{"description":"Documents matching 'risk compliance responsible monitoring suitable'","count":7258,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=risk+compliance+responsible+monitoring+suitable&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Marine Protection: Modification To Expand Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve a modification to expand the existing designated boundaries of the two EPA designated ocean dredged material disposal sites (ODMDSs) offshore of Corpus Christi, Texas; specifically, the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC) ODMDS and the Corpus Christi New Work (CCNW) ODMDS to serve the long-term need for locations to dispose of suitable material dredged from the Corpus Christi Bay area. The modified sites will be subject to monitoring and management to ensure continued protection of the marine environment.","document_number":"2026-04848","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/12/2026-04848/marine-protection-modification-to-expand-ocean-dredged-material-disposal-sites-offshore-of-corpus","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-12/pdf/2026-04848.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04848.pdf?1773233121","publication_date":"2026-03-12","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 Proposed Action would provide ongoing disposal capacity for <span class=\"match\">suitable</span> dredged material without causing significant adverse impacts, while also affording the most operational flexibility for managing the dredged material in a manner that would minimize physical impacts over time. \n c. Management and <span class=\"match\">Monitoring</span> of the Sites \n \n The proposed modified ODMDSs are expected to receive <span class=\"match\">suitable</span> dredged material from the Port of Corpus Christi's Channel Deepening Project (CDP) and <span class=\"match\">suitable</span> dredged material from other applicants who obtain a permit that"},{"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":"allow the use of a previously endorsed or approved <span class=\"match\">risk</span> methodology or other <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-informed approach in lieu of meeting specific prescriptive requirements in 10 CFR part 71 if a fueled reactor would be used as the transportation package. The NRC endorsed a limited use of a <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-informed methodology for accident conditions specifically for a transportable microreactor (SECY-24-0062, “<span class=\"match\">Risk</span>-Informed Methodology for a Future Transportable TRISO-Based Micro-Reactor Package Application”). This endorsed <span class=\"match\">risk</span> methodology is an example of one approach developed"},{"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 <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric or set of metrics and associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> performance objectives against which calculated values of the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metrics are compared. The comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metrics or set of metrics and associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> 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 <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric or set of metrics and associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> performance objectives, and the comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric"},{"title":"Asset Management Plans; Management and Monitoring Systems","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is proposing to amend its regulations governing risk-based Asset Management Plans (AMP). State departments of transportation (State DOT) are required to develop and implement a risk-based AMP for the National Highway System (NHS) to improve or preserve the condition of the assets and the performance of the NHS. Through this notice, FHWA is proposing to amend its AMP regulations to add and revise definitions in the rule and update the processes State DOTs are required to use in developing an AMP, the required content of the AMP, procedures for State DOTs to submit AMPs to FHWA to ensure that State DOTs are implementing AMPs consistent with law, and procedures for State DOTs to recertify their processes for developing the AMP. The FHWA is proposing these revisions to implement changes in law, advance current policies, and increase the flexibility for State DOTs to comply with AMP regulations. The FHWA is also making minor technical corrections and changes to the rule to improve readability. Finally, FHWA proposes to remove obsolete regulations governing transportation management and monitoring systems.","document_number":"2024-26200","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/13/2024-26200/asset-management-plans-management-and-monitoring-systems","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-13/pdf/2024-26200.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-26200.pdf?1731419120","publication_date":"2024-11-13","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":"Federal Highway Administration","name":"Federal Highway Administration","id":170,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-highway-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/170","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-highway-administration"}],"excerpts":"other <span class=\"match\">risk</span> categories include financial <span class=\"match\">risks</span> such as budget uncertainty; operational <span class=\"match\">risks</span> such as asset failure; and strategic <span class=\"match\">risks</span> to achievement of State DOT objectives and goals, such as <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with environmental requirements or meeting organizational needs. \n (2) An assessment of the identified <span class=\"match\">risks</span> in terms of the likelihood of their occurrence and their impact and consequence if they do occur; \n (3) An evaluation and prioritization of the identified <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. A State DOT must treat <span class=\"match\">risks</span> to system resilience as top priority <span class=\"match\">risks</span> if the"},{"title":"Self-Regulatory Organizations; LCH SA; Notice of Filing of Proposed Rule Change Relating to LCH SA's Default Management Policy, Investment Risk Policy, Liquidity Risk Policy, Settlement, Payment and Custody Risk Policy, Model Governance, Validation and Review Policy and Contract and Market Acceptability Policy","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-24228","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/05/2025-24228/self-regulatory-organizations-lch-sa-notice-of-filing-of-proposed-rule-change-relating-to-lch-sas","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-05/pdf/2025-24228.