{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance dates laboratories owned operated'","count":6743,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+dates+laboratories+owned+operated&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extension","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing an extension to the compliance dates applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of methylene chloride promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is finalizing an 18-month extension of the Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) and associated recordkeeping compliance dates for industrial or commercial laboratories that are not owned or operated by Federal agencies or contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government. Under this final rule, all non-Federal laboratories will share the same compliance dates with Federal and Federally contracted laboratories. EPA is finalizing an extension of the compliance dates for associated laboratory activities detailed in this final rule to avoid disruption of important functions of non-Federal laboratories such as the use of environmental monitoring methods needed for cleanup sites and wastewater treatment, as well as activities associated with university laboratories or law enforcement laboratories.","document_number":"2025-19881","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/13/2025-19881/methylene-chloride-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-13/pdf/2025-19881.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19881.pdf?1762955113","publication_date":"2025-11-13","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":"non-Federally <span class=\"match\">owned</span> or <span class=\"match\">operated</span> industrial or commercial <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> by an additional 18 months. This amendment aligns the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> for non-Federally <span class=\"match\">owned</span> or <span class=\"match\">operated</span> industrial or commercial <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> with the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> established in the 2024 risk management rule for Federal agencies and their contractors (Ref. 2). Specifically, this final rule extends three <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> for non-Federally <span class=\"match\">owned</span> or <span class=\"match\">operated</span> industrial or commercial <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span>. For initial monitoring, the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date is extended from May 5, 2025, to"},{"title":"Methylene Chloride; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extensions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to extend the compliance date applicable to certain entities subject to the regulation of methylene chloride recently promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Specifically, EPA is proposing to extend by 18 months the Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) and the associated recordkeeping compliance dates for laboratories that are not owned or operated by agencies or Federal contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government. Under this proposal, all laboratories, whether federal or not, would have the same compliance dates, which would be aligned with current compliance dates for Federal agencies and Federal contractors. EPA is proposing to extend the compliance dates for associated laboratory activities detailed in this proposal to avoid disruption of important functions such as the use of environmental monitoring methods needed for cleanup sites and wastewater treatment, as well as activities associated with university laboratories. The use of environmental monitoring methods, a common function of non-federal laboratories, is important to EPA's mission to ensure that the air is safe to breathe, water is safe for drinking or recreating, and disposal activities protect the environment.","document_number":"2025-09421","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/27/2025-09421/methylene-chloride-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extensions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-27/pdf/2025-09421.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09421.pdf?1748004316","publication_date":"2025-05-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"extend the WCPP <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> for the industrial or commercial use of \n \n methylene chloride as a <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> chemical, established in the May 2024 final rule (Ref. 1), for an additional 18 months to match the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> for Federal agencies and their contractors. Specifically, for <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> not <span class=\"match\">owned</span> or <span class=\"match\">operated</span> by Federal agencies, or Federal contractors acting on behalf of the Federal government, this proposal would extend the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for initial monitoring from May 5, 2025 to November 9, 2026, the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for establishing"},{"title":"Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certification Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) requires all recognized telecommunication certification bodies (TCBs), test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies to certify to the Commission that they are not owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity and to report all equity or voting interests of 5% or greater by any entity. The FCC also amends it rules to state that it will not recognize--and will revoke any existing recognition of--any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body that fails to provide, or that provides a false or inaccurate, certification; or that fails to provide, or provides false or inaccurate, information regarding equity or voting interests of 5% or greater. The FCC prohibits recognition of any TCB, test lab, or laboratory accreditation body owned by, controlled by, or subject to the direction of a prohibited entity, and prohibits such TCBs, test labs, and laboratory accreditation bodies from participating in the Commission's equipment authorization program, not only with regard to the equipment certification process but also the Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC) process.","document_number":"2025-14970","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/07/2025-14970/promoting-the-integrity-and-security-of-telecommunications-certification-bodies-measurement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-07/pdf/2025-14970.