{"description":"Documents matching 'product problem incorrect measurement'","count":2970,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=product+problem+incorrect+measurement&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Tobacco Product Standard for Nicotine Yield of Cigarettes and Certain Other Combusted Tobacco Products","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is proposing a tobacco product standard that would regulate nicotine yield by establishing a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and certain other combusted tobacco products. FDA is proposing this action to reduce the addictiveness of these products, thus giving people who are addicted and wish to quit the ability to do so more easily. The proposed product standard is anticipated to benefit the population as a whole. For example, it would help to prevent people who experiment with cigarettes and cigars from developing addiction and using combusted tobacco products regularly.","document_number":"2025-00397","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00397/tobacco-product-standard-for-nicotine-yield-of-cigarettes-and-certain-other-combusted-tobacco","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00397.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00397.pdf?1736948724","publication_date":"2025-01-16","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":"non-cigarette tobacco <span class=\"match\">products</span>, such as electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) (which include e-cigarettes) and smokeless tobacco <span class=\"match\">products</span>, in the scope of this proposed <span class=\"match\">product</span> standard. As discussed throughout this document, nicotine is the primary addictive constituent in \n \n tobacco <span class=\"match\">products</span>, and it is the nicotine in such <span class=\"match\">products</span> that both creates and sustains addiction and ultimately leads to the significant adverse health effects caused by these <span class=\"match\">products</span>. While these effects raise concerns in the context of any tobacco <span class=\"match\">product</span>—none of which"},{"title":"Nonprescription Drug Product With an Additional Condition for Nonprescription Use","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule to establish requirements for a nonprescription drug product with an additional condition for nonprescription use (ACNU). A nonprescription drug product with an ACNU is a drug product that could be marketed without a prescription if an applicant implements an additional condition to ensure appropriate self-selection or appropriate actual use, or both, by consumers without the supervision of a practitioner licensed by law to administer such drug. The final rule is intended to increase options for applicants to develop and market safe and effective nonprescription drug products and increase consumer access to appropriate, safe, and effective drug products, which could improve public health.","document_number":"2024-30261","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/26/2024-30261/nonprescription-drug-product-with-an-additional-condition-for-nonprescription-use","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-26/pdf/2024-30261.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30261.pdf?1734961513","publication_date":"2024-12-26","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":"regarding approval of specific drug <span class=\"match\">products</span> or categories of drug <span class=\"match\">products</span> or restrict the types of drug <span class=\"match\">products</span> that FDA may consider for approval as a nonprescription drug <span class=\"match\">product</span> with an ACNU. FDA considers the specifics of each application during its review, including the potential risk for misuse of the drug <span class=\"match\">product</span>. As long as the application meets the existing evidentiary standards under the FD&amp;C Act and current FDA regulations to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the drug <span class=\"match\">product</span>, and the drug <span class=\"match\">product</span> does not meet the criteria for"},{"title":"Prohibited Terms and Conditions in Agreements for Consumer Financial Products or Services (Regulation AA)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing to prohibit certain contractual provisions in agreements for consumer financial products or services. The proposal would prohibit covered persons from including in their contracts any provisions purporting to waive substantive consumer legal rights and protections (or their remedies) granted by State or Federal law. The proposal would also prohibit contract terms that limit free expression, including with threats of account closure, fines, or breach of contract claims, as well as other contract terms. The proposal would also codify certain longstanding prohibitions under the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Credit Practices Rule.","document_number":"2025-00633","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00633/prohibited-terms-and-conditions-in-agreements-for-consumer-financial-products-or-services-regulation","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00633.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-00633.pdf?1736775933","publication_date":"2025-01-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","name":"Consumer Financial Protection Bureau","id":573,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/consumer-financial-protection-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/573","parent_id":null,"slug":"consumer-financial-protection-bureau"}],"excerpts":"offering some features of certain financial <span class=\"match\">products</span> or services may be too costly and, as a result, decide to remove these features from their <span class=\"match\">product</span> offering. For example, a provider might conclude that a particular <span class=\"match\">product</span> feature might increase the incidence of consumer disputes even accounting for increased compliance under financial laws, and therefore decide to remove that feature entirely from the <span class=\"match\">product</span> or restructure the feature by reducing its availability. Similarly, a provider might update its <span class=\"match\">product</span> features based on external information"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies for Consideration of New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial/Industrial Equipment","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\" or \"the