatment and limit the effectiveness of federal repayment <span class=\"match\">protections</span>. Key pain points include: \n \n \n Poor and Inconsistent Communication: \n Communication content and touchpoints can vary between FSA's multiple program"},{"title":"Accountability in Higher Education and Access Through Demand-Driven Workforce Pell: Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary of Education (Secretary) proposes to amend the regulations governing institutional eligibility, general provisions regulations, and the William D. Ford Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program under title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended (the title IV, HEA programs). The proposed regulations would implement statutory changes to the title IV, HEA programs included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025. The OBBB made numerous changes to the HEA, including changes to program eligibility requirements for the Direct Loan program and the introduction of an earnings accountability framework that is intended to limit Direct Loan eligibility to programs whose graduates meet certain earnings benchmarks. This document proposes regulations, based on consensus reached during negotiated rulemaking, to implement the provisions of the OBBB related to low-earning outcome programs and the Direct Loan program, and to harmonize those regulations with requirements for programs that are required to lead to gainful employment (GE programs).","document_number":"2026-07666","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07666/accountability-in-higher-education-and-access-through-demand-driven-workforce-pell-student-tuition","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-20/pdf/2026-07666.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07666.pdf?1776429919","publication_date":"2026-04-20","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":"forward.\n \n \n \n 22 \n  \n See also \n <span class=\"match\">Dear</span> Colleague Letter GEN-24-04 “Regulatory <span class=\"match\">Requirements</span> for <span class=\"match\">Financial</span> Value Transparency and Gainful Employment” (updated Sept. 16, 2026) at \n https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/<span class=\"match\">dear</span>-colleague-letters/2024-03-29/regulatory-<span class=\"match\">requirements</span>-<span class=\"match\">financial</span>-value-transparency-and-gainful-employment-updated-sept-16-2024. \n \n \n With regard to the additional content of eligibility certifications under proposed § 668.604(c)(1), the Department believes that naming in the regulatory certification text the otherwise implicit"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers (\"commercial refrigeration equipment\" or \"CRE\"). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") to periodically review its existing standards to determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting new and amended energy conservation standards for CRE. It has determined that the new and amended energy conservation standards for this equipment would result in significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-31214","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/21/2024-31214/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-commercial-refrigerators-freezers-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-21/pdf/2024-31214.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31214.pdf?1737121512","publication_date":"2025-01-21","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"CRE in the second half of 2024; therefore, for purposes of the October 2023 NOPR, DOE modeled a 3-year <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> period and 2028 as the first full year of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with any amended standards, consistent with the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of EPCA (\n see \n 42 U.S.C. 6313(c)(6)(C)(i)). 88 FR 70196, 70237.\n \n In response to the October 2023 NOPR, FMI and NACS, NAFEM, ITW, and NAMA recommended DOE extend its <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadline to 5 years due to the <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of the AIM Act and the significant investment and redesign associated with the ongoing EPA rulemakings"},{"title":"Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education, Return of Title IV, HEA Funds, and Federal TRIO Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Secretary is proposing to amend the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to promote program integrity and institutional quality. These regulations would clarify, update, and consolidate certain provisions that apply to distance education; the return of title IV, HEA funds; and the Federal TRIO programs. A brief summary of the proposed rule is available at www.regulations.gov/ docket/ED-2024-OPE-0050.","document_number":"2024-16102","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/24/2024-16102/program-integrity-and-institutional-quality-distance-education-return-of-title-iv-hea-funds-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-24/pdf/2024-16102.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16102.pdf?1721738714","publication_date":"2024-07-24","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":"pointed out by negotiators, and would facilitate determinations of whether institutions are in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> to acquire additional accreditor approval when they pass the 50 percent threshold for the number of classes they offer via distance education, as explained in <span class=\"match\">Dear</span> Colleague Letter GEN-23-09.\n 10 \n \n \n \n \n 10 \n  \n https://fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-center/library/<span class=\"match\">dear</span>-colleague-letters/2023-05-18/accreditation-and-eligibility-<span class=\"match\">requirements</span>-distance-education. \n \n \n \n The Department proposes to define a “distance education course”"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including walk-in coolers and freezers (\"walk-ins\" or \"WICFs\"). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") to periodically review its existing standards to determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for walk-ins. It has determined that the amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-28474","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/23/2024-28474/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-walk-in-coolers-and-walk-in-freezers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-23/pdf/2024-28474.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-28474.pdf?1734702316","publication_date":"2024-12-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"overlapping Federal refrigerant regulations, DOE is extending the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> period so that <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> is required by December 31, 2028 (modeled as 2029), approximately 1 year later than the expected <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> year (2027) analyzed in the September 2023 NOPR (which was based on a 3-year <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> period).