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14970.pdf?1754484348","publication_date":"2025-08-07","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":"test lab, or <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> accreditation body as “<span class=\"match\">owned</span> by” a prohibited entity when a prohibited entity has, possesses, or otherwise controls an equity or voting interest of 10% or more in the TCB, test lab, or <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> accreditation body. The Commission also provides clarification on what it means for a TCB, test lab, or <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> accreditation body to be controlled by, or subject to the direction of, a prohibited entity. Fourth, the Commission adopts expanded reporting requirements to require that all TCBs, test labs, and <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> accreditation"},{"title":"Extending the Compliance Deadline for the PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Levels","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this proposed rulemaking, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes a federal exemption, pursuant to Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 1416(f) and 1450(a)(1), that will extend the dates of compliance with the Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) from April 26, 2029, to April 26, 2031, for those systems that submit a request. The Agency requests comment on this proposal, including the mechanisms through which the MCL compliance deadlines for PFOA and PFOS can be exempted, and has identified specific areas where public input will be helpful for the EPA in developing the final rule. In addition to seeking written input, the EPA will be holding a public hearing on July 7, 2026.","document_number":"2026-10086","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10086/extending-the-compliance-deadline-for-the-pfoa-and-pfos-maximum-contaminant-levels","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10086.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10086.pdf?1779194712","publication_date":"2026-05-20","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":"requirements related to PFOA and PFOS? \n D. Why is the EPA proposing to provide more time for systems to achieve the MCL <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines for PFOA and PFOS? \n E. Why is the EPA not proposing to provide more time for systems to achieve the MCL <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines for other contaminants covered by the 2024 PFAS NPDWR? \n III. National Exemptions Framework \n A. Exempting Public Water Systems From the PFOA and PFOS MCL <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">Dates</span> Under SDWA 1416 \n B. Statutory Authority \n C. SDWA 1416 Evaluation and Proposed Findings \n 1. Water System Exemption"},{"title":"Trichloroethylene; Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Compliance Date Extension","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is taking interim final action on the Regulation of Trichloroethylene (TCE) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to revise certain compliance deadlines finalized in 2024. Specifically, EPA is amending the prohibition compliance date for the use of TCE as a processing aid in the manufacture of nuclear fuel, with corresponding changes to the compliance dates for the manufacturing, processing and distribution in commerce of TCE to support such use, to a prohibition on September 15, 2028. EPA is also amending the prohibition compliance date for the disposal of TCE to wastewater by processors of TCE and processors and industrial and commercial users of TCE as a processing aid, to begin on December 18, 2026. EPA is also amending the compliance deadline for downstream notification, and the text required to be present in Safety Data Sheets, to accurately reflect the new prohibition compliance deadline for TCE used as a processing aid in the manufacture of nuclear fuel. EPA is amending this compliance deadline to allow for 90 days after the publication of the final rule for manufacturers, processors, and distributors in commerce of TCE to make such a change. These revisions are necessary to address new information presented to EPA about inadvertent oversights in the original rulemaking and serious concerns that the facilities at issue will be unable to comply with the relevant requirements by the existing deadlines. EPA is requesting comments on all aspects of this interim final rule and will consider all comments received in determining whether amendments to this rule are appropriate after the conclusion of the comment period.","document_number":"2025-17948","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/17/2025-17948/trichloroethylene-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca-compliance-date-extension","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-17/pdf/2025-17948.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17948.pdf?1757967310","publication_date":"2025-09-17","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":"detail in section II.C.2, informed EPA of significant <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> issues that could result in the shutting down of chemical processors and manufacturers for multiple chlorinated organics to reach <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>. The information provided by the petitioners supports the need for extending the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span>. \n Because the September 15, 2025, <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines for both petitioners are imminent, EPA has determined that it would be impracticable to undertake prior notice and comment before the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines to provide petitioners sufficient time to"},{"title":"Reorganization of the Office of Laboratory Science and Safety","type":"Notice","abstract":"CDC has modified its structure. This notice announces the reorganization of the Office of Laboratory Science and Safety (OLSS). OLSS was retitled to the Office of Laboratory Systems and Response (OLSR) and additional organizational updates were approved.","document_number":"2024-21412","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/19/2024-21412/reorganization-of-the-office-of-laboratory-science-and-safety","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-09-19/pdf/2024-21412.