Department\") proposes to update the Department's current rulemaking methodology titled, \"Procedures, Interpretations, and Policies for Consideration of New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial/Industrial Equipment\" (\"Process Rule\"). Specifically, DOE proposes to: make Appendix A binding on DOE for certain actions; amend objectives and considerations consistent with recent Executive orders and Department policies; add a definition of \"significant energy savings\"; re-instate the comparative analysis requirement, described as a \"walk up\" approach; include certain economic thresholds; re-instate the description of clear and convincing evidence; and revert to language from the 2020 Process Rule text, with minor edits, in several sections. In addition to requesting written comments on its proposal, DOE will also hold a public meeting to discuss this proposal and obtain additional input.","document_number":"2026-13674","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/07/2026-13674/energy-conservation-program-procedures-interpretations-and-policies-for-consideration-of-new-or","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-07/pdf/2026-13674.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13674.pdf?1783341912","publication_date":"2026-07-07","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":"type (or class) for any group of covered <span class=\"match\">products</span> which have the same function or intended use, if the Secretary determines that covered <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such group: (A) consume a different kind of energy from that consumed by other covered <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such type (or class); or (B) have a capacity or other performance-related feature which other <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such type (or class) do not have and such feature justifies a higher or lower standard from that which applies (or will apply) to other <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such type (or class). (42 U.S.C.6295(q)(1))"},{"title":"Voluntary Labeling of FSIS-Regulated Products With U.S.-Origin Claims","type":"Rule","abstract":"FSIS is amending its regulations to define the conditions under which the labeling of meat, poultry, and egg products under mandatory inspection, as well as voluntarily inspected products, may bear voluntary label claims indicating that the product is of United States origin. As of the compliance date of this final rule, establishments will not need to include these claims on the label, but if they choose to include them, they will need to meet the requirements in this rule.","document_number":"2024-05479","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/18/2024-05479/voluntary-labeling-of-fsis-regulated-products-with-us-origin-claims","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-18/pdf/2024-05479.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05479.pdf?1710506714","publication_date":"2024-03-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"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":"be generically approved \n 1 \n \n for use on single ingredient FSIS-regulated <span class=\"match\">products</span> (\n i.e., \n <span class=\"match\">products</span> produced under FSIS mandatory or voluntary inspection services) derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United States. The two voluntary label claims “<span class=\"match\">Product</span> of USA” and “Made in the USA” will also be generically approved for use on multi-ingredient FSIS-regulated <span class=\"match\">products</span> if: (1) All FSIS-regulated <span class=\"match\">products</span> in the multi-ingredient <span class=\"match\">product</span> are derived from animals born, raised, slaughtered, and processed in the United"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This final rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); requirements related to defrayal for the cost of any State-required benefits in addition to the EHB; cost- sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive plan years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); and revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States. This final rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-10050","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/20/2026-10050/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-20/pdf/2026-10050.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10050.pdf?1779135308","publication_date":"2026-05-20","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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"established an improper payment <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> for the FFE, (that is, the Federal Exchange Improper Payment Measure or FEIPM),\n 234 \n \n State Exchanges have operated without comparable systematic <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> of APTC improper payments. The FFE's improper payment <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> is overseen by the Payment Accuracy and Reporting Group (PARG), within the CMS Office of Financial Management (OFM), which has developed comprehensive methodologies and systems to ensure accurate <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> and reporting. By extending similar <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> methodologies to State Exchanges"},{"title":"Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2027; and Basic Health Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule contains provisions to improve implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including payment parameters and provisions related to the HHS-operated risk adjustment and risk adjustment data validation (HHS-RADV) programs, as well as 2027 user fee rates for issuers offering qualified health plans (QHPs) through Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs) and State-based Exchanges on the Federal platform (SBE-FPs). This proposed rule also includes provisions related to civil money penalties (CMPs) for noncompliant issuers and other responsible entities; standards governing agents, brokers, and web-brokers; the expansion and codification of hardship exemption eligibility; implementation of the State Exchange Improper Payment Measurement (SEIPM); provider access standards and essential community provider standards for QHP certification; QHP certification of non-network plans; a prohibition on issuers from including routine non-pediatric dental services as an Essential Health Benefit (EHB); cost-sharing flexibilities for catastrophic and individual market bronze plans; establishment of catastrophic plans with plan terms of up to 10 consecutive years; QHP issuer quality improvement strategies (QISs); revisions affecting which enrollees are included in Federal Basic Health Program (BHP) payment calculations to States; and seeks comment on potential adjustments to other Federal standards, including the Federal medical loss ratio (MLR) standard in the individual market. This proposed rule also includes amendments to implement certain provisions of the Working Families Tax Cut (WFTC) legislation.","document_number":"2026-02769","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/11/2026-02769/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-hhs-notice-of-benefit-and-payment-parameters-for-2027-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-11/pdf/2026-02769.