{"description":"Documents matching 'compliance permitting persons avoid potential'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=compliance+permitting+persons+avoid+potential&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Permitted Payment Stablecoin Issuer Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Sanctions Compliance Program Requirements","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) are jointly issuing this proposed rule to implement provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). Specifically, it implements the GENIUS Act's directive to treat permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSIs) as financial institutions for purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act, proposes anti-money laundering obligations for PPSIs, and proposes certain specific obligations required by the GENIUS Act for PPSIs. It also implements the GENIUS Act's directive to require PPSIs to maintain effective sanctions compliance programs.","document_number":"2026-06963","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06963/permitted-payment-stablecoin-issuer-anti-money-launderingcountering-the-financing-of-terrorism","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06963.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06963.pdf?1775738715","publication_date":"2026-04-10","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of Foreign Assets Control","name":"Foreign Assets Control Office","id":203,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/foreign-assets-control-office","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/203","parent_id":497,"slug":"foreign-assets-control-office"},{"raw_name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","name":"Financial Crimes Enforcement Network","id":194,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/financial-crimes-enforcement-network","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/194","parent_id":497,"slug":"financial-crimes-enforcement-network"}],"excerpts":"report them to OFAC. For example, U.S. sanctions against Iran generally prohibit U.S. <span class=\"match\">persons</span> from directly or indirectly providing services to <span class=\"match\">persons</span> in Iran, unless otherwise authorized or exempt.\n 106 \n \n Accordingly, U.S. <span class=\"match\">person</span> stablecoin issuers are generally prohibited from engaging in primary or secondary market activities with <span class=\"match\">persons</span> in Iran, including issuing stablecoins to <span class=\"match\">persons</span> in Iran, redeeming stablecoins of <span class=\"match\">persons</span> in Iran, or allowing <span class=\"match\">persons</span> in Iran to engage with the issuer's smart contracts to facilitate trades of stablecoins"},{"title":"Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (TGT)","type":"Notice","abstract":"PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for a special permit submitted by Texas Gas Transmission, LLC (TGT), a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipelines, LP. TGT is seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA has proposed conditions to ensure that the special permit is not inconsistent with pipeline safety. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will review the comments received in response to this notice in determining whether to grant or deny the special permit request.","document_number":"2026-07992","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/24/2026-07992/pipeline-safety-request-for-special-permit-texas-gas-transmission-llc-tgt","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-24/pdf/2026-07992.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07992.pdf?1776948313","publication_date":"2026-04-24","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":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","name":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","id":408,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/408","parent_id":492,"slug":"pipeline-and-hazardous-materials-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"ytics/environmental-analysis-and-<span class=\"match\">compliance</span>/implementing-procedures. \n \n The special <span class=\"match\">permit</span> request, draft proposed special <span class=\"match\">permit</span> with conditions, and CE for the above-described TGT pipeline segments are available for review and public comment in Docket No. PHMSA-2026-0067. Please submit comments on any <span class=\"match\">potential</span> safety, environmental, and other relevant considerations implicated by the special <span class=\"match\">permit</span> request. Comments may include relevant data to be considered. \n Before issuing a decision on the special <span class=\"match\">permit</span> request, PHMSA will evaluate all"},{"title":"Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This document amends Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-51, an exemption for certain transactions identified in the Department of Labor's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they voluntarily correct eligible transactions in a manner that meets the requirements of the Program. PTE 2002-51 is a related class exemption that allows excise tax relief from excise taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for certain eligible transactions corrected pursuant to the VFC Program. This amendment to PTE 2002-51 is being finalized in connection with the Department's amendment and restatement of the VFC Program, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register (2025 VFC Program). These amendments simplify and expand the VFC Program and exemptive relief to make the Program and exemption easier to use and more useful for employers and others who wish to avail themselves of the relief provided. The amendment to PTE 2002-51 affects plans, participants and beneficiaries of such plans, and certain other persons engaging in such transactions.","document_number":"2025-00328","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/15/2025-00328/prohibited-transaction-exemption-pte-2002-51-to-permit-certain-transactions-identified-in-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-15/pdf/2025-00328.