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-21412.pdf?1726663550","publication_date":"2024-09-19","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 Disease Control and Prevention","name":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention","id":44,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/44","parent_id":221,"slug":"centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention"}],"excerpts":"of <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> safety and quality management activities; (2) develops, selects, deploys, and implements agency-level plans, policies, manuals, and tools for <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> quality and safety standards; (3) assesses effectiveness of agency-level <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> quality and safety standards; (4) develops and distributes guidance and interpretation of the CLIA regulations for the CDC Infectious Disease (ID) <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span>; (5) provides data analysis, summary reports, and technical assistance for <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> leadership; (6) ensures CDC <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with"},{"title":"Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding With the Department of Energy (August 28, 1992); Transfers of Regulatory Authority at Certain Privatized Facilities and Operations at the Idaho National Laboratory Site, Hanford Site, Nevada National Security Site and Savannah River Site","type":"Notice","abstract":"This is a notice of an addendum to the 1992 interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) regarding the transfer of occupational safety and health authority for certain privatized facilities and operations from DOE to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and state agencies operating under State Plans approved by OSHA.","document_number":"2026-07570","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/17/2026-07570/addendum-to-the-memorandum-of-understanding-with-the-department-of-energy-august-28-1992-transfers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-17/pdf/2026-07570.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07570.pdf?1776343521","publication_date":"2026-04-17","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","name":"Occupational Safety and Health Administration","id":386,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/occupational-safety-and-health-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/386","parent_id":271,"slug":"occupational-safety-and-health-administration"}],"excerpts":"MOU.\n \n II. Notice of Transfer \n \n In a letter dated October 21, 2024, DOE notified OSHA that certain parcels of DOE-<span class=\"match\">owned</span> land across certain DOE sites may be utilized by private entities by way of lease or easement (collectively, the “Project Parcels”). DOE has entered into long-term realty agreements (\n i.e., \n lease or easement agreements) to repurpose this land for private-sector energy projects that will be <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">operated</span> by independent entities, not under contract with DOE. DOE will not assert or exercise statutory authority to prescribe"},{"title":"Forty-Eighth Update of the Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket","type":"Notice","abstract":"Since 1988, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has maintained a Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket (\"Docket\") under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA requires EPA to establish a Docket that contains certain information reported to EPA by Federal facilities that manage hazardous waste or from which a reportable quantity of hazardous substances has been released. This document identifies the Federal facilities not previously listed on the Docket and identifies Federal facilities reported to EPA since the last update on April 21, 2025. In addition to the list of additions to the Docket, this document includes a section with revisions of the previous Docket list and a section of Federal facilities that are to be deleted from the Docket. Thus, the revisions in this update include two additions, zero deletions, and zero corrections to the Docket since the previous update.","document_number":"2025-21345","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21345/forty-eighth-update-of-the-federal-agency-hazardous-waste-compliance-docket","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21345.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21345.pdf?1764164715","publication_date":"2025-11-28","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":"facilities that appear on the Docket is 2,399.\n \n 7.1 Docket Codes/Reasons for Deletion of Facilities \n \n • \n Code 1. \n Small-Quantity Generator and Very Small Quantity Generator. Show citation box.\n \n \n • \n Code 2. \n Never Federally <span class=\"match\">Owned</span> and/or <span class=\"match\">Operated</span>.\n \n \n • \n Code 3. \n Formerly Federally <span class=\"match\">Owned</span> and/or <span class=\"match\">Operated</span> but not at time of listing.\n \n \n • \n Code 4. \n No Hazardous Waste Generated.\n \n \n • \n Code 5. \n This code is no longer used.\n \n \n • \n Code 6. \n Redundant Listing/Site on Facility.