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02769.pdf?1770671709","publication_date":"2026-02-11","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"},{"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"},{"raw_name":"Office of the Secretary"}],"excerpts":"established an improper payment <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> for the FFE, (that is, the Federal Exchange Improper Payment Measure or FEIPM),\n 130 \n \n State Exchanges have operated without comparable systematic <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> of APTC improper payments. The FFE's improper payment <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> is overseen by the Payment Accuracy and Reporting Group (PARG), within the CMS Office of Financial Management (OFM), which has developed comprehensive methodologies and systems to ensure accurate <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> and reporting. By extending similar <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> methodologies to State Exchanges"},{"title":"Safety Standard for Nursing Pillows","type":"Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act, section 104 of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) is issuing this final rule establishing a consumer product safety standard for nursing pillows. CPSC is also amending its regulations regarding third party conformity assessment bodies, to include the safety standard for nursing pillows in the list of notices of requirements (NORs), along with identifying nursing pillows as a durable infant or toddler product subject to consumer registration requirements.","document_number":"2024-24403","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/25/2024-24403/safety-standard-for-nursing-pillows","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-25/pdf/2024-24403.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24403.pdf?1729787533","publication_date":"2024-10-25","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":"\n \n Section 104(b) of the CPSIA, part of the Danny Keysar Child <span class=\"match\">Product</span> Safety Notification Act, requires the Commission to (1) examine and assess the effectiveness of voluntary consumer <span class=\"match\">product</span> safety standards for durable infant or toddler <span class=\"match\">products</span>, in consultation with representatives of consumer groups, juvenile <span class=\"match\">product</span> manufacturers, and independent child <span class=\"match\">product</span> engineers and experts; and (2) promulgate consumer <span class=\"match\">product</span> safety standards for durable infant and toddler <span class=\"match\">products</span>. 15 U.S.C. 2056a(b)(1). Standards issued under section 104 are to"},{"title":"Availability of Revised Guideline for Controlling Retained Water in Raw Meat and Poultry","type":"Rule","abstract":"FSIS is announcing the availability of a guideline to assist meat (including Siluriformes fish and fish products) and poultry establishments in meeting the regulatory requirements for calculating the correct retained water percentage in raw livestock, poultry, and Siluriformes fish carcasses and parts resulting from post-evisceration processing, and the proper labeling of these products. FSIS is also announcing when the Agency will start verifying that establishments are correctly calculating retained water in applicable product. The guideline clarifies the methods an establishment may use to collect and use data to determine the amount of retained water in a product covered by its retained water protocol (RWP). In addition, it provides specific information on protocol development, process control, and air-chilled product claims.","document_number":"2024-06837","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/01/2024-06837/availability-of-revised-guideline-for-controlling-retained-water-in-raw-meat-and-poultry","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-01/pdf/2024-06837.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06837.pdf?1711716326","publication_date":"2024-04-01","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":"prior to April 1, 2025. Establishments may continue selling <span class=\"match\">product</span> while they fix the methodology in their RWPs and determine the amount of retained water. \n Labeling \n As stated above, the guidance provides information on analyzing the retained water data for labeling determinations. \n It also covers the retained water labeling of giblets, <span class=\"match\">products</span> intended for export (like dark-meat chicken parts), marinated <span class=\"match\">products</span>, <span class=\"match\">products</span> that are subject to religious or dietary exemptions, and <span class=\"match\">products</span> sold at retail-service counters. \n FSIS is providing establishments"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Notification of Petition for Waiver of Zhuhai Samyou Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. From the Department of Energy Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers Test Procedure and Notification of Grant of Interim Waiver","type":"Notice","abstract":"This notification announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver and interim waiver from Zhuhai Samyou Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (\"Samyou\"), which seeks a waiver for specified walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer (\"WICF\") basic models from the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") test procedure used for determining the efficiency of WICFs. Through this document, DOE also gives notification of its grant of an Interim Waiver Order that requires Samyou to test and rate the specified WICF basic models in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Interim Waiver Order. DOE solicits comments, data, and information concerning Samyou's petition and its suggested alternate test procedure to inform DOE's final decision on Samyou's waiver request.","document_number":"2026-10483","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/27/2026-10483/energy-conservation-program-notification-of-petition-for-waiver-of-zhuhai-samyou-environmental","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-27/pdf/2026-10483.