{"description":"Documents matching 'risk assessment processes promptly upon'","count":10000,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=risk+assessment+processes+promptly+upon&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) is inviting comment on a proposed rule that would require its supervised banks to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs reasonably designed to identify, assess, and mitigate risks of illicit finance. Among other changes, this proposed rule would ensure that Board-supervised banks establish and maintain effective AML/CFT programs that are intended to better achieve the purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), culminating in the development of highly useful information related to illicit financial transactions for law enforcement and national security agencies. The amendments are intended to align with changes to AML/CFT program requirements proposed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to implement provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act) and corresponding changes proposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) (collectively, \"the Agencies\") on April 10, 2026.","document_number":"2026-13919","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/07/09/2026-13919/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-07-09/pdf/2026-13919.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-13919.pdf?1783514720","publication_date":"2026-07-09","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"}],"excerpts":"reasonably designed risk assessment processes—which need not be in the form of a singular risk assessment process. Furthermore, the Board is not prescribing any particular time frame for banks to update their risk assessment processes. \n The Board recognizes that banks vary significantly in size, structure, complexity, and risk profile. Under the proposed rule, a bank's risk-based set of internal policies, procedures, and controls—including its risk assessment processes—should be commensurate with the bank's size, structure, risk profile, and complexity"},{"title":"Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) (collectively, \"the Agencies\" or \"Agency\" when referencing the singular) are inviting comment on a proposed rule that would require banks to establish and maintain effective anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs reasonably designed to identify, assess, and mitigate risks of illicit finance. The amendments are intended to align with changes that are being concurrently proposed by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to implement provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act). Among other changes, this proposed rule would ensure that institutions establish and maintain effective AML/CFT programs that are intended to better achieve the purposes of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), culminating in the development of highly useful information related to illicit financial transactions for law enforcement and national security agencies. Through this rulemaking, the Agencies also intend to modernize and reform Federal supervision of AML/CFT programs by enhancing FinCEN's role in AML/CFT supervision and enforcement.","document_number":"2026-06948","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-06948/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-06948.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06948.pdf?1775738713","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 the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"},{"raw_name":"NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION","name":"National Credit Union Administration","id":335,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-credit-union-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/335","parent_id":null,"slug":"national-credit-union-administration"}],"excerpts":"reasonably designed risk assessment processes—which need not be in the form of a singular risk assessment process. Furthermore, the Agencies are not prescribing any particular time frame for banks to update their risk assessment processes. \n The Agencies recognize that banks vary significantly in size, structure, complexity, and risk profile. Under the proposed rule, bank's risk-based set of internal policies, procedures, and controls—including its risk assessment processes—should be commensurate with the bank's size, structure, risk profile, and complexity"},{"title":"Q3E Guideline for Extractables and Leachables; International Council for Harmonisation; Draft Guidance for Industry; Availability","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled \"Q3E Guideline for Extractables and Leachables\" and a draft supporting document entitled \"Supporting Documentation: Class 3 Leachable Monographs.\" The draft guidance and supporting document were prepared under the auspices of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The draft guidance presents a holistic framework and process for the assessment and control of extractables and leachables (E&L) for pharmaceutical products. The draft guidance builds upon ICH impurity guidances on new drug substances (ICH Q3A) and new drug products (ICH Q3B), residual solvents (ICH Q3C), and elemental impurities (ICH Q3D), as well as DNA reactive (mutagenic) impurities (ICH M7). In addition to outlining E&L safety assessment principles, the draft guidance includes draft supporting documentation of Class 3 leachable monographs. The draft guidance is intended to provide approaches to risk-based assessment and control of E&L to ensure patient safety and pharmaceutical product quality.","document_number":"2025-21702","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/01/2025-21702/q3e-guideline-for-extractables-and-leachables-international-council-for-harmonisation-draft-guidance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-01/pdf/2025-21702.