\n \n \n • \n Code 7. \n Combining Sites Into One Facility/Entries"},{"title":"Notice of Intent To Prepare a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Remediation of Area IV and the Northern Buffer Zone of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings","type":"Notice","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces its intent to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to evaluate additional alternatives for cleanup of soils in Area IV, including the Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC), as well as the Northern Buffer Zone (NBZ) of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) (DOE/EIS-0402- S1) in eastern Ventura County, California, adjacent to Los Angeles County. DOE's operations bordered the NBZ. DOE is responsible for soil cleanup in Area IV and the portions of the NBZ where DOE's activities impacted the soils. This SEIS, prepared to supplement the \"Final Environmental Impact Statement for Remediation of Area IV and the Northern Buffer Zone of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory and Conduct Public Scoping Meetings\" (Final SSFL Area IV EIS) (DOE/EIS-0402; November 2018), will include additional soils remediation alternatives not previously evaluated. DOE is initiating a 60-day public scoping period. DOE plans to hold two public scoping meetings.","document_number":"2024-30795","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/27/2024-30795/notice-of-intent-to-prepare-a-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-for-remediation-of-area-iv","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-27/pdf/2024-30795.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30795.pdf?1735220719","publication_date":"2024-12-27","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":"of about 714 acres, including 672 acres that are <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">operated</span> by Boeing and 42 acres that are <span class=\"match\">owned</span> by the Federal Government and administered by NASA. Area II consists of about 410 acres that are <span class=\"match\">owned</span> by the Federal Government and administered by NASA. Area III consists of about 120 acres that are <span class=\"match\">owned</span> and <span class=\"match\">operated</span> by Boeing. Area IV consists of about 290 acres that are <span class=\"match\">owned</span> by Boeing in which 90 acres have been leased by DOE and its predecessors for work described below. Boeing also <span class=\"match\">owns</span> contiguous buffer zone areas of 1,143 acres to the"},{"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> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> 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> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> to avoid receiving permits with zero-discharge limitations. \n This final rule extends certain <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> associated with zero-discharge"},{"title":"Medical Devices; Laboratory Developed Tests","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule to amend its regulations to make explicit that in vitro diagnostic products (IVDs) are devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) including when the manufacturer of the IVD is a laboratory. In conjunction with this amendment, the Food and Drug Administration is phasing out its general enforcement discretion approach for laboratory developed tests (LDTs) so that IVDs manufactured by a laboratory will generally fall under the same enforcement approach as other IVDs. This phaseout policy includes enforcement discretion policies for specific categories of IVDs manufactured by a laboratory, including currently marketed IVDs offered as LDTs and LDTs for unmet needs. This phaseout policy is intended to better protect the public health by helping to assure the safety and effectiveness of IVDs offered as LDTs, while also accounting for other important public health considerations such as patient access and reliance.","document_number":"2024-08935","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/05/06/2024-08935/medical-devices-laboratory-developed-tests","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-05-06/pdf/2024-08935.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08935.pdf?1714398256","publication_date":"2024-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Drug Administration","name":"Food and Drug Administration","id":199,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-drug-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/199","parent_id":221,"slug":"food-and-drug-administration"}],"excerpts":"within a single <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span>”) (emphasis added); \n United States \n v. \n Undetermined No. of Unlabeled Cases, \n 21 F.3d 1026 (10th Cir. 1994) (FDA enforcement action against a <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> that “purchased specimen containers, repackaged them into kits which included instruction sheets, and forwarded them along with consent forms to insurers to collect specimens”); Ref. 28 (<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> action regarding a blood lead testing system manufactured outside of a <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> but for use by a <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span>); Ref. 29 (<span class=\"match\">compliance</span> action involving a <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> and a sample"},{"title":"Certificates of Compliance","type":"Rule","abstract":"In consultation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) issues this final rule (the Final Rule) to revise the agency's regulation for Certificates of Compliance (certificates). The Final Rule aligns CPSC's current certificates rule with other CPSC rules on testing and certification, and implements, for importation of products and substances regulated by CPSC, electronic filing of certificates (eFiling) with CBP.","document_number":"2024-30826","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/08/2024-30826/certificates-of-compliance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-08/pdf/2024-30826.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30826.pdf?1736257516","publication_date":"2025-01-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION","name":"Consumer Product Safety Commission","id":84,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-product-safety-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/84","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-product-safety-commission"}],"excerpts":"provide sufficient information to CPSC about the product or its <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the rule, because toys are tested to individual subsections of ASTM F963 and not to the entire standard.