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10483.pdf?1779799513","publication_date":"2026-05-27","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":"refrigerant temperature <span class=\"match\">measurements</span> shall have a tolerance of ±0.5 F for unit cooler in/out. Temperature <span class=\"match\">measurements</span> used to determine water vapor content of the air shall be accurate to within ±0.4 F, ±1.0 F for all other temperature <span class=\"match\">measurements</span>. \n 3.1.4. In Tables 2 through 14, the Test Condition Outdoor Wet Bulb Temperature requirement and its associated tolerance apply only to units with evaporative cooling and single-packaged dedicated systems. The condenser-side condensate pan must be dry during performance <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> test periods. \n 3.1.8"},{"title":"Mandatory Toy Safety Standards: Requirements for Neck Floats","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) mandates that ASTM F963 shall be a mandatory toy safety standard. This toy safety standard sets forth only minimal labeling requirements for aquatic toys such as neck floats. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) proposes to establish new performance and revised labeling requirements to address potentially deadly hazards associated with neck floats. The Commission also proposes to amend CPSC's list of notice of requirements (NORs) to include neck floats.","document_number":"2024-25446","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/20/2024-25446/mandatory-toy-safety-standards-requirements-for-neck-floats","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-20/pdf/2024-25446.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25446.pdf?1732023915","publication_date":"2024-11-20","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":"record the cage weight <span class=\"match\">measurements</span>, with and without the <span class=\"match\">product</span>.\n \n \n The procedure in section 5.5.9.3 of ANSI/CAN/UL 12402-9 directs that the cage should be suspended in the water tank at a temperature of (20 ± 5) °C. First, the weight of the immersed cage with the <span class=\"match\">product</span> should be recorded, as A. Next, the weighted cage and <span class=\"match\">product</span> should remain immersed for 24 hours, and the weight shall be re-recorded as B. Lastly, the <span class=\"match\">product</span> should be removed from the cage and the weight of the immersed cage alone, without the <span class=\"match\">product</span>, should be recorded as"},{"title":"Amendments and Nonconformance Penalties for Model Year 2027 and Later Heavy-Duty Highway Engines and Amendments to Inducement Provisions for SCR-Equipped Diesel Engines","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulatory amendments to certain compliance provisions and test procedures related to model year (MY) 2027 and later heavy-duty highway engines. These amendments would include changes to the regulatory useful life periods and the emission-related warranty periods. The EPA also proposes to add clarity to certain regulatory compliance provisions and correct errors in the regulations to support the MYs 2027 and later program for heavy-duty highway engines and vehicles. This includes certain amendments related to provisions adopted in January 2023 as well as other provisions adopted in earlier rules. The EPA also proposes to make nonconformance penalties (NCPs) available to manufacturers of medium heavy-duty engines (Medium HDE) and heavy heavy-duty engines (Heavy HDE) beginning in MY 2027. In addition, the EPA proposes to amend the requirements for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system inducement provisions for newly manufactured diesel-fueled highway engines and vehicles (i.e., light- and medium- duty vehicles and heavy-duty engines) and nonroad engines and equipment. The EPA is also considering new inducement guidance for in- use highway and nonroad diesel engines, vehicles, and equipment.","document_number":"2026-14112","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/14/2026-14112/amendments-and-nonconformance-penalties-for-model-year-2027-and-later-heavy-duty-highway-engines-and","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-14/pdf/2026-14112.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-14112.pdf?1783946711","publication_date":"2026-07-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"1125(d)(2) to allow the use of partial flow exhaust opacity <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> as an alternative to full flow exhaust opacity <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> without Agency approval. Full flow exhaust opacity <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> is done directly in the path of the exhaust pipe, while partial flow is done by extracting an undiluted portion of the exhaust for <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> in a pipe of predetermined path length that is part of the analyzer. 40 CFR 1065.1123, 1065.1125, and 1065.1127 were developed from the nonroad exhaust opacity <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> procedure in 40 CFR part 86, subpart I, and the locomotive"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including consumer conventional cooking products. In this direct final rule, the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\") is adopting new and amended energy conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking products. DOE has determined that the new and amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-02008","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/02/14/2024-02008/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-consumer-conventional-cooking-products","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-02-14/pdf/2024-02008.