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-24228.pdf?1767361511","publication_date":"2026-01-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION","name":"Securities and Exchange Commission","id":466,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/securities-and-exchange-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/466","parent_id":null,"slug":"securities-and-exchange-commission"}],"excerpts":"LCH SA's <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Collateral and Liquidity <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Management (“CaLM <span class=\"match\">Risk</span>”) team is <span class=\"match\">responsible</span> for independently assessing and <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> investment exposures, including country and supranational concentration <span class=\"match\">risk</span>; \n \n • LCH SA <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> is <span class=\"match\">responsible</span> for <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> that a <span class=\"match\">suitable</span> framework is in place to maintain <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with all relevant regulations regarding CaLM activities, and for <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> relevant regulatory rules and circulating relevant \n \n requirements to the appropriate internal stakeholders; and\n \n • LCH SA Legal is <span class=\"match\">responsible</span> for preparation"},{"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":"Account other than a transaction fee.\n \n \n \n In addition to credit <span class=\"match\">risk</span>, the Account Access Guidelines include an assessment of a wide range of <span class=\"match\">risks</span> to the Reserve Banks that can arise from the provision of an account and services, such as operational and cyber <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. Today, Reserve Banks mitigate cyber and operational <span class=\"match\">risk</span> through strong <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management controls and processes, including a security and resiliency assurance program that requires institutions to attest to their <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with Reserve Bank security requirements.\n 53 \n \n Payment Account"},{"title":"Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Spatial Fisheries Management; Amendment 15 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule implements Amendment 15 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan (HMS FMP) (Amendment 15). This final action modifies the timing of the Mid-Atlantic shark closed area, modifies the boundaries of the Charleston Bump and East Florida Coast closed areas to create low- and/ or high-bycatch-risk areas, and maintains the current boundaries and timing of the DeSoto Canyon closed area. This action also establishes a process to collect data from all the spatial management areas and review that data as needed and on a regular basis, while also renaming the closed areas to more closely reflect their intended uses. This rule does not implement a fleet-wide requirement for vessel owners to pay for electronic monitoring sampling costs as proposed but requires pelagic longline vessel owners to pay for the electronic monitoring sampling costs if their vessels choose to fish within the low-bycatch- risk areas of the Charleston Bump and East Florida Coast spatial management areas. This final action directly affects bottom and pelagic longline fishermen who hold Atlantic HMS fishing permits.","document_number":"2026-04256","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/03/04/2026-04256/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-spatial-fisheries-management-amendment-15-to-the-2006-consolidated","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-03-04/pdf/2026-04256.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-04256.pdf?1772545518","publication_date":"2026-03-04","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"the boundary of the high-bycatch-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> area (year-round) relative to the sub-alternative preferred at the draft stage (Sub-Alternative A3d) in response to public comment about encouraging more data collection in the <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span>/low-bycatch-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> area. In doing so, the scope value (size of the area x applicable number of months) of the high-bycatch-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> area decreased to 41 percent, with a corresponding increase in the low-bycatch-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> area scope value to 41 percent. Even with the increased effort cap for the <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> area (Sub-Alternative B3a), impacts"},{"title":"Enhancing Surface Cyber Risk Management","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is proposing to impose cyber risk management (CRM) requirements on certain pipeline and rail owner/operators and a more limited requirement, on certain over-the-road bus (OTRB) owner/operators, to report cybersecurity incidents. With the proposed addition of requirements applicable to pipeline facilities and systems, TSA is also proposing that a requirement to have a Physical Security Coordinator and report significant physical security concerns be extended to the same facilities and systems. Finally, TSA is proposing clarifications and reorganization of other regulatory requirements necessitated by these changes.","document_number":"2024-24704","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/07/2024-24704/enhancing-surface-cyber-risk-management","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-07/pdf/2024-24704.