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00328.pdf?1736862323","publication_date":"2025-01-15","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":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","name":"Employee Benefits Security Administration","id":131,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/employee-benefits-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/131","parent_id":271,"slug":"employee-benefits-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"“affiliate” of a <span class=\"match\">person</span> is defined as follows— \n \n (1) any <span class=\"match\">person</span> directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the <span class=\"match\">person</span>; (2) any officer, director, partner, employee, or member of the family (as defined in Code section 4975(e)(6)) of the <span class=\"match\">person</span>; or (3) any corporation or partnership of which such <span class=\"match\">person</span> is an officer, director, partner or employee. \n \n \n The term “control” is defined as the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management of a <span class=\"match\">person</span> other than an"},{"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":"newly proposed <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates are practicable and represent a reasonable transition period under TSCA section 6(d). Moreover, using <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates already established for Federal agencies and their contractors <span class=\"match\">avoids</span> the confusion that EPA may have created by having multiple <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates for various WCPP provisions. \n EPA requests comments and specific information addressing: \n • The ability of the various laboratories to comply with the requirements of the WCPP by the newly proposed <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates. \n • Alternative <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> timeframes for"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; OR; Lane County Permitting Rule Revisions","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to approve the June 26, 2024, submitted revisions to the Oregon State Implementation Plan (SIP) applicable in Lane County, Oregon. The changes update the local stationary source permitting regulations to align with existing State regulations. The revisions eliminate generic plant site emission limits in favor of source-specific and source- category specific limits, update construction notification requirements, clarify the use of modeling and monitoring for compliance assurance, and streamline the permit application process.","document_number":"2025-17055","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/05/2025-17055/air-plan-approval-or-lane-county-permitting-rule-revisions","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-05/pdf/2025-17055.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-17055.pdf?1756989916","publication_date":"2025-09-05","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":"NAAQS. Short-term activity <span class=\"match\">permits</span> automatically terminate after 60 days, but LRAPA indicated that an applicant may request one 60-day extension. If a short-term activity <span class=\"match\">permit</span> is issued to an already-<span class=\"match\">permitted</span> source, that source must include the emissions from the short-term activity when determining <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with applicable PSELs. We propose to approve these revisions because they are intended to prevent covered activities from causing or contributing to a new NAAQS exceedance. \n 6. Basic <span class=\"match\">Permits</span> \n Basic ACDPs are <span class=\"match\">permits</span> designed for relatively"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Labor Title VI Regulations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of Labor (\"Department\") amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest.","document_number":"2026-13371","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/02/2026-13371/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-labor-title-vi-regulations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-02/pdf/2026-13371.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13371.pdf?1782909915","publication_date":"2026-07-02","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":"Office of the Secretary of Labor"}],"excerpts":"them.\n \n \n \n 6 \n  \n See \n 29 CFR 1607.4(D).\n \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> costs are likewise expected to decline. These <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> costs could include, \n e.g., \n developing and detailing <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> programs specifically aimed at <span class=\"match\">avoiding</span> disparate impacts, including revising standard operating procedures, and modifying selection criteria or program rules to achieve more balanced outcomes.\n 7 \n \n In some cases, entities may have felt compelled to adopt race-conscious measures or engage in racial balancing to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> enforcement actions even though doing so was legally"},{"title":"Reissuance and Modification of Nationwide Permits","type":"Rule","abstract":"Nationwide Permits (NWPs) authorize activities under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 that have no more than minimal individual and cumulative adverse environmental effects. The NWPs help protect the aquatic environment and the public interest by providing incentives to reduce impacts to jurisdictional waters. In this final action, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is reissuing 56 existing nationwide permits (NWPs), general conditions, and definitions, with some modifications. The Corps is also issuing one new NWP.","document_number":"2026-00121","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/08/2026-00121/reissuance-and-modification-of-nationwide-permits","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-08/pdf/2026-00121.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00121.pdf?1767793509","publication_date":"2026-01-08","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":"Home Page at \n https://www.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Regulatory-Program-and-<span class=\"match\">Permits</span>/. \n \n \n \n \n SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: \n Table of Contents: \n \n List of Acronyms \n List of Nationwide <span class=\"match\">Permits</span> and General Conditions Issued in This Final Action \n Nationwide <span class=\"match\">Permits</span> (NWPs) \n Nationwide <span class=\"match\">Permit</span> General Conditions \n I. Background \n A. General \n B. Overview of Proposed Rule \n C. Overview of This Final Action \n D. Status of Existing <span class=\"match\">Permits</span> \n E. Nationwide <span class=\"match\">Permit</span> Verifications \n F. Severability \n II. Discussion of Public Comments \n A. Overview "},{"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":"Specifically, there is insufficient time before the September 15, 2025, <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates to address the new information submitted by petitioners on <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> difficulties absent immediate action. It is urgent to address these <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> difficulties because of the expected negative consequences. Although the information available to EPA at the time of rulemaking indicated that the manufacture of nuclear fuel either did not involve TCE or did not require an extended <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadline to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> disruption to national security and critical infrastructure, EPA"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of the Interior Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the conduct prohibited by the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-10258","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/22/2026-10258/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-the-interior-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-22/pdf/2026-10258.