{"description":"Documents matching 'state agencies authorize fresh least'","count":3090,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=state+agencies+authorize+fresh+least&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Pineapple (Ananas comosus) Fruit From Indonesia Into the United States","type":"Notice","abstract":"We are advising the public of our decision to authorize the importation of fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) for consumption from Indonesia into the United States. Based on findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) for consumption from Indonesia into the United States.","document_number":"2025-09657","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/29/2025-09657/notice-of-decision-to-authorize-the-importation-of-fresh-pineapple-ananas-comosus-fruit-from","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-29/pdf/2025-09657.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09657.pdf?1748436320","publication_date":"2025-05-29","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":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","id":22,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/22","parent_id":12,"slug":"animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"advising the public of our decision to <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> the importation of <span class=\"match\">fresh</span> pineapple fruit (\n Ananas comosus \n ) for consumption from Indonesia into the United States. Based on findings of a pest risk analysis, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that the application of one or more designated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxious weeds via the importation of \n \n <span class=\"match\">fresh</span> pineapple fruit (\n Ananas comosus"},{"title":"Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages; Delay of Vitamin D in Yogurt Implementation Date and Technical Corrections","type":"Rule","abstract":"On April 18, 2024, the Food and Nutrition Administration (FNA) published a final rule that revised the WIC food package regulations. The final rule contained incorrect table entries. This rule corrects those tables. In addition to the corrections, this rule extends the implementation date for WIC State agencies to meet the vitamin D fortification requirement for yogurts by 36 months. The extension is due to limited marketplace availability of acceptable yogurts, as described in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.","document_number":"2026-12700","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/06/24/2026-12700/special-supplemental-nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-wic-revisions-in-the-wic-food","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-06-24/pdf/2026-12700.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-12700.pdf?1782218718","publication_date":"2026-06-24","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Administration","name":"Food and Nutrition Administration","id":625,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/625","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-administration"}],"excerpts":"a WIC-eligible formula.\n \n \n 2 \n  All <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> milks must conform to FDA Standards of Identity for milks as defined by 21 CFR part 131 and meet WIC's requirements for vitamin fortification as specified in this table 4. Additional <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> milks include, but are not limited to calcium-fortified, lactose-reduced, organic, and UHT pasteurized milks. Other milks are permitted at the <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">agency's</span> discretion provided that the <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">agency</span> determines that the milk meets the minimum requirements for <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> milk.\n \n \n 3 \n  Processed refers to frozen"},{"title":"Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Marketing Order Approval Requirement","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rulemaking amends Marketing Order No. 927, which regulates the handling of pears grown in Oregon and Washington. The amendment revises the Fresh Pear Committee's (Committee) approval requirement for recommending modifications to the marketing order's fresh pear handling regulations from 80 to 75 percent.","document_number":"2024-27383","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/22/2024-27383/pears-grown-in-oregon-and-washington-marketing-order-approval-requirement","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-22/pdf/2024-27383.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27383.pdf?1732196725","publication_date":"2024-11-22","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":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"excerpts":"ACTION: \n Final rule. \n \n \n SUMMARY: \n This rulemaking amends Marketing Order No. 927, which regulates the handling of pears grown in Oregon and Washington. The amendment revises the <span class=\"match\">Fresh</span> Pear Committee's (Committee) approval requirement for recommending modifications to the marketing order's <span class=\"match\">fresh</span> pear handling regulations from 80 to 75 percent. \n \n \n DATES: \n This rule is effective December 23, 2024. \n \n \n FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: \n \n Geronimo Quinones, Marketing Specialist, or Matthew Pavone, Chief, Rulemaking Services Branch, Market"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Sea Ice Road and Trail Construction, Use, and Maintenance Activities Along the Beaufort Sea Coast in Alaska","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"NMFS has received a request from Hilcorp Alaska, LLC (Hilcorp) for promulgation of incidental take regulations (ITR) and issuance of an associated Letter of Authorization (LOA) that would authorize continued take of marine mammals over 5 years (2026-2031) incidental to the construction, maintenance and use of sea ice roads, trails and adjacent ice pads after the expiration of the existing ITR and LOA. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is proposing regulations setting forth permissible methods of taking, other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on such marine mammal stocks (i.e., mitigation measures), and requirements pertaining to monitoring and reporting takes and requests comments on the proposed rule. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the promulgation of the requested ITR and issuance of the LOA; agency responses to public comments will be summarized in the final rule, if promulgated.","document_number":"2026-02048","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/02/2026-02048/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-sea","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-02/pdf/2026-02048.