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-24704.pdf?1730900722","publication_date":"2024-11-07","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":"Transportation Security Administration","name":"Transportation Security Administration","id":494,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-security-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/494","parent_id":227,"slug":"transportation-security-administration"}],"excerpts":"determinations were based on the physical security of transportation systems and <span class=\"match\">risks</span> within that context.\n \n \n \n 118 \n  \n See supra \n note 81.\n \n \n \n Use of TSA's <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based determinations for applicability is consistent with the focus of the 9/11 Act's requirements on higher-<span class=\"match\">risk</span> operations. This <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based focus is reflected in the statutory requirement that focuses security training requirements on frontline employees, not all employees; \n 119 \n \n requiring <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based tiers where only the highest tier would be required to comply with regulations"},{"title":"Risk-Informed, Technology-Inclusive Regulatory Framework for Advanced Reactors","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing to revise the NRC's 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 NRC plans to hold a public meeting to promote full understanding of the proposed rule and facilitate public comments.","document_number":"2024-23434","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/31/2024-23434/risk-informed-technology-inclusive-regulatory-framework-for-advanced-reactors","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-31/pdf/2024-23434.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-23434.pdf?1729687518","publication_date":"2024-10-31","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 <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric or set of metrics and associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> performance objectives must provide an appropriate level of safety. Comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metrics should consist of a proposed plant <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metric or set of proposed <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metrics that approximate the total, overall <span class=\"match\">risk</span> from the facility and that address the range of possible plant configurations and associated internal and external hazards to the extent practicable. The associated <span class=\"match\">risk</span> performance objectives are preestablished, indicative values of the comprehensive <span class=\"match\">risk</span> metrics that are"},{"title":"Determination of Attainment by the Attainment Date and Clean Data Determination; California, San Joaquin Valley 1997 Annual PM2.5 Fine Particulate Matter Nonattainment Area","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to determine that the San Joaquin Valley, California fine particulate matter (PM<INF>2.5</INF>) nonattainment area attained the 1997 annual PM<INF>2.5</INF> national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) by the December 31, 2024 applicable attainment date. This proposed determination is based on ambient air quality monitoring data from 2022 through 2024. We are also proposing to make a clean data determination (CDD) based on the 2022 through 2024 data and our evaluation of preliminary air quality monitoring data from 2025. We are taking comments on this proposal and plan to follow with a final action.","document_number":"2025-13339","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/16/2025-13339/determination-of-attainment-by-the-attainment-date-and-clean-data-determination-california-san","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-16/pdf/2025-13339.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13339.pdf?1752583519","publication_date":"2025-07-16","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"of Attainment by the Attainment Date \n A. <span class=\"match\">Monitoring</span> Network Review, Quality Assurance, and Data Completeness \n \n A determination of whether an area is attaining the NAAQS is typically based upon complete, quality-assured data gathered at established State and Local Air <span class=\"match\">Monitoring</span> Stations (SLAMS) and entered into the EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) database. Data from ambient air <span class=\"match\">monitors</span> operated by state/local agencies in <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the EPA <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> requirements must be submitted to AQS. <span class=\"match\">Monitoring</span> agencies annually certify that these data"},{"title":"Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule describes a new mandatory alternative payment model, the Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model (IOTA Model), that will test whether performance-based upside risk payments or downside risk payments paid to or owed by participating kidney transplant hospitals increase access to kidney transplants for patients with end- stage renal disease (ESRD) while preserving or enhancing the quality of care and reducing Medicare expenditures. This final rule also adopts standard provisions that will apply to the Radiation Oncology Model, the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Treatment Choices Model, and mandatory Innovation Center models, including the IOTA Model, whose first performance period begins on or after January 1, 2025. The finalized standard provisions relate to beneficiary protections; cooperation in model evaluation and monitoring; audits and records retention; rights in data and intellectual property; monitoring and compliance; remedial action; model termination by CMS; limitations on review; miscellaneous provisions on bankruptcy and other notifications; and the reconsideration review process.","document_number":"2024-27841","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/04/2024-27841/medicare-program-alternative-payment-model-updates-and-the-increasing-organ-transplant-access-iota","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-04/pdf/2024-27841.