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21702.pdf?1764337530","publication_date":"2025-12-01","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":"for Human Use (ICH). The draft guidance presents a holistic framework and process for the assessment and control of extractables and leachables (E&L) for pharmaceutical products. The draft guidance builds upon ICH impurity guidances on new drug substances (ICH Q3A) and new drug products (ICH Q3B), residual solvents (ICH Q3C), and elemental impurities (ICH Q3D), as well as DNA reactive (mutagenic) impurities (ICH M7). In addition to outlining E&L safety assessment principles, the draft guidance includes draft supporting documentation of Class"},{"title":"Supply Chain Risk Management Reliability Standards Revisions; Equipment and Services Produced or Provided by Certain Entities Identified as Risks to National Security","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) directs the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization, to develop new or modified Reliability Standards that address the sufficiency of responsible entities' supply chain risk management plans related to the identification of and response to supply chain risks. Further, the Commission directs NERC to develop modifications related to supply chain protections for protected cyber assets. This final action also terminates a related notice of inquiry.","document_number":"2025-18394","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18394/supply-chain-risk-management-reliability-standards-revisions-equipment-and-services-produced-or","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-23/pdf/2025-18394.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18394.pdf?1758545114","publication_date":"2025-09-23","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"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":"supply chain risks. We find that the lack of specific requirements in the SCRM Reliability Standards as to when in the procurement and deployment process an entity must apply its SCRM plan to identify supply chain risks can lead to incomplete or inaccurate risk identification, resulting in risk assessments that do not reflect the actual threat posed to the responsible entity. To satisfy these directives, NERC \n \n should establish (1) a maximum time frame between when an entity performs its initial risk assessment during the procurement process and when"},{"title":"Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Programs","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"Pursuant to the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and FinCEN's efforts to modernize the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and to implement provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act), FinCEN is proposing a rule to fundamentally reform the requirements for financial institutions' anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) programs. Among other changes, this proposed rule aims to ensure that financial institutions establish and maintain effective AML/CFT programs that better achieve the purposes of the BSA and lead to more effective outcomes for financial institutions as well as law enforcement and national security agencies. Through this rulemaking, consistent with its statutory authority as the administrator of the BSA, FinCEN is also proposing measures to modernize and reform Federal supervision of AML/CFT programs by enhancing FinCEN's role in AML/CFT supervision and enforcement in coordination with Federal banking regulators. In addition, FinCEN is proposing regulatory amendments to promote clarity and consistency across FinCEN's program rules for different types of financial institutions.","document_number":"2026-07033","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/10/2026-07033/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-programs","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-10/pdf/2026-07033.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07033.pdf?1775738723","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":"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":"identify, assess, and document its ML/TF risks through risk assessment processes. These risk assessment processes require a financial institution to evaluate ML/TF risks and review and, as appropriate, incorporate the AML/CFT Priorities, with updates to risk assessment processes promptly upon any change that the financial institution knows or has reason to know significantly changes the financial institution's ML/TF risks. These risk assessment processes are designed to help financial institutions mitigate ML/TF risks and ensure that they are allocating"},{"title":"Licensing Requirements for Microreactors and Other Reactors With Comparable Risk Profiles","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to amend its regulations to establish a risk-informed and performance- based regulatory framework for rapid licensing of new microreactors and other reactors with comparable risk profiles and for high-volume deployment of these reactors. The proposed rule would provide a flexible set of licensing pathways, reduce regulatory burden, and ensure that safety and security requirements remain commensurate with the potential hazards posed by these facilities.","document_number":"2026-08550","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/01/2026-08550/licensing-requirements-for-microreactors-and-other-reactors-with-comparable-risk-profiles","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-01/pdf/2026-08550.