\n \n DOE has determined that spreading out the DOE <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for amended energy conservation standards from the October 2023 EPA Technology Transitions Final Rule <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date will help alleviate manufacturers' concerns about engineering"},{"title":"Expansion of Buprenorphine Treatment via Telemedicine Encounter","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services are amending their regulations to expand the circumstances under which practitioners registered by the Drug Enforcement Administration are authorized to prescribe schedule III-V controlled substances approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of opioid use disorder via a telemedicine encounter, including an audio-only telemedicine encounter. Under these new regulations, after a practitioner reviews the patient's prescription drug monitoring program data for the state in which the patient is located during the telemedicine encounter, the practitioner may prescribe an initial six-month supply of such medications (split amongst several prescriptions totaling six calendar months) through audio-only means. Additional prescriptions can be issued under other forms of telemedicine as authorized under the Controlled Substances Act, or after an in-person medical evaluation is conducted. This regulation also requires the pharmacist to verify the identity of the patient prior to filling a prescription. The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 generally requires an in- person medical evaluation prior to issuance of a controlled substance prescription. However, this regulation falls under one of the exceptions found within the Ryan Haight Act. Additionally, this regulation does not affect practitioner-patient relationships in cases where an in-person medical evaluation has previously occurred. The purpose of this regulation is to prevent lapses of care by continuing some of the telemedicine flexibilities that currently exist for those patients seeking treatment for opioid use disorder.","document_number":"2025-01049","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01049/expansion-of-buprenorphine-treatment-via-telemedicine-encounter","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01049.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01049.pdf?1736948756","publication_date":"2025-01-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","name":"Drug Enforcement Administration","id":116,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/drug-enforcement-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/116","parent_id":268,"slug":"drug-enforcement-administration"},{"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":"involved several issues. \n In-Person Medical Examination <span class=\"match\">Requirement</span> \n \n Comment: \n DEA and HHS received the largest number of comments pertaining to the NPRM's proposed in-person medical evaluation <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> following the initial 30-day supply. Commenters raised several issues and concerns with this <span class=\"match\">requirement</span>. The following is a summary of the comments received. One thousand two hundred and eighty (1,280) commenters expressed concern that the proposed in-person medical evaluation <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> would be costly and/or time-prohibitive to patients."},{"title":"Upholding Civil Service Protections and Merit System Principles","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is issuing final regulations to reinforce and clarify longstanding civil service protections and merit system principles, codified in law, as they relate to the involuntary movement of Federal employees and positions from the competitive service to the excepted service, or from one excepted service schedule to another. In this final rule, OPM adopts many of the provisions from the proposed rule with some modifications and clarifications based on comments received from the public. The final regulations will better align OPM regulations with relevant statutory text, congressional intent, legislative history, legal precedent, and OPM's longstanding practice.","document_number":"2024-06815","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/09/2024-06815/upholding-civil-service-protections-and-merit-system-principles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-09/pdf/2024-06815.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06815.pdf?1712234712","publication_date":"2024-04-09","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":"positions at an independent <span class=\"match\">agency</span> (one layer of removal <span class=\"match\">protections</span> for the commissioners of the SEC and the next layer of <span class=\"match\">protections</span> for members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB or Board)). As an initial matter, most of the <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> that hire and fire subject to title 5 are not independent <span class=\"match\">agencies</span>, so they would not have multiple for-cause limitations on removal (\n i.e., \n most Secretaries, Directors, and other <span class=\"match\">agency</span> heads can be removed at will by the President). But even in most independent <span class=\"match\">agencies</span>, the removal restrictions"},{"title":"Strengthening the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule amends the regulations governing the Section 184 Indian Housing Loan Guarantee Program (\"Section 184 Program\") to strengthen the program by clarifying rules for stakeholders. As the program has experienced an increase in demand, it is necessary that HUD update the Section 184 Program implementing regulations to minimize potential risk and increase program participation by financial institutions. This final rule adds participation and eligibility requirements for Lender Applicants, Direct Guarantee Lenders, Non- Direct Guarantee Lenders, Holders and Servicers and other financial institutions. This final rule clarifies the rules governing Tribal participation in the program, establishes underwriting requirements, specifies rules on the closing and endorsement process, establishes stronger and clearer servicing requirements, establishes program rules governing claims submitted by Servicers and paid by HUD, and adds standards governing monitoring, reporting, sanctions, and appeals. This final rule adds new definitions and makes statutory conforming amendments, including the categorical exclusion of the Section 184 Program in HUD's environmental review regulations. Ultimately, the changes made by this final rule promote program sustainability, increase Borrower protections, and provide clarity for new and existing Lenders who participate in the program. This final rule follows the publication of a proposed rule on December 21, 2022, and takes into consideration the comments received in response to that proposed rule and during the Tribal consultations.","document_number":"2024-05515","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/20/2024-05515/strengthening-the-section-184-indian-housing-loan-guarantee-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-20/pdf/2024-05515.