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27841.pdf?1732655723","publication_date":"2024-12-04","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":"will determine whether the IOTA participant will be eligible to receive an upside <span class=\"match\">risk</span> payment from CMS, fall into the neutral zone where no upside or downside <span class=\"match\">risk</span> payment would apply, or owe a downside <span class=\"match\">risk</span> payment to CMS for the PY as described in section III.C.6 of this final rule. \n d. Performance-Based Upside <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Payment and Downside <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Payment Formula \n Each IOTA participant's final performance score will determine whether: (1) CMS will pay an upside <span class=\"match\">risk</span> payment to the IOTA participant; (2) the IOTA participant will fall into a neutral"},{"title":"Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks","type":"Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission or FCC) adopted a Report and Order that updates the Commission's submarine cable licensing process and adopts rule changes to protect critical U.S. communications infrastructure against foreign adversary threats, specifically those posed by an entity that is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary. The Report and Order adopts a requirement for certain licensees to file an annual report about the licensee, submarine cable system ownership, and submarine cable operations. The Report and Order adopts a one-time information collection for licensees to identify, among other things, how many entities currently own or operate submarine line terminal equipment (SLTEs) on existing licensed cable systems. The Report and Order also requires applicants and licensees to certify that they have created, updated, and implemented a cybersecurity and physical security risk management plan and requires applicants to certify that the submarine cable system will not use equipment or services identified on the Commission's Covered List. With respect to the circuit capacity data collection, the Report and Order adopts streamlined rules and eliminates the requirement for licensees to file a cable operator report about the capacity on a cable and clarify the types of capacity that need to be reported on an annual basis.","document_number":"2025-19658","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/27/2025-19658/review-of-submarine-cable-landing-license-rules-and-procedures-to-assess-evolving-national-security","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-27/pdf/2025-19658.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19658.pdf?1761309905","publication_date":"2025-10-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION","name":"Federal Communications Commission","id":161,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-communications-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/161","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-communications-commission"}],"excerpts":"• The plan identifies the cyber <span class=\"match\">risks</span> they face, the controls they use or plan to use to mitigate those <span class=\"match\">risks</span>, and how they ensure that these controls are applied or will be applied effectively to their operations; and \n • The plan addresses both logical and physical access <span class=\"match\">risks</span>, as well as supply chain <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. \n \n 105. Although the \n 2024 Cable NPRM \n proposal focused on cybersecurity, rather than physical security, the Commission sought comment on “whether to require applicants' and licensees' cybersecurity <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management plans to include provisions"},{"title":"Rail Transit Roadway Worker Protection","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is publishing a final rule for minimum safety standards for rail transit roadway worker protection (RWP) to ensure the safe operation of public transportation systems and to prevent safety events, fatalities, and injuries to transit workers who may access the roadway in the performance of work. This final rule applies to rail transit agencies (RTAs) covered by the State Safety Oversight (SSO) program, SSO agencies (SSOAs), and rail transit workers who access the roadway to perform work. This final rule sets minimum standards for RWP program elements, including an RWP manual and track access guide; requirements for on-track safety and supervision, job safety briefings, good faith safety challenges, and reporting unsafe acts and conditions and near-misses; development and implementation of risk-based redundant protections for workers; and establishment of RWP training and qualification and RWP compliance monitoring activities. RTAs are expected to comply with these Federal standards as a baseline and use their existing Safety Management System (SMS) processes to determine any additional mitigations appropriate to address the level of RWP risk identified. This final rule requires SSOAs to oversee and enforce implementation of the RWP program requirements.","document_number":"2024-25042","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/10/31/2024-25042/rail-transit-roadway-worker-protection","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-10-31/pdf/2024-25042.