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08550.pdf?1777553125","publication_date":"2026-05-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"a medical and mental health assessment via electronic communication could be an acceptable alternative to an in-person, face-to-face assessment. Based on this study, if electronic means were to be used to conduct a face-to-face assessment, an in-person element would still be integral to the assessment process. However, under certain circumstances, face-to-face determinations and assessments conducted as part of an FFD program for an entity licensed under proposed part 57 (\n i.e., \n those determinations and assessments performed in accordance with"},{"title":"Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, \"the Agency\") is proposing to amend the procedural framework rule for conducting existing chemical risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). When conducting an existing chemical risk evaluation under TSCA, EPA must determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, without consideration of costs or non-risk factors, including unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation identified as relevant to the risk evaluation, under the conditions of use. In this action, EPA proposes to rescind or revise certain 2024 amendments to the procedural framework rule to effectuate the best reading of the statute and ensure that the procedural framework rule does not impede the timely completion of risk evaluations or impair the effective and efficient protection of health and the environment.","document_number":"2025-18431","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/23/2025-18431/procedures-for-chemical-risk-evaluation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-23/pdf/2025-18431.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18431.pdf?1758545119","publication_date":"2025-09-23","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":"rule that established the process for conducting risk evaluations under TSCA section 6(b). The 2017 final rule identified the components of the risk evaluation process applicable to a chemical substance or category of chemical substances including: scope, hazard assessment, exposure assessment, risk characterization, and finally a risk determination. For the unreasonable risk determination, the 2017 final rule at 40 CFR 702.47 stated that “EPA will determine whether the chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the"},{"title":"Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Common Sense Approach to Chemical Accident Prevention","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to amend its Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations by making several proposed changes to the 2024 Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention (SCCAP) rule. The proposed revisions include changes to provisions relating to safer technology and alternatives analyses, information availability, third-party audits, employee participation, community and emergency responder notification, stationary source siting, natural hazards, power loss, declined recommendations documentation, emergency response exercises, process safety information (PSI) and recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), deregistration form information collection, hot work permit retention, and the retail facility definition. These proposed amendments seek to improve chemical process safety by avoiding duplicative requirements, realigning RMP requirements with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements, and eliminating unnecessary burdens placed on facilities where there is not specific data available to show that the current RMP standards would reduce or have reduced the number of accidental releases.","document_number":"2026-03633","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/24/2026-03633/accidental-release-prevention-requirements-risk-management-programs-under-the-clean-air-act-common","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-24/pdf/2026-03633.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03633.pdf?1771854312","publication_date":"2026-02-24","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":"the source's risk management program—called a risk management plan (RMP). \n \n The EPA's risk management program requirements include conducting a worst-case scenario analysis and a review of accident history, coordinating emergency response procedures with local response organizations, conducting a hazard assessment, documenting a management system, implementing a prevention program and an emergency response program, and submitting a risk management plan that addresses all aspects of the risk management program for all covered processes and chemicals"},{"title":"Bank Appeals Process","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish revised procedures and policies for appeals of material supervisory determinations by OCC supervised entities. The proposed changes would reflect the OCC's experience administering the bank appeals process and are intended to enhance the independence and efficiency of the appeals function.","document_number":"2026-03086","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/17/2026-03086/bank-appeals-process","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-17/pdf/2026-03086.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03086.pdf?1770990328","publication_date":"2026-02-17","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 the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"}],"excerpts":"“National Bank Appeals Process” (June 11, 1993).\n \n \n \n \n 2 \n Public Law 103-325, section 309, 108 Stat. 2160, 2218.\n \n \n \n \n 3 \n 12 U.S.C. 4806.\n \n \n \n \n 4 \n OCC, “Independent Regulatory Appeals Process,” 59 FR 66067 (December 22, 1994).\n \n \n \n \n 5 \n OCC, “Independent Regulatory Appeals Process,” 59 FR 66067 (December 22, 1994); OCC, “Independent Regulatory Appeals Process,” 61 FR 7042 (1996).