\n \n Moreover, toys are required to be third party tested by an International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-accredited <span class=\"match\">laboratory</span> whose accreditation has been accepted by CPSC. These testing <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> do not conduct every test in ASTM F963 on every toy; manufacturers and testing <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> must know which tests in ASTM F963 apply to each toy, and such tests"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Reconsideration of Certain Regulatory Requirements Promulgated Under the Technology Transitions Provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing changes to regulations promulgated under the Technology Transitions provision of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act), which authorizes the Administrator to restrict fully, partially, or on a graduated schedule, the use of a \"regulated substance\" in the sector or subsector in which they are used. This final rule addresses administrative petitions and input received from regulated industry and other interested parties relevant to requirements and restrictions across various refrigeration and air conditioning subsectors, including: refrigerated transport--intermodal containers; industrial process refrigeration and chillers for industrial process refrigeration used in semiconductor manufacturing; retail food supermarket systems; retail food remote condensing unit systems; cold storage warehouses; refrigerated laboratory centrifuges and laboratory shakers; and condensing units in residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pumps. This final rule also allows the inventory of residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pump equipment that was manufactured in the United States or imported into the United States before January 1, 2025, to continue to be installed.","document_number":"2026-10387","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10387/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-reconsideration-of-certain-regulatory-requirements-promulgated-under","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10387.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10387.pdf?1779453914","publication_date":"2026-05-26","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":"had later <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span>, such as Chiller for IPR systems and IPR systems that <span class=\"match\">operate</span> at temperatures between -50 °C to -30 °C. Equipment in such subsectors had <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> of January 1, 2028. See the 2023 Final Rule and the Regulatory Impact Analysis and other documents in that docket for additional information.\n \n D. Summary of 2023 Interim Final Rule \n \n After publication of the 2023 Final Rule, manufacturers, importers, and distributors of residential and light commercial AC/HP equipment informed the EPA that the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date for the"},{"title":"Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category-Deadline Extensions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or Agency) is proposing 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 transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for an alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates, based on site-specific factors. The EPA is also seeking comment on several issues relevant to a separate, future rulemaking on the underlying standards.","document_number":"2025-19268","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/02/2025-19268/effluent-limitations-guidelines-and-standards-for-the-steam-electric-power-generating-point-source","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-02/pdf/2025-19268.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19268.pdf?1759322719","publication_date":"2025-10-02","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":"allow facilities to switch between <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> alternatives and would create authority in 40 CFR 423.18 for alternative applicability <span class=\"match\">dates</span> and paperwork submission <span class=\"match\">dates</span>, based on site-specific factors. This proposed rule would further establish tiered pretreatment standards for existing sources (PSES). In so doing, it would create a <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> pathway for indirect dischargers that plan to become direct dischargers and, furthermore, would change the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines to provide consistency between the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines proposed for direct dischargers"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Reconsideration of Certain Regulatory Requirements Promulgated Under the Technology Transitions Provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to regulations promulgated under the Technology Transitions section of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, which authorizes the Administrator to restrict the use of particular hydrofluorocarbons in the sectors and subsectors in which they are used. This proposal addresses administrative petitions and other requests from companies and trade associations across a number of subsectors, including refrigerated transport--intermodal containers, industrial process refrigeration and chillers for industrial process refrigeration used in semiconductor manufacturing, retail food refrigeration systems for remote condensing units and supermarkets, cold storage warehouses, refrigerated laboratory centrifuges, laboratory shakers, and condensing units in residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pumps. This action proposes to allow previously manufactured and imported residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pump equipment to continue to be installed. The Agency is also seeking advance comment on potential actions to address supply chain issues for a refrigerant blend.","document_number":"2025-19438","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/03/2025-19438/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-reconsideration-of-certain-regulatory-requirements-promulgated-under","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-03/pdf/2025-19438.