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10258.pdf?1779367509","publication_date":"2026-05-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"}],"excerpts":"race and engage in racial balancing to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> <span class=\"match\">potentially</span> crippling legal liability.” \n Id. \n As the Order explained, disparate-impact liability “not only undermines our national values, but also runs contrary to equal protection under the law and, therefore, violates our Constitution.” \n Id. \n \n \n The Order relayed that because of disparate-impact liability's problems, “[i]t is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> violating the Constitution, Federal"},{"title":"Air Plan Approval; District of Columbia; Creation of Synthetic Minor Permit Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a state implementation plan (SIP) revision submitted by the Department of Energy and Environment (DOEE, the \"Department\") on behalf of the District of Columbia (DC, the \"District\"). The revisions pertain to creating a synthetic minor permit program and resolving the regulatory differences between the District's current regulations and those regulations approved previously in Chapters 1 and 2 of the Air Quality Regulations. The intended effect of this action is to enable DC to create federally enforceable synthetic minor permit conditions for sources of criteria pollutants pursuant to section 110 of the Clean Air Act (CAA, the \"Act\"). This action is being taken under the CAA.","document_number":"2025-20416","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/20/2025-20416/air-plan-approval-district-of-columbia-creation-of-synthetic-minor-permit-program","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-20/pdf/2025-20416.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20416.pdf?1763559921","publication_date":"2025-11-20","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":"synthetic minor <span class=\"match\">permits</span> issued under the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> program are subject to public participation. The <span class=\"match\">permit</span> program's public participation provisions at 20 DMCR Chapter 2 section 210 require that for a <span class=\"match\">permit</span> to be federally enforceable the draft <span class=\"match\">permit</span> must be subject to an adequately publicized 30-day public comment period. The <span class=\"match\">permit</span> program also provides the opportunity for a public hearing. The general provisions of the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> program at section 210.6 require DOEE to provide the EPA with a copy of the draft <span class=\"match\">permit</span> and final <span class=\"match\">permit</span> on a timely basis"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of U.S. Department of Agriculture Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Department of Justice's Regulations To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (7 CFR part 15) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align USDA's regulations with the original public meaning of this statute, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions conform to Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-12139","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/17/2026-12139/rescinding-portions-of-us-department-of-agriculture-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-17/pdf/2026-12139.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12139.pdf?1781613909","publication_date":"2026-06-17","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":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"consider race and engage in racial balancing to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> <span class=\"match\">potentially</span> crippling legal liability.” \n Id. \n As the Order explained, disparate-impact liability “not only undermines our national values, but also runs contrary to equal protection under the law and, therefore, violates our Constitution.” \n Id. \n \n \n The Order relayed that because of these problems, “[i]t is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of DHS Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, DHS amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) consistent with a recent rule issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ). Like the DOJ rule, this rule aligns the DHS regulations more closely with Title VI's original public meaning, avoids constitutional concerns, reduces compliance costs, and serves the public interest.","document_number":"2026-12399","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/22/2026-12399/rescinding-portions-of-dhs-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the-statutory-text-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-22/pdf/2026-12399.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12399.pdf?1781786715","publication_date":"2026-06-22","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","name":"Homeland Security Department","id":227,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/homeland-security-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/227","parent_id":null,"slug":"homeland-security-department"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY","name":"Federal Emergency Management Agency","id":166,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-emergency-management-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/166","parent_id":227,"slug":"federal-emergency-management-agency"}],"excerpts":"rule would not solve the confusion or rule-of-law concerns expressed above, nor reduce the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> and litigation costs that covered entities face. DHS believes that the better course is to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> the complexities, costs, and litigation associated with this alternative, even if eliminating disparate-impact liability would ultimately leave some parts of the problem unaddressed and others inadequately addressed. \n \n DHS has additionally considered the <span class=\"match\">potential</span> reliance interests of funding recipients and others on the disparate-impact regulations"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Commerce Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the Department of Commerce (Department) amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to eliminate provisions concerning disparate-impact liability and affirmative action. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2026-07477","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/16/2026-07477/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-commerce-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-16/pdf/2026-07477.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07477.pdf?1776257128","publication_date":"2026-04-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"}],"excerpts":"origin:\n \n (i) Denies to a <span class=\"match\">person</span> any service, financial aid, or other benefit provided under the program; \n (ii) Provides any service, financial aid, or other benefit, to a <span class=\"match\">person</span> which is different, or is provided in a different manner, from that provided to others under the program; \n (iii) Subjects a <span class=\"match\">person</span> to segregation or separate or other discriminatory treatment in any matter related to his receipt (or nonreceipt) of any such service, financial aid, property, or other benefit under the program. \n (iv) Restricts a <span class=\"match\">person</span> in any way in the enjoyment"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Justice Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the Department of Justice amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the conduct prohibited by the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281.","document_number":"2025-22448","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/10/2025-22448/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-justice-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely-with-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-10/pdf/2025-22448.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22448.pdf?1765287916","publication_date":"2025-12-10","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"}],"excerpts":"race and engage in racial balancing to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> <span class=\"match\">potentially</span> crippling legal liability.” \n Id. \n As the Order explained, disparate-impact liability “not only undermines our national values, but also runs contrary to equal protection under the law and, therefore, violates our Constitution.” \n Id. \n \n \n The Order relayed that because of disparate-impact liability's problems, “[i]t is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> violating the Constitution, Federal"},{"title":"Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Content and Mobile Applications of Recipients of Departmental Financial Assistance","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this interim final rule (\"IFR\"), the Department of Health and Human Services (\"Department\") is revising the Department's regulations implementing section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (\"section 504\") to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application (\"app\") accessibility that were adopted on May 9, 2024. The compliance date for recipients with fifteen (15) or more employees is extended from May 11, 2026, to May 11, 2027. The compliance date for recipients with fewer than fifteen (15) employees is extended from May 10, 2027, to May 10, 2028.","document_number":"2026-09266","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/11/2026-09266/extension-of-compliance-dates-for-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-11/pdf/2026-09266.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09266.pdf?1778184911","publication_date":"2026-05-11","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":"Instead, by extending the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines established in § 84.84(b) of the 2024 final rule, the Department expects this IFR better aligns with the current status of <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>. The IFR also mitigates recipients' litigation exposure associated with impending <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> deadlines, and it <span class=\"match\">avoids</span> burdens to recipients from rushed <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> efforts. \n \n Based on the foregoing, the Department believes that this IFR is consistent with the principles of E.O. 12866 and E.O. 13563, including the requirement that, to the extent <span class=\"match\">permitted</span> by law, the Department"},{"title":"Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Revision of the Termination Date for Swordfish and Shark Limited Access Permits","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would revise the regulations regarding the termination date for swordfish and shark limited access permits (LAPs). Currently, when a swordfish or shark LAP is not renewed within a year of the expiration date, the permit terminates and can no longer be renewed or used. This action would remove the termination date and allow permits to be renewed at any time. This action would stop the further loss of swordfish and shark LAPs and may benefit permit holders by providing them the ability to renew their LAPs more than one year past their expiration. This action would have no practical effect on harvest levels of swordfish and shark species and is administrative in nature.","document_number":"2026-03306","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/19/2026-03306/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-revision-of-the-termination-date-for-swordfish-and-shark-limited","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-19/pdf/2026-03306.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03306.pdf?1771422322","publication_date":"2026-02-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"the lease term. <span class=\"match\">Permit</span> holders receive an email notification to renew <span class=\"match\">permits</span> 60 days prior to the <span class=\"match\">permits</span>' expiration date. After the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> has expired, the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> holder retains the rights to renew or transfer the <span class=\"match\">permit</span>, but the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> is not valid to use to go fishing until it is renewed. Currently, if the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> is not renewed within a year of the expiration date, the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> terminates and can no longer be renewed, transferred, or used. If the <span class=\"match\">permit</span> is not renewed, or transferred, 30 days prior to the termination date, <span class=\"match\">permit</span> holders receive"},{"title":"Extension of Compliance Dates for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this Interim Final Rule (\"IFR\"), the Department of Justice (\"Department\") is revising the regulations implementing title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (\"ADA\") to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application (\"app\") accessibility that were adopted on April 24, 2024. The compliance date for State and local government entities with a total population of 50,000 or more is extended from April 24, 2026, to April 26, 2027. The compliance date for public entities with a total population of less than 50,000, or any special district government, is extended from April 26, 2027, to April 26, 2028.","document_number":"2026-07663","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/20/2026-07663/extension-of-compliance-dates-for-nondiscrimination-on-the-basis-of-disability-accessibility-of-web","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-20/pdf/2026-07663.