\n \n \n \n \n 6 \n OCC Bulletin 2002-9, “National Bank Appeals Process” (February 25, 2002); OCC Bulletin 2011-44, “Bank Appeals Process” (November 1, 2011);"},{"title":"Regulatory Capital Rules: Regulatory Capital and Standardized Approach for Risk-Weighted Assets","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are proposing to modify certain aspects of the regulatory capital rule (the proposal). The proposal would revise the risk-based capital treatment of certain exposure categories under the standardized approach, focusing on improving the calibration and risk sensitivity of risk weights that are particularly material to covered banking organizations' lending activities. The proposal would also modify the definition of regulatory capital by removing the threshold- based deduction for mortgage servicing assets for all banking organizations subject to the regulatory capital rule, including banking organizations subject to the community bank leverage ratio framework. In addition, the proposal would require Category III and IV banking organizations to recognize most elements of accumulated other comprehensive income in their regulatory capital. The agencies are concurrently publishing a separate proposal, which would require Category I and II banking organizations to use a new framework to calculate risk-weighted assets, called the expanded risk-based approach and would allow other banking organizations to elect to use the expanded risk-based approach.","document_number":"2026-05960","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/27/2026-05960/regulatory-capital-rules-regulatory-capital-and-standardized-approach-for-risk-weighted-assets","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-27/pdf/2026-05960.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05960.pdf?1774529110","publication_date":"2026-03-27","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 the Comptroller of the Currency","name":"Comptroller of the Currency","id":80,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/comptroller-of-the-currency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/80","parent_id":497,"slug":"comptroller-of-the-currency"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"and operational risk—and a revised market risk framework. Notably, the expanded risk-based proposal would allow banking organizations of any size to elect to use the expanded risk-based approach to determine requirements for credit risk, equity risk, and operational risk in place of the standardized approach.\n 7 \n \n \n \n \n 6 \n Banking organizations with significant trading activities that are not Category I or II banking organizations would apply (1) the market risk framework under the expanded risk-based proposal and (2) the standardized approach"},{"title":"Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations by adding a risk-informed, performance-based, and technology-inclusive regulatory framework for commercial nuclear plants in response to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA). The current application and licensing requirements were primarily developed to address license requests concerning light water- cooled reactors and operational requirements for those types of reactors. This final rule responds to NEIMA by creating an alternative, technology-inclusive regulatory framework to accommodate licensing of future commercial nuclear plants, including advanced reactor designs that may not employ light-water technology.","document_number":"2026-06048","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/30/2026-06048/risk-informed-technology-inclusive-regulatory-framework-for-advanced-reactors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-30/pdf/2026-06048.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-06048.pdf?1774615514","publication_date":"2026-03-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION","name":"Nuclear Regulatory Commission","id":383,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/nuclear-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/383","parent_id":null,"slug":"nuclear-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"comprehensive risk metric or set of metrics and associated risk performance objectives against which calculated values of the risk metrics are compared. The comprehensive risk metrics or set of metrics and associated risk performance objectives support a performance-based approach to developing an appropriate combination of design features and programmatic controls to prevent or mitigate LBEs other than DBAs. The applicant must propose the comprehensive risk metric or set of metrics and associated risk performance objectives, and the comprehensive risk metric"},{"title":"Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service is proposing to amend its Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process regulations. These regulations establish the process by which the public may file objections seeking administrative review for projects and activities implementing land management plans on national forests. The Forest Service is amending these regulations to consolidate and streamline processes, increase efficiency, and better align with the Agency's statutory obligations and recent rescissions and revisions to National Environmental Policy Act regulations.","document_number":"2026-02392","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/06/2026-02392/project-level-predecisional-administrative-review-process","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-06/pdf/2026-02392.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02392.pdf?1770299119","publication_date":"2026-02-06","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":"Forest Service","name":"Forest Service","id":209,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/forest-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/209","parent_id":12,"slug":"forest-service"}],"excerpts":"Objection Process \n \n This section is amended to specify those projects and activities that are not subject to the objection process instead of specifying who may file an objection (now moved to 218.6). This section replaces the previous section 218.23 “\n Proposed projects and activities not subject to the objection process. \n ”\n \n This section is rewritten to clarify when the objection process does not apply. Projects that receive no timely, substantive written comments have been added to this section. It specifies that the objection process does not"},{"title":"Proposed Revisions to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk and the Guidelines