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02048.pdf?1769780730","publication_date":"2026-02-02","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":"general marine mammal and sound research; and (3) any information which reveals that marine mammals may have been taken in a manner, extent, or number not <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> by these regulations or LOAs issued pursuant to these regulations. \n Endangered Species Act \n \n Section 7(a)(2) of the ESA of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 \n et seq. \n ) requires that each Federal <span class=\"match\">agency</span> insure that any action it <span class=\"match\">authorizes</span>, funds, or carries out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse"},{"title":"Water Quality Standards; Establishment of a Numeric Criterion for Selenium for the State of California","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA or the Agency) is amending a Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) rule, the California Toxics Rule, to promulgate a final, revised statewide chronic freshwater selenium water quality criterion applicable to certain California waters to protect aquatic life and aquatic-dependent wildlife from exposure to toxic levels of selenium. This revised criterion builds upon the science underlying the EPA's current national CWA section 304(a) recommended aquatic life freshwater criterion for selenium.","document_number":"2024-29483","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/12/17/2024-29483/water-quality-standards-establishment-of-a-numeric-criterion-for-selenium-for-the-state-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-12-17/pdf/2024-29483.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-29483.pdf?1734356719","publication_date":"2024-12-17","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":"appropriate and where <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> by the <span class=\"match\">state</span> or <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> Tribe. The EPA's regulation at 40 CFR 131.15 requires that states and <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> Tribes that choose to allow the use of NPDES permit compliance schedules adopt specific provisions <span class=\"match\">authorizing</span> their use and obtain EPA approval under CWA section 303(c) to ensure that a decision to allow permit compliance schedules is transparent and allows for public input (80 FR 51022, August 21, 2015). The EPA's approval of a <span class=\"match\">state</span> or <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> Tribe's permit compliance schedule <span class=\"match\">authorizing</span> provision as a WQS"},{"title":"Notice Inviting Guaranty Agencies To Submit Requests To Participate in a Voluntary Flexible Agreement","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Secretary invites guaranty agencies with agreements to participate in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program to submit interest in entering into a Voluntary Flexible Agreement (VFA) with the Secretary, as authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). Guaranty agencies who ultimately agree to the VFA through a separate process will operate under the requirements of the VFA in lieu of the guaranty agency agreements established under the HEA. The Secretary intends to enter into VFAs with guaranty agencies to support vulnerable borrowers in resolving their delinquent or defaulted loans quickly, maximize long-term repayment success of borrowers exiting default with immediate enrollment in Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans available under the Direct Loan program, and ensure stability in the FFEL Program as the number of outstanding loans continues to decline over the coming years.","document_number":"2024-16760","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-16760/notice-inviting-guaranty-agencies-to-submit-requests-to-participate-in-a-voluntary-flexible","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-30/pdf/2024-16760.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16760.pdf?1722257140","publication_date":"2024-07-30","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","name":"Education Department","id":126,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/education-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/126","parent_id":null,"slug":"education-department"}],"excerpts":"stability for the FFEL Program, all guaranty <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> that enter into a VFA with the Department will map their loan data and systems to at <span class=\"match\">least</span> one other guaranty <span class=\"match\">agency</span> acceptable to the Department. The goal is to ensure that a successor <span class=\"match\">agency</span> is ready to perform the <span class=\"match\">agency's</span> functions if the <span class=\"match\">agency</span> participating in the VFA becomes unable to meet its responsibilities. Each guaranty <span class=\"match\">agency</span> will also agree to keep the Department apprised of any significant changes in personnel or finances so that if a guaranty <span class=\"match\">agency</span> chooses to exit the program there is"},{"title":"Trivest Fund VII, L.P. and Passenger Transport Holdings, L.P.-Acquisition of Control-Cline Tours, Inc. et al.","type":"Notice","abstract":"Trivest Fund VII, L.P. (Trivest) and its subsidiary, Passenger Transport Holdings, L.P. (PTH) (collectively, Applicants), both noncarriers, filed an application seeking authority to acquire control of Cline Tours, Inc. (Cline), a passenger motor carrier, and Cline's passenger motor carrier subsidiaries, Bus Supply Charters, Inc. (BSCI) and Crown Coach Corporation (Crown) (collectively, the Cline Companies). Cline also seeks after-the-fact authority for its prior acquisition of BSCI and Crown. The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing these transactions. If no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.","document_number":"2025-14526","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/01/2025-14526/trivest-fund-vii-lp-and-passenger-transport-holdings-lp-acquisition-of-control-cline-tours-inc-et-al","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-01/pdf/2025-14526.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-14526.pdf?1753965908","publication_date":"2025-08-01","agencies":[{"raw_name":"SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD","name":"Surface Transportation Board","id":481,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/surface-transportation-board","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/481","parent_id":null,"slug":"surface-transportation-board"}],"excerpts":"expanded access to bus transportation in the combined service areas of Cline, BSCI, and Crown. (\n Id. \n at 4, 6.) Applicants further <span class=\"match\">state</span> that the acquisitions provided <span class=\"match\">fresh</span> capital to BSCI and Crown. (\n Id. \n ) With respect to fixed charges, Applicants <span class=\"match\">state</span> that Cline acquired BSCI and Crown using cash and that the acquisitions therefore did not result in any fixed charges. (July 2 Suppl. 