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-02008.pdf?1707831913","publication_date":"2024-02-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"conservation standard for a covered <span class=\"match\">product</span> that has two or more subcategories. A rule prescribing an energy conservation standard for a type (or class) of <span class=\"match\">product</span> must specify a different standard level for a type or class of <span class=\"match\">products</span> that has the same function or intended use if DOE determines that <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such group: (A) consume a different kind of energy from that consumed by other covered <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such type (or class); or (B) have a capacity or other performance-related feature which other <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such type (or class) do not"},{"title":"Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs (GUARD) Model","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule would implement the Guarding U.S. Medicare Against Rising Drug Costs (GUARD) Model to test a new Medicare payment model under section 1115A of the Social Security Act. The model proposes a test of an alternative payment method for calculating inflation rebates for certain Part D drugs and biological products. The proposed GUARD Model would test whether changing the calculation of the Part D inflation rebate would reduce costs for the Medicare program while preserving or enhancing quality of care for Part D enrollees.","document_number":"2025-23705","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23705/guarding-us-medicare-against-rising-drug-costs-guard-model","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-23/pdf/2025-23705.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-23705.pdf?1766178910","publication_date":"2025-12-23","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":"multi-source biological <span class=\"match\">product</span>, which is a biological <span class=\"match\">product</span> with at least one biosimilar biological <span class=\"match\">product</span> licensed and marketed that has said biological <span class=\"match\">product</span> as their reference <span class=\"match\">product</span>, is not a GUARD Model drug.\n \n \n \n 96 \n  At § 514.5 we define “\n biosimilar biological <span class=\"match\">product</span>” \n to mean, for the United States, a marketed biological <span class=\"match\">product</span> submitted in a BLA under section 351(k) of the PHS Act.\n \n \n At the time of evaluating inclusion of a drug into the GUARD Model (based on being sole-source drugs or biological <span class=\"match\">products</span>) for each performance"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This major final rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for: the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; the Ambulatory Specialty Model; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers; update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.","document_number":"2025-19787","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/05/2025-19787/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2026-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-05/pdf/2025-19787.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19787.pdf?1761945018","publication_date":"2025-11-05","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":"available skin substitute <span class=\"match\">products</span>, the sales and distribution structure for these <span class=\"match\">products</span>, and the rapidity of <span class=\"match\">products</span> changing manufacturer ownership. These industry changes are causing a significant increase in spending under Medicare Part B for skin substitute <span class=\"match\">products</span> in the non-facility setting. According to Medicare claims data, Part B spending for these <span class=\"match\">products</span> rose from approximately $250 million in 2019 to over $10 billion in 2024, a nearly 40-fold increase, while the number of patients receiving these <span class=\"match\">products</span> only doubled. Increases"},{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2026 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This major proposed rule addresses: changes to the physician fee schedule (PFS); other changes to Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice, relative value of services, and changes in the statute; codification of establishment of new policies for: the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; the Ambulatory Specialty Model; updates to the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program expanded model; updates to drugs and biological products paid under Part B; Medicare Shared Savings Program requirements; updates to the Quality Payment Program; updates to policies for Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers update to the Ambulance Fee Schedule regulations; codification of the Inflation Reduction Act and Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 provisions; updates to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.","document_number":"2025-13271","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13271/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2026-payment-policies-under-the-physician-fee-schedule-and-other","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-16/pdf/2025-13271.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13271.pdf?1752524111","publication_date":"2025-07-16","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":"regulatory categories for purposes of payment, we considered aligning these <span class=\"match\">products</span> based on their composition, for example, whether they are non-synthetic or synthetic. Two examples provided by interested parties include grouping the <span class=\"match\">products</span> as allografts (for example, amniotic <span class=\"match\">products</span>, cellular <span class=\"match\">products</span>), xenografts (for example, collagen <span class=\"match\">products</span> derived from animals), synthetics (for example, artificial <span class=\"match\">products</span> made from various biomaterials) and grouping the <span class=\"match\">products</span> as human living/cryopreserved tissue, dehydrated human/amniotic tissue, animal"},{"title":"Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In 2013, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission or CPSC) published a safety standard for bassinets and cradles (bassinets/cradles). By statute, after promulgating a mandatory rule, the Commission must periodically review and revise rules for durable infant or toddler products to ensure that they provide the highest level of safety for such products that is feasible. Accordingly, this proposed rule (NPR) would revise the existing rule for bassinets/cradles to ensure that it addresses identified hazards and that these sleep products for young infants provide the highest level of safety feasible.","document_number":"2024-07706","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/16/2024-07706/safety-standard-for-bassinets-and-cradles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-16/pdf/2024-07706.