for Account and Services Requests","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) is issuing a notice and request for comment on proposed revisions to the Federal Reserve Policy on Payment System Risk (PSR Policy), including the proposed addition of a new Part IV, to accommodate the provision by Reserve Banks of special-purpose accounts that would clear and settle certain payment activity (Payment Accounts). The Board is also proposing updates to its guidelines for Federal Reserve Banks (Reserve Banks) to utilize in evaluating requests for access to Reserve Bank account and services (Account Access Guidelines or Guidelines) to accommodate requests for access to Payment Accounts. Finally, the Board is encouraging Reserve Banks to pause decisions on requests for Reserve Bank accounts and services from institutions that are Tier 3 under the Account Access Guidelines until the Board has completed its policy development process on the Payment Account proposal.","document_number":"2026-10375","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10375/proposed-revisions-to-the-federal-reserve-policy-on-payment-system-risk-and-the-guidelines-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10375.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10375.pdf?1779453911","publication_date":"2026-05-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM","name":"Federal Reserve System","id":188,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-reserve-system","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/188","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-reserve-system"}],"excerpts":"that will not result in a debit or credit to a Master Account other than a transaction fee.\n \n \n \n In addition to credit risk, the Account Access Guidelines include an assessment of a wide range of risks to the Reserve Banks that can arise from the provision of an account and services, such as operational and cyber risks. Today, Reserve Banks mitigate cyber and operational risk through strong risk management controls and processes, including a security and resiliency assurance program that requires institutions to attest to their compliance with Reserve"},{"title":"Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP)","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) is amending its regulations to implement changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and to update, streamline, and clarify several crop insurance policies. The changes include clarifying the harvest price methodology, deregulating regionalized program dates and moving that information to the Special Provisions, removing regulatory barriers to direct marketing, incorporating quality adjustment and claims processes, updating FCIC contact information used to request interpretations of policy, and making plain language clarifications and corrections to Subpart X--Interpretations of Statutory Provisions, Policy Provisions, and Procedures; the Area Risk Protection Insurance, Basic Provisions; the Common Crop Insurance Policy, Basic Provisions; and several Crop Provisions. In addition, the changes include removing buy-up coverage for prevented planting in the crop insurance program. The changes will be effective for the 2026 and succeeding crop years for crops with a contract change date on or after November 30, 2025. For all other crops, the changes to the policies made in this rule are applicable for the 2027 and succeeding crop years.","document_number":"2025-21482","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/28/2025-21482/expanding-access-to-risk-protection-earp","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-28/pdf/2025-21482.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-21482.pdf?1764164732","publication_date":"2025-11-28","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":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","name":"Federal Crop Insurance Corporation","id":163,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-crop-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/163","parent_id":12,"slug":"federal-crop-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"policy. \n 1. Definitions \n \n \n Processor contract. \n \n \n (1) A written contract between the producer and a processor, containing at a minimum:\n \n \n (i) The producer's commitment to plant and grow green peas, and to deliver the green pea production to the processor; \n (ii) The processor's commitment to purchase all the production stated in the processor contract; and \n (iii) A base contract price. \n (2) Multiple contracts with the same processor that specify amounts of production will be considered as a single processor contract unless the contracts"},{"title":"National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants From Hazardous Waste Combustors: Residual Risk and Technology Review","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing the residual risk and technology review (RTR) conducted for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) from Hazardous Waste Combustors (HWC). Specifically, the EPA is finalizing that risks due to emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) from this source category are adequately addressed by the existing standards; that the NESHAP provides an ample margin of safety to protect public health; and that no developments in practices, processes, or control technologies necessitate revision of the standards. In addition, the EPA is promulgating emission standards for hydrogen fluoride (HF) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) emissions from major source HWC incinerators, cement kilns, solid fuel boilers, and liquid fuel boilers under Clean Air Act (CAA) sections 112(d)(2) and (3) and 112(h). These final amendments also include work practice standards under CAA section 112(h) for periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM); new electronic reporting provisions and requirements; provisions allowing States to choose to exempt area source HWCs from certain permitting requirements; and certain typographical and technical corrections and clarifications.","document_number":"2026-11047","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/03/2026-11047/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-from-hazardous-waste-combustors-residual","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-03/pdf/2026-11047.