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19438.pdf?1759409112","publication_date":"2025-10-03","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":"manufacturing industry be exempted from the relevant restrictions at 40 CFR 84.54 or that the relevant <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> be extended.\n 21 \n \n SEMI later clarified that it requests the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> for the restrictions on SMRE be extended to 2030. For the relevant restrictions with <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">dates</span> of January 1, 2026, or January 1, 2028, SEMI requested delaying the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date to January 1, 2030. SEMI stated that “2030 is a more realistic <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> date given the projected commercial availability of low-Global Warming Potential (GWP) equipment"},{"title":"Publication Method of Lists of States With and Without State Meat or Poultry Inspection Programs","type":"Rule","abstract":"FSIS is amending the Federal meat and poultry products inspection regulations to remove its lists of states that do not operate their own meat or poultry inspection (MPI) programs that are \"at least equal to\" FSIS' Federal inspection programs and have therefore been designated for FSIS' Federal inspection. FSIS is also amending the regulations to remove or revise related cross references to the lists. Going forward, FSIS will maintain lists of states with and without MPI programs on its website to ensure that the public has accurate and timely access to information about State and Federal inspection programs.","document_number":"2025-11816","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/26/2025-11816/publication-method-of-lists-of-states-with-and-without-state-meat-or-poultry-inspection-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-26/pdf/2025-11816.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-11816.pdf?1750855521","publication_date":"2025-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","name":"Food Safety and Inspection Service","id":201,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-safety-and-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/201","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-safety-and-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"of states that do not <span class=\"match\">operate</span> their <span class=\"match\">own</span> meat or poultry inspection (MPI) programs that are “at least equal to” FSIS' Federal inspection programs and have therefore been designated for FSIS' Federal inspection. FSIS is also amending the regulations to remove or revise related cross references to the lists. Going forward, FSIS will maintain lists of states with and without MPI programs on its website to ensure that the public has accurate and timely access to information about State and Federal inspection programs. \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">DATES</span>: \n The final rule is"},{"title":"Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopted a Report and Order that updates the Commission's submarine cable licensing process and adopts rule changes to protect critical U.S. communications infrastructure against foreign adversary threats, specifically those posed by an entity that is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary. The Report and Order adopts a requirement for certain licensees to file an annual report about the licensee, submarine cable system ownership, and submarine cable operations. The Report and Order adopts a one-time information collection for licensees to identify, among other things, how many entities currently own or operate submarine line terminal equipment (SLTEs) on existing licensed cable systems. The Report and Order also requires applicants and licensees to certify that they have created, updated, and implemented a cybersecurity and physical security risk management plan and requires applicants to certify that the submarine cable system will not use equipment or services identified on the Commission's Covered List. With respect to the circuit capacity data collection, the Report and Order adopts streamlined rules and eliminates the requirement for licensees to file a cable operator report about the capacity on a cable and clarify the types of capacity that need to be reported on an annual basis.","document_number":"2025-19658","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/27/2025-19658/review-of-submarine-cable-landing-license-rules-and-procedures-to-assess-evolving-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-27/pdf/2025-19658.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19658.pdf?1761309905","publication_date":"2025-10-27","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":"a submarine cable “typically is responsible for `lighting' its <span class=\"match\">own</span> dark fiber or spectrum” and may “attach its <span class=\"match\">own</span> SLTE, or equivalent equipment, to the fiber, in its <span class=\"match\">own</span> facility to route its <span class=\"match\">own</span> U.S. communications traffic, all <span class=\"match\">operated</span>, monitored, and secured by its <span class=\"match\">own</span> network operations center (NOC) and its <span class=\"match\">own</span> employees and service providers.” Significantly, as noted by the Committee, “[a] foreign adversary-controlled non-licensee entity that <span class=\"match\">owns</span>, controls, or <span class=\"match\">operates</span> its <span class=\"match\">own</span> SLTE, or equivalent equipment, on a submarine cable landing in"},{"title":"Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopted a Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) that proposes to prevent national security risks from current and potential foreign adversaries, while encouraging the use of trusted technology and measures to further accelerate the buildout of submarine cables. The FNPRM proposes a regulatory framework that would grant a blanket license to entities that own or operate Submarine Line Terminal Equipment (SLTEs), subject to certain exclusions and routine conditions, such as a tailored foreign adversary annual report. The FNPRM proposes new certifications and routine conditions related to foreign adversaries to further protect submarine cables from national security risks. The FNPRM also proposes an approach to expedite deployment of submarine cables that connect to the United States by presumptively excluding submarine cable applications from referral to the relevant Executive Branch agencies if they meet certain standards. The FNPRM seeks comment on requiring existing licensees to remove from their submarine cable system covered equipment or services, within a specified timeframe prior to the expiration of the license. The FNPRM also seeks comment on how the Commission can use its authority to incentivize and encourage the adoption and the use of trusted technologies produced and provided by the United States and its foreign allies.","document_number":"2025-19657","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/27/2025-19657/review-of-submarine-cable-landing-license-rules-and-procedures-to-assess-evolving-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-27/pdf/2025-19657.