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05515.pdf?1710852313","publication_date":"2024-03-20","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT","name":"Housing and Urban Development Department","id":228,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/housing-and-urban-development-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/228","parent_id":null,"slug":"housing-and-urban-development-department"}],"excerpts":"administrative <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> as may be prescribed by Section 184 Program Guidance. These revisions help to ensure that Section 184 Guaranteed Loans comply with the Section 184 Program <span class=\"match\">requirements</span>. \n 5. In § 1005.205(a)(4)(i), HUD removed the <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> that <span class=\"match\">financial</span> statements be audited as cost prohibitive and inconsistent with generally accepted industry standard <span class=\"match\">financial</span> documents. HUD will outline <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> for the <span class=\"match\">financial</span> statement in program guidance. While <span class=\"match\">financial</span> statements are still required, removing the “audited” <span class=\"match\">requirement</span> should assist"},{"title":"Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education and Return of Title IV, HEA Funds","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Secretary amends the Student Assistance General Provisions regulations governing participation in the student financial assistance programs authorized under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), to promote program integrity and institutional quality. These regulations clarify, update, and consolidate certain provisions that apply to distance education and the return of title IV, HEA funds. They also make technical changes to the TRIO program regulations to reflect the current status of the Republic of Palau as a member of the Freely Associated States. This document provides notice that the Department fully closes out the Program Integrity and Institutional Quality: Distance Education and Return of Title IV, HEA Funds notice of proposed rulemaking. That is, we will not be finalizing the remainder of the Federal TRIO program provisions but may promulgate through future rulemaking efforts.","document_number":"2024-31031","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31031/program-integrity-and-institutional-quality-distance-education-and-return-of-title-iv-hea-funds","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31031.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-31031.pdf?1735566312","publication_date":"2025-01-03","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":"(§ 668.22(b)(2)). The commenter generally cited to the caselaw and factors that courts apply when assessing <span class=\"match\">agency</span> action, including that an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> must demonstrate that it has examined relevant data and articulated a satisfactory explanation for its action, and that an <span class=\"match\">agency</span> action is arbitrary and capricious if the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> fails to consider an important aspect of a problem or offers an explanation that runs counter to the evidence before the <span class=\"match\">agency</span>. The commenter did not specify how it thought the Department failed to satisfy this standard.\n \n \n Discussion:"},{"title":"Adjustment of Indemnification Amount for Inflation","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) is announcing the adjusted amount of indemnification provided under subsection 170d. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), commonly known as the Price- Anderson Act. Subsection 170t. of the AEA requires an inflation adjustment of the indemnification amount at least once during each 5- year period following July 1, 2003, in accordance with the aggregate percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). This notice announces $16,592,154,000 as the fourth inflation-adjusted indemnification amount based on the aggregate percentage change in the CPI during the 5-year period from July 1, 2018 to July 1, 2023.","document_number":"2023-25030","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/11/14/2023-25030/adjustment-of-indemnification-amount-for-inflation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-11-14/pdf/2023-25030.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-25030.pdf?1699883197","publication_date":"2023-11-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"system of <span class=\"match\">financial</span> <span class=\"match\">protection</span> for persons who may be liable for a “nuclear incident,” as defined in section 11q. of the AEA (42 U.S.C. 2014q.). The Price-Anderson Act is administered by DOE with respect to the nuclear activities of contractors acting on DOE's behalf. Subsection 170d. provides that the Secretary of Energy shall enter into agreements of indemnification with any person who may conduct activities under a contract with DOE that involve the risk of public liability and that are not subject to the <span class=\"match\">financial</span> <span class=\"match\">protection</span> <span class=\"match\">requirements</span> of the"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department) is committed to protecting the civil rights of individuals with disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (section 504). To implement the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of disability, the Department is making a number of revisions to update and amend its section 504 regulation.","document_number":"2024-09237","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/09/2024-09237/nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-in-programs-or-activities-receiving-federal-financial","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-09/pdf/2024-09237.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-09237.pdf?1714567521","publication_date":"2024-05-09","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":"definitions of Federal <span class=\"match\">financial</span> assistance.\n 23 \n \n While a few courts have held that tax-exempt status can constitute Federal <span class=\"match\">financial</span> assistance, most courts that have considered the issue have concluded that typical tax benefits are not Federal <span class=\"match\">financial</span> assistance because they are not contractual in nature.\n 24 \n \n Accordingly, this Department generally does not consider tax exempt status to constitute Federal <span class=\"match\">financial</span> assistance. However, the definition of “Federal <span class=\"match\">financial</span> assistance” makes clear that Federal <span class=\"match\">financial</span> assistance that the"}]}