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11047.pdf?1780404311","publication_date":"2026-06-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"residual risk assessment as proposed. \n 3. What key comments did we receive on the risk review, and what are our responses? \n \n The EPA received comments in support of and against the proposed risk \n \n review. Commenters generally discussed the statutory requirements for the residual risk review, the methodology used to conduct the residual risk review, and the EPA's conclusions concerning the residual risk review. This section provides a summary of and response to key comments received regarding the statutory requirements for the residual risk review"},{"title":"Establishing United States Citizenship for MARAD Program Participation; Simplifying the Application Process","type":"Rule","abstract":"On July 1, 2025, MARAD published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), titled \"How to Best Evidence Corporate Citizenship: Policy and Regulatory Review,\" soliciting public comment on actions MARAD could take to improve the process for evidencing U.S. citizenship. The final rule will simplify and modernize the process for establishing United States citizenship of corporations and other business formations participating in MARAD programs. In the interest of minimizing the unnecessary disclosure of personally identifiable information, the final rule will also eliminate the requirement to provide dates and places of birth of corporate executives, directors, and stock owners as required in the current form of affidavit of citizenship. The final rule will also amend the form of affidavit with respect to entities that are publicly traded by eliminating the requirement to provide certain information regarding registered owners of stock, eliminate the notarization requirement, and provide a simple and streamlined process for recertification.","document_number":"2026-11269","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/04/2026-11269/establishing-united-states-citizenship-for-marad-program-participation-simplifying-the-application","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-04/pdf/2026-11269.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-11269.pdf?1780490731","publication_date":"2026-06-04","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":"Maritime Administration","name":"Maritime Administration","id":282,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/maritime-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/282","parent_id":492,"slug":"maritime-administration"}],"excerpts":"sacrificing the accuracy of ownership information upon which such entities must rely upon to affirm their citizenship status. \n 2. The MLA recommended that further improvements might be considered with respect to the fair inference rule including relaxing the percentages and making it clear that address lists made available by financial intermediaries can be relied upon. \n MARAD agrees that the “fair inference rule,” as applied to corporations that are publicly traded, must be updated because it relies upon stock records that are no longer controlled"},{"title":"Enhanced Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS)","type":"Rule","abstract":"To address ongoing aviation security threats, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is amending its regulations pertaining to the Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) program to require the transmission of additional data elements. The ACAS program enhances the security of flights carrying cargo into the United States by requiring the transmission of certain air cargo data and performing targeted risk assessments based on the transmitted data prior to an aircraft's departure for the United States. These risk assessments identify and prevent high-risk air cargo from being loaded onto an aircraft that could pose a risk to an aircraft during flight.","document_number":"2025-20606","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/21/2025-20606/enhanced-air-cargo-advance-screening-acas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/pdf/2025-20606.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-20606.pdf?1763646322","publication_date":"2025-11-21","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":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","name":"U.S. Customs and Border Protection","id":501,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/u-s-customs-and-border-protection","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/501","parent_id":227,"slug":"u-s-customs-and-border-protection"}],"excerpts":"in his or her own mortality risk. This tradeoff between money and small changes in mortality risk is reported as the VSL, and is often estimated by dividing the value of a small risk reduction by the size of the risk change (for example, if an individual is willing to pay $1,320 for a 1 in 10,000 reduction in his or her risk of dying in the current year, then his or her VSL is calculated as $1,320 ÷ 1/10,000 annual risk change = $13.2 million VSL). Alternatively, this tradeoff can be multiplied by the population risk change to determine the value"},{"title":"National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review Reconsideration","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"On April 5, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP): Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review (2024 Final Rule). The 2024 Final Rule revised the Commercial Sterilization Facilities NESHAP based on a residual risk and technology review (RTR) pursuant to the Clean Air Act (CAA) sections. On March 12, 