1.) In addition, Applicants <span class=\"match\">state</span> the acquired carriers increased employment in their service areas by hiring additional drivers following their acquisitions. (June"},{"title":"Marine Mammals; Proposed Incidental Harassment Authorization for the Southern Beaufort Sea Stock of Polar Bears and Pacific Walruses in West Harrison Bay, AK; Draft Environmental Assessment","type":"Notice","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in response to a request under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended, from Narwhal LLC, propose to authorize nonlethal, incidental take by harassment of small numbers of Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) and Southern Beaufort Sea (SBS) polar bears (Ursus maritimus) between August 1, 2025, and July 31, 2026. The applicant requested this authorization for take by harassment that may result from activities associated with shallow hazard surveys, preliminary field surveys, exploratory drilling operations, and summer cleanup activities in West Harrison Bay, Alaska. This proposed authorization, if finalized, will be for up to 15 takes of walruses and 13 takes of polar bears by Level B harassment only. No take by injury or mortality is requested, expected, or proposed to be authorized. We invite comments on the proposed incidental harassment authorization and the accompanying draft environmental assessment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies.","document_number":"2025-13488","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/07/18/2025-13488/marine-mammals-proposed-incidental-harassment-authorization-for-the-southern-beaufort-sea-stock-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-07-18/pdf/2025-13488.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-13488.pdf?1752756311","publication_date":"2025-07-18","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":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"finalized, will be for up to 15 takes of walruses and 13 takes of polar bears by Level B harassment only. No take by injury or mortality is requested, expected, or proposed to be <span class=\"match\">authorized</span>. We invite comments on the proposed incidental harassment authorization and the accompanying draft environmental assessment from the public and local, <span class=\"match\">State</span>, Tribal, and Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span>.\n \n \n \n DATES: \n Comments must be received by August 18, 2025. \n \n \n ADDRESSES: \n \n \n Document availability: \n You may view supplemental information at \n https://www.regulations"},{"title":"Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for Retailers in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program","type":"Rule","abstract":"This rule codifies a new framework for determining distinct staple food varieties for meeting staple food stocking requirements for retailer participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This rule is needed to implement the previously codified provision of the Agricultural Act of 2014 which increased the minimum number of staple food varieties a SNAP retailer must carry from three to seven in each of four staple food categories and the number of food categories for which at least one perishable variety must be provided from two to three. These changes aim to ensure that SNAP retailers can effectively serve SNAP participants by offering a wider variety of staple foods.","document_number":"2026-09137","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/08/2026-09137/updated-staple-food-stocking-standards-for-retailers-in-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-08/pdf/2026-09137.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09137.pdf?1778157912","publication_date":"2026-05-08","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"for purposes of assessing retail food store eligibility to participate in SNAP. To assist <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> retailers with the implementation of this rule, the Department intends to provide written notice to all <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> retailers outlining the changes to staple food stocking requirements. Additionally, the Department may consider new guidance for <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> retailers that further outlines these changes. Finally, the Department anticipates that currently <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> retailers may need to order additional stock to come into compliance with the regulations"},{"title":"Passports; Procedures for Passport Couriers","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Department of State (the Department) establishes rules for the registration program and hand delivery procedures for courier companies used by applicants to transport their passport applications, and U.S. passports issued to them, to and from participating passport agencies. This supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking, along with the original notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), is intended to continue the program that was established by prior policy, to maintain vigilance over the security of the passport application process, to require companies to register with the Department prior to providing hand delivery services to certain applicants for U.S. passports, and to follow a uniform set of hand delivery procedures.","document_number":"2025-18567","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/09/25/2025-18567/passports-procedures-for-passport-couriers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-09-25/pdf/2025-18567.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-18567.pdf?1758717915","publication_date":"2025-09-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"excerpts":"rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a Federal, <span class=\"match\">State</span>, or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate <span class=\"match\">agency</span>. \n (6) A copy of proof of the company's registration with the city or <span class=\"match\">state</span>, such as a valid business tax certificate or license, issued by the competent <span class=\"match\">state</span> or city authority, as appropriate, where each passport <span class=\"match\">agency</span> at which the company wishes to register with is located. For example, if a company wishes to register at the San Francisco Passport <span class=\"match\">Agency</span>, the company must submit a valid San Francisco Business Registration"},{"title":"Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Geophysical Surveys in the Gulf of America","type":"Rule","abstract":"In accordance with the regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS promulgates regulations to govern the incidental taking of marine mammals during geophysical survey activity conducted in the Gulf of America (GOA), over the course of 5 years. These regulations, which allow for the issuance of Letters of Authorization (LOA) to survey operators for the incidental take of marine mammals during the described activities and specified timeframe, prescribe the permissible methods of taking and other means of effecting the least practicable adverse impact on marine mammal species or stocks and their habitat, as well as requirements pertaining to the monitoring and reporting of such taking.","document_number":"2026-07536","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/17/2026-07536/taking-and-importing-marine-mammals-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to-geophysical-surveys-in-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-17/pdf/2026-07536.