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07663.pdf?1776429918","publication_date":"2026-04-20","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"}],"excerpts":"SANPRM, the Department stated that comments submitted in response to the 2010 ANPRM about the suggested <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates were “extremely varied,” with recommendations ranging from requiring <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> upon publication of a final rule to allowing a five-year window for <span class=\"match\">compliance</span>, and there was no public consensus.\n 18 \n \n Based on its review of the comments, the Department suggested new <span class=\"match\">potential</span> <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates.\n 19 \n \n The <span class=\"match\">potential</span> <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> dates included in the SANPRM ranged from two to three years after the publication of a final rule, depending"},{"title":"Issuance of a General Permit for Ocean Disposal of Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Carcasses","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is re-issuing a general permit under the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) to authorize the transport of marine mammal and sea turtle carcasses from the United States and disposal of marine mammal and sea turtle carcasses in ocean waters. Permit re-issuance is necessary because the most recent permit expired on January 4, 2024. The EPA has not made substantive changes to the content of the recently expired general permit, though it has revised the scope and eligibility provisions, and general permittees will be able to resume permitted deposition of marine mammal carcasses in ocean waters pursuant to the re-issued permit terms.","document_number":"2025-13268","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13268/issuance-of-a-general-permit-for-ocean-disposal-of-marine-mammal-and-sea-turtle-carcasses","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-16/pdf/2025-13268.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13268.pdf?1752583510","publication_date":"2025-07-16","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":"Before 2017, the EPA <span class=\"match\">permitted</span> the ocean disposal of cetacean (whales and related species) and pinniped (seals and related species) carcasses on a case-by-case basis, with MPRSA emergency <span class=\"match\">permits</span>. The EPA issued a general <span class=\"match\">permit</span> for the ocean disposal of marine mammal carcasses, which became effective in January 2017, to streamline MPRSA authorization and reduce burdens associated with case-by-case <span class=\"match\">permitting</span>. That general <span class=\"match\">permit</span> provided authorization from January 5, 2017, through January 4, 2024. Under the MPRSA, general <span class=\"match\">permits</span> may be issued for"},{"title":"Nondiscrimination in Federally-Assisted Programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposes to amend its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments would align VA's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, serve the public interest, and implement changes directed in Executive Order (E.O.) 14281. This is a deregulatory action in furtherance of E.O. 14219, which requires that Federal regulations reflect the best reading of the underlying statutory authority.","document_number":"2026-12924","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/26/2026-12924/nondiscrimination-in-federally-assisted-programs-of-the-department-of-veterans-affairs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-26/pdf/2026-12924.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12924.pdf?1782391515","publication_date":"2026-06-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","name":"Veterans Affairs Department","id":520,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/veterans-affairs-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/520","parent_id":null,"slug":"veterans-affairs-department"}],"excerpts":"individuals and businesses to consider race and engage in racial balancing to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> <span class=\"match\">potentially</span> crippling legal liability. \n Id. \n Disparate-impact liability not only undermines our national values but also runs contrary to equal protection under the law and, therefore, violates our Constitution. \n Id. \n \n \n The E.O. explained that “[i]t is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights laws, and basic American"},{"title":"Rescinding Portions of Department of Transportation's Title VI Regulations To Conform More Closely With the Statutory Text and To Implement Executive Order 14281","type":"Rule","abstract":"By this rule, the U.S. Department of Transportation amends its regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (\"Title VI\") to eliminate disparate-impact liability. These amendments align the Department's regulations with Title VI's original public meaning, avoid constitutional concerns, reduce compliance costs, and serve the public interest. In addition, these revisions implement changes directed in Executive Order 14281. These revisions also align with changes made by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to its Title VI Regulations at 28 CFR part 42, effective December 10, 2025.","document_number":"2026-11790","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/11/2026-11790/rescinding-portions-of-department-of-transportations-title-vi-regulations-to-conform-more-closely","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-11/pdf/2026-11790.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11790.pdf?1781095526","publication_date":"2026-06-11","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"}],"excerpts":"consider race and engage in racial balancing to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> <span class=\"match\">potentially</span> crippling legal liability.” \n Id. \n As the Order explained, disparate-impact liability “not only undermines our national values, but also runs contrary to equal protection under the law and, therefore, violates our Constitution.” \n Id. \n \n \n The Order relayed that, because of these problems, “[i]t is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparate-impact liability in all contexts to the maximum degree possible to <span class=\"match\">avoid</span> violating the Constitution, Federal civil rights"}]}