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-25042.pdf?1730292330","publication_date":"2024-10-31","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Transit Administration","name":"Federal Transit Administration","id":193,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-transit-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/193","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-transit-administration"}],"excerpts":"prevent issues, injuries, or safety events. These types of <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> activities may be used individually or together in the <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> program. FTA agrees with the comment that RWP <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> executed by the RTA will fit within the constructs of the agency's SMS, particularly in Safety Assurance and SRM. Safety Assurance and <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span> practices should be well-established at most RTAs; some agencies may need to add RWP <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> as an element for continued <span class=\"match\">monitoring</span>.\n \n FTA notes that § 674.37 and 49 U.S.C. 5329(k) support"},{"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":"we established standards for the administration of the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment program. The <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment program is a permanent program created by section 1343 of the Affordable Care Act that transfers funds from issuers of <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment covered plans that have lower-than-average <span class=\"match\">risk</span> enrollees to issuers of <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment covered plans that have higher-than-average <span class=\"match\">risk</span> enrollees, which includes issuers with plans in the individual, small group, or merged markets, inside and outside the Exchanges. In accordance with § 153.310(a), a State that is"},{"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":"\n B. Part 153—Standards Related to Reinsurance, <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Corridors, and <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Adjustment \n \n In subparts A, B, D, G, and H of part 153, we established standards for the administration of the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment program. The <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment program is a permanent program created by section 1343 of the Affordable Care Act that transfers funds from issuers of <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment covered plans that have lower-than-average <span class=\"match\">risk</span> enrollees to issuers of <span class=\"match\">risk</span> adjustment covered plans that have higher-than-average <span class=\"match\">risk</span> enrollees, which includes issuers with plans in"},{"title":"National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Ethylene Oxide Emissions Standards for Sterilization Facilities Residual Risk and Technology Review","type":"Rule","abstract":"This action finalizes the residual risk and technology review (RTR) conducted for the Commercial Sterilization Facilities source category regulated under national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) under the Clean Air Act. The EPA is finalizing decisions concerning the RTR, including definitions for affected sources, emission standards for previously unregulated sources, amendments pursuant to the risk review to address ethylene oxide (EtO) emissions from certain sterilization chamber vents (SCVs), aeration room vents (ARVs), chamber exhaust vents (CEVs), and room air emissions, and amendments pursuant to the technology review for certain SCVs and ARVs. In addition, we are taking final action to correct and clarify regulatory provisions related to emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM), including removing exemptions for periods of SSM. We are also taking final action to require owners and operators to demonstrate compliance through the use of EtO continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS), with exceptions for very small users of EtO; add provisions for electronic reporting of performance test results and other reports; and include other technical revisions to improve consistency and clarity. We estimate that these final amendments will reduce EtO emissions from this source category by approximately 21 tons per year (tpy).","document_number":"2024-05905","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/05/2024-05905/national-emission-standards-for-hazardous-air-pollutants-ethylene-oxide-emissions-standards-for","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-05/pdf/2024-05905.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05905.pdf?1712234713","publication_date":"2024-04-05","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"the cancer <span class=\"match\">risk</span> reductions that will result from the final amendments, which are updated based on revisions made in the final rule and described in more detail in section IV.C.2. \n \n Table 3—Summary of Cancer <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Reductions \n \n   \n \n Current cancer <span class=\"match\">risks</span>—\n actual emissions \n \n \n Current cancer <span class=\"match\">risks</span>—\n allowable emissions \n \n \n Cancer <span class=\"match\">risks</span> after\n implementation of final \n amendments \n \n \n \n \n Maximum Individual <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> (MIR) \n 1 \n \n 6,000-in-1 million \n \n 8,000-in-1 million \n 3 \n \n 100-in-1 million. \n \n \n Number of People with Cancer <span class=\"match\">Risks</span> &gt;100-in-1"},{"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":"changes the bank's ML/TF <span class=\"match\">risks</span>. \n \n The Board has traditionally viewed <span class=\"match\">risk</span> assessment processes as a critical tool of a reasonably designed BSA <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> program; a bank cannot implement a reasonably designed program to achieve <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the BSA unless it understands its <span class=\"match\">risk</span> profile.