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19657.pdf?1761309905","publication_date":"2025-10-27","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":"entities with dark fiber IRUs that deploy their <span class=\"match\">own</span> SLTE could be foreign \n \n adversary-controlled landing parties, telecommunications companies, and governments with interest, access, and control over the fiber, capacity, or spectrum for the “entire life of the cable.” In essence, “[a] foreign adversary-controlled non-licensee entity that <span class=\"match\">owns</span>, controls, or <span class=\"match\">operates</span> its <span class=\"match\">own</span> SLTE, or equivalent equipment, on a submarine cable landing in the United States may have connectivity comparable to <span class=\"match\">operating</span> their <span class=\"match\">own</span> communications cable to the United States"},{"title":"Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Fees; Histocompatibility, Personnel, and Alternative Sanctions for Certificate of Waiver Laboratories","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule updates the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) fees and clarifies the CLIA fee regulations. This final rule implements a process for sustainable funding for the CLIA program through a biennial two-part increase of CLIA fees. We are finalizing the incorporation of limited/specific laboratory fees, including fees for follow-up surveys, substantiated complaint surveys, and revised certificates. We are also finalizing the distribution of the administrative overhead costs of test complexity determination for waived tests and test systems with a nominal increase in Certificate of Waiver (CoW) fees. In addition, we are finalizing the clarification of the methodology used to determine program compliance fees. This final rule ensures the continuing quality and safety of laboratory testing for the public. This final rule also amends histocompatibility and personnel regulations under CLIA to address obsolete regulations and update the regulations to incorporate technological changes. In addition, this final rule amends the provisions governing alternative sanctions (including civil money penalties, a directed plan of correction, a directed portion of a plan of correction, and onsite State monitoring) to allow for the imposition of such sanctions on CoW laboratories.","document_number":"2023-28170","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/12/28/2023-28170/clinical-laboratory-improvement-amendments-of-1988-clia-fees-histocompatibility-personnel-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-12-28/pdf/2023-28170.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-28170.pdf?1703279719","publication_date":"2023-12-28","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":"not impose alternative sanctions on CoW <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> because those \n \n <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> are not inspected for <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with condition-level requirements (§ 493.1804(c)(1)). However, while not subject to the biennial routine surveys, CoW <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> are surveyed as a result of a complaint, and based on the complaint survey, may be found to be out of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with a condition-level requirement. In the absence of alternative sanctions, our only recourse in cases of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> issues found at CoW <span class=\"match\">laboratories</span> is to apply principal sanctions (that is"},{"title":"Worker Safety and Health Requirements To Support Reform of Nuclear Reactor Testing","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Energy (DOE or the Department) proposes to amend its regulations for worker safety and health to expedite the review, approval, and deployment of advanced reactors under DOE's jurisdiction including qualified test reactors in DOE's reactor pilot program, consistent with a recent Executive order. The revisions would ensure that DOE's worker safety and health program continues to protect workers, while incorporating lessons learned from decades of operating experience and fostering nuclear innovation and technologies to the benefit of the United States. Additionally, the proposed rule would make minor updates to these regulations to improve clarity.","document_number":"2026-01066","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/21/2026-01066/worker-safety-and-health-requirements-to-support-reform-of-nuclear-reactor-testing","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-21/pdf/2026-01066.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-01066.pdf?1768916716","publication_date":"2026-01-21","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":"removing redundant <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> steps, the proposed changes are intended to reduce administrative burdens on contractors. This streamlining enables a greater focus on core operational activities, resulting in enhanced efficiency and productivity because contractors will only need to comply with the relevant <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> requirements. These streamlined processes also enhance overall safety by shifting focus away from bureaucratic <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> and towards safety-significant activities.\n \n \n • \n Cost Savings: \n The reduction in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>-related activities"}]}