2025, the EPA announced that it was reconsidering the 2024 Final Rule. Based on its reconsideration of the RTR in the 2024 Final Rule, the EPA is proposing to amend the Commercial Sterilization Facilities NESHAP. The amendments would rescind the risk based standards, revise the standard for new aeration room vents that resulted from the technology review, revise the compliance demonstration requirements, and rescind a requirement related to permanent total enclosure (PTE). This proposal also includes technical corrections and clarifications to the Commercial Sterilization Facilities NESHAP and Performance Specification 19 to address erroneous cross-references, omissions of text, and typographical errors in the regulatory text that the EPA has identified after publication of the 2024 Final Rule.","document_number":"2026-05167","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/17/2026-05167/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-ethylene-oxide-emissions-standards-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-17/pdf/2026-05167.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-05167.pdf?1773665114","publication_date":"2026-03-17","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":"responding to comments on the residual risk review, we explained that the Agency considered a California EPA cancer risk estimate as the best available estimate, for reasons including because it built upon our own 1985 EtO health assessment. We noted that the Agency was working on an updated cancer assessment for EtO that was not yet complete.\n 20 \n \n Finally, we disagreed with comments arguing that the residual risk review should “account for reasonably foreseeable changes that could result in increased risk, such as new residences being built closer"},{"title":"Request for Information Regarding Security Considerations for Artificial Intelligence Agents","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Center for AI Standards and Innovation (CAISI), housed within the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at the Department of Commerce, is seeking information and insights from stakeholders on practices and methodologies for measuring and improving the secure development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) agent systems. AI agent systems are capable of taking autonomous actions that impact real-world systems or environments, and may be susceptible to hijacking, backdoor attacks, and other exploits. If left unchecked, these security risks may impact public safety, undermine consumer confidence, and curb adoption of the latest AI innovations. We encourage respondents to provide concrete examples, best practices, case studies, and actionable recommendations based on their experience developing and deploying AI agent systems and managing and anticipating their attendant risks. Responses may inform CAISI's work evaluating the security risks associated with various AI capabilities, assessing security vulnerabilities of AI systems, developing evaluation and assessment measurements and methods, generating technical guidelines and best practices to measure and improve the security of AI systems, and other activities related to the security of AI agent systems.","document_number":"2026-00206","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/08/2026-00206/request-for-information-regarding-security-considerations-for-artificial-intelligence-agents","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-08/pdf/2026-00206.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00206.pdf?1767793519","publication_date":"2026-01-08","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 Institute of Standards and Technology","name":"National Institute of Standards and Technology","id":352,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/352","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-institute-of-standards-and-technology"}],"excerpts":"pose future risks to critical infrastructure or catastrophic harms to public safety (\n i.e., \n through chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) weapons development and use or other analogous threats).\n \n \n Deployed AI agent systems may face a range of security threats and risks. Some of these risks are shared with other kinds of software systems, such as exploitable vulnerabilities in authentication mechanisms or memory management processes. This Request for Information, however, focuses instead on the novel risks that arise"},{"title":"System Safety Assessments","type":"Rule","abstract":"The FAA is amending certain airworthiness regulations to standardize the criteria for conducting safety assessments for systems, including flight controls and powerplants, installed on transport category airplanes. With this action, the FAA seeks to reduce risk associated with airplane accidents and incidents that have occurred in service, and reduce risk associated with new technology in flight control systems. The intended effect of this rulemaking is to improve aviation safety by making system safety assessment (SSA) certification requirements more comprehensive and consistent.","document_number":"2024-18511","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/27/2024-18511/system-safety-assessments","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-27/pdf/2024-18511.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18511.pdf?1724676312","publication_date":"2024-08-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":"of § 25.1309(b)(1) and (b)(2) with the latent failure assumed, in the applicant's risk assessment, to have already occurred, or where the applicant took no credit in that risk assessment for the latency period. The FAA agrees to add this exclusion to § 25.1309(b)(4) \n \n because it meets the decision criteria that the specific risk of concern will be evaluated as per the 2010 ARAC ASAWG specific risk tasking report.\n 25 \n \n When a latent failure or the specific risk of concern is assumed as having occurred, its probability becomes 1 in the calculation"}]}