\n 42 \n \n Most banks already use <span class=\"match\">risk</span> \n \n assessments or <span class=\"match\">risk</span> assessment processes to structure their <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> programs. Despite being viewed as a critical tool, the Board's regulation does not currently explicitly require such <span class=\"match\">risk</span> assessment processes"},{"title":"C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (PV29); Regulation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is proposing to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (CASRN 81-33-4, also known as PV29), under its conditions of use as documented in EPA's January 2021 Risk Evaluation for PV29 and the September 2022 Revised Risk Determination for PV29 prepared under TSCA. TSCA requires that EPA address by rule any unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment identified in a TSCA risk evaluation and apply requirements to the extent necessary so the chemical no longer presents unreasonable risk. To address the identified unreasonable risk, EPA is proposing requirements to protect workers from the unreasonable risk of PV29 during manufacturing and processing, certain industrial and commercial uses of the chemical, and disposal, while also allowing for a reasonable transition period prior to enforcement of said requirements.","document_number":"2024-30931","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2024-30931/ci-pigment-violet-29-pv29-regulation-under-the-toxic-substances-control-act-tsca","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2024-30931.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-30931.pdf?1736775916","publication_date":"2025-01-14","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":"evaluation, to ensure that the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> evaluations upon which <span class=\"match\">risk</span> management decisions are made were better aligned with TSCA's objective of protecting health and the environment. For PV29, EPA revised the original unreasonable <span class=\"match\">risk</span> determination based on the 2021 <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Evaluation and issued a final revised unreasonable <span class=\"match\">risk</span> determination in September 2022 (Ref. 2). EPA revised the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> determination for the 2021 <span class=\"match\">Risk</span> Evaluation for C.I. Pigment Violet 29 pursuant to TSCA section 6(b) and consistent with Executive Order 13990, (“Protecting Public Health"},{"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":"the bank's ML/TF <span class=\"match\">risks</span>.\n \n \n \n The Agencies have traditionally viewed <span class=\"match\">risk</span> assessment processes as a critical tool of a reasonably designed BSA <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> program; a bank cannot implement a reasonably designed program to achieve <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> with the BSA unless it understands its <span class=\"match\">risk</span> profile.\n 42 \n \n Most banks already use <span class=\"match\">risk</span> assessments or <span class=\"match\">risk</span> assessment processes to structure their <span class=\"match\">risk</span>-based <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> programs. Despite being viewed as a critical tool, the Agencies' regulations do not currently explicitly require such <span class=\"match\">risk</span> assessment processes"},{"title":"Risk Management and Financial Assurance for OCS Lease and Grant Obligations","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Department of the Interior (the Department or DOI), acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), is amending its risk management and financial assurance regulations. This final rule revises criteria for determining whether oil, gas, and sulfur lessees, right-of-use and easement (RUE) grant holders, and pipeline right-of- way (ROW) grant holders are required to provide financial assurance above the current minimum bonding levels to ensure compliance with their Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) obligations. This final rule streamlines the criteria for evaluating the financial health of lessees and grantees, codifies the use of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's (BSEE) probabilistic estimates of decommissioning costs in setting the level of demands for supplemental financial assurance, removes restrictive provisions for third-party guarantees and decommissioning accounts, adds new criteria for cancelling supplemental financial assurance, and clarifies bonding requirements for RUEs serving Federal leases. BOEM estimates that a total of $6.9 billion in new supplemental financial assurance will be required from lessees and grant holders under this final rule to cover potential costs of decommissioning activities. This final rule significantly increases the amount of financial assurance available to the U.S. Government in the case of a lessee default and meaningfully reduces the risk to the government and consequently to the U.S. taxpayer. This final rulemaking does not apply to renewable energy activities.","document_number":"2024-08309","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/24/2024-08309/risk-management-and-financial-assurance-for-ocs-lease-and-grant-obligations","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-24/pdf/2024-08309.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-08309.pdf?1713876314","publication_date":"2024-04-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Bureau of Ocean Energy Management","name":"Ocean Energy Management Bureau","id":575,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/ocean-energy-management-bureau","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/575","parent_id":253,"slug":"ocean-energy-management-bureau"}],"excerpts":"changes are designed to balance the <span class=\"match\">risk</span> of non-performance with the <span class=\"match\">compliance</span> burdens that are associated with the requirement to provide supplemental financial assurance. Additional information about these conclusions can be found in the regulatory flexibility analysis for this rule. \n \n Estimated <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Costs for Non-Investment Grade Small Entities \n [2024-2043, 2023, $ millions] \n \n 2024-2043 \n \n Discounted\n at 3% \n \n \n Discounted\n at 7% \n \n \n \n Total <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Cost \n $6,362 \n $4,455 \n \n \n Annualized <span class=\"match\">Compliance</span> Cost \n 428 \n 421 \n \n \n C. What"}]}