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07706.pdf?1713185117","publication_date":"2024-04-16","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":"related <span class=\"match\">products</span> as described in Table 1, including recalls of bassinets, cradles, and multi-modal <span class=\"match\">products</span> where the recall involved the bassinet mode. This summary includes recalls of Infant Sleep <span class=\"match\">Products</span> with flat sleep surfaces that must, pursuant to the ISP Rule, comply with 16 CFR part 1218, Safety Standard for Bassinets and Cradles, because such <span class=\"match\">products</span> are not subject to another mandatory safety standard for a sleep <span class=\"match\">product</span>. Not included in this recall summary are recalls of inclined infant sleep <span class=\"match\">products</span> and multi-modal <span class=\"match\">products</span> where the"},{"title":"Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission amends its regulations to incorporate by reference, with certain exceptions, the latest version (Version 004) of the Standards for Business Practices and Communication Protocols for Public Utilities adopted by the Wholesale Electric Quadrant (WEQ) of the North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB). The revisions made by NAESB in the WEQ Version 004 standards are designed to aid public utilities with the consistent and uniform implementation of requirements promulgated by the Commission as part of the pro forma Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT).","document_number":"2025-03085","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/27/2025-03085/standards-for-business-practices-and-communication-protocols-for-public-utilities","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-02-27/pdf/2025-03085.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-03085.pdf?1740577508","publication_date":"2025-02-27","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"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"demand resource. \n 68. The WEQ-021 <span class=\"match\">Measurement</span> and Verification (M&amp;V) of Energy Efficiency <span class=\"match\">Products</span> Business Practice Standards define a common framework for transparency, consistency, and accountability applicable to the <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> and verification of wholesale electric market energy efficiency practices. The standards establish energy efficiency <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> and verification criteria and define requirements for energy efficiency resource providers for the <span class=\"match\">measurement</span> and verification of energy efficiency <span class=\"match\">products</span> and services offered in the wholesale"},{"title":"Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended (\"EPCA\"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including gas-fired instantaneous water heaters, which are a type of consumer water heater. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (\"DOE\" or the \"Department\") to periodically review its existing standards to determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended energy conservation standards for gas-fired instantaneous water heaters. It has determined that the amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.","document_number":"2024-30369","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/26/2024-30369/energy-conservation-program-energy-conservation-standards-for-consumer-gas-fired-instantaneous-water","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-26/pdf/2024-30369.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30369.pdf?1734961515","publication_date":"2024-12-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"}],"excerpts":"conservation standard for a covered <span class=\"match\">product</span> that has two or more subcategories. A rule prescribing an energy conservation standard for a type (or class) of <span class=\"match\">product</span> must specify a different standard level for a type or class of <span class=\"match\">products</span> that has the same function or intended use if DOE determines that <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such group (A) consume a different kind of energy from that consumed by other covered <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such type (or class); or (B) have a capacity or other performance-related feature which other <span class=\"match\">products</span> within such type (or class) do not"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Investigation-Based Crash Data Studies","type":"Notice","abstract":"In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. This document describes a currently approved collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek approval from OMB for extension with modification on NHTSA's Investigation-Based Crash Data Studies: Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS), Special Crash Investigation (SCI) and Special Study Data Collection. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on April 10, 2025. NHTSA received comments from four individuals/entities.","document_number":"2025-15373","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/13/2025-15373/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-13/pdf/2025-15373.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15373.pdf?1755002740","publication_date":"2025-08-13","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"NHTSA's CISS Program, ESV Paper Number 17-0173, Mynatt, et. al.\n \n \n \n 4. \n Advanced Field Data Collection: \n CISS employs superior data collection techniques, such as total station \n \n <span class=\"match\">measurements</span>, replacing the older methods of roller wheels and tape measures. This enhances both the precision and reliability of field data.\n 9 \n \n \n \n \n 9 \n  Improved Field <span class=\"match\">Measurement</span> in NHTSA's CISS Program, ESV Paper Number 17-0174, Mynatt, et. al.\n \n \n \n 5. \n Expanded EDR Manufacturer Support: \n CISS supports a broader range of EDR manufacturers, including Hyundai/Kia"}]}