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07536.pdf?1776343517","publication_date":"2026-04-17","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":"Section 7 of the ESA generally requires Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to insure that their actions are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of endangered or threatened species or adversely modify or destroy their designated critical habitat. Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> must consult with NMFS for actions that may affect such species under NMFS' jurisdiction or critical habitat designated for such species. At the conclusion of consultation, the consulting <span class=\"match\">agency</span> provides an opinion <span class=\"match\">stating</span> whether the Federal <span class=\"match\">agency's</span> action is likely to jeopardize the continued"},{"title":"Administrative Requirements; Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration and Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Acts","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, made deregulatory actions pertaining to Federal financial assistance programs and subprograms authorized under the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act to better serve the American public, streamline government operations, and increase efficiencies for recipients of our financial assistance programs. This final rule reflects recent legislation; aligns with the Office of Management and Budget's administrative rules for Federal financial assistance; aligns with other laws, standards, and administrative processes; responds to comments and feedback on our 2019 rulemaking action; and provides clarity to help ensure consistency in administering our financial assistance programs and subprograms across the Nation.","document_number":"2026-00676","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/15/2026-00676/administrative-requirements-pittman-robertson-wildlife-restoration-and-dingell-johnson-sport-fish","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-15/pdf/2026-00676.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-00676.pdf?1768398313","publication_date":"2026-01-15","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":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"excerpts":"Public Law 116-17 for constructing public target ranges. Upon the advice of <span class=\"match\">State</span> representatives, we simplify the list of terms by removing the term “<span class=\"match\">agency</span>” as a separate definition and instead adding “(<span class=\"match\">agency</span>)” after the term “<span class=\"match\">State</span> fish and wildlife <span class=\"match\">agency</span>” to indicate that those terms mean the same thing. We amended the term “angler” to acknowledge applicable Federal law, as one <span class=\"match\">State</span> reviewer commented that sometimes fishing in a <span class=\"match\">State</span> involves meeting standards of both <span class=\"match\">State</span> and Federal laws. Five of the 50 U.S. States apply for Federal funds using"},{"title":"Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA); Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP)","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is issuing this notice announcing the funding for ECAP, which will provide economic assistance payments to eligible producers of eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year. ECAP is a new FSA program authorized by the American Relief Act, 2025. This notice also announces the eligibility (commodities, acres, producers, and losses), payment calculations, payment limitations, and how to apply (pre-filled application and any required adjustments) for ECAP.","document_number":"2025-04604","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/19/2025-04604/notice-of-funds-availability-nofa-emergency-commodity-assistance-program-ecap","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-03-19/pdf/2025-04604.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-04604.pdf?1742301929","publication_date":"2025-03-19","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":"Farm Service Agency","name":"Farm Service Agency","id":157,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/farm-service-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/157","parent_id":12,"slug":"farm-service-agency"}],"excerpts":"1308 regarding eligibility of Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span>, and <span class=\"match\">State</span> and local governments apply to ECAP. Federal <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> are not eligible for ECAP. A <span class=\"match\">State</span>, political subdivision, or <span class=\"match\">agency</span> thereof, is not eligible for an ECAP payment unless both of the following apply: \n • The land for which payments are received is owned by the <span class=\"match\">State</span>, political subdivision, or <span class=\"match\">agency</span> thereof; and \n • The payments are used solely for the support of public schools. \n The total of payments to the <span class=\"match\">State</span>, political subdivision, or <span class=\"match\">agency</span> thereof cannot exceed $500,000 annually"},{"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":"Extension System”, remove the words “<span class=\"match\">state</span> office located at each <span class=\"match\">state's</span> land-grant university,” and add “<span class=\"match\">State</span> office located at each <span class=\"match\">State's</span> land-grant university,” in their place; \n 5. In the definition of “County”, remove the word “<span class=\"match\">state</span>” and add “<span class=\"match\">State</span>” in its place; \n 6. Add a definition of “FAA” in alphabetical order; \n 7. In the definition of “Perennial crop”, remove the word “one” and add “1” in its place; \n 8. In the definition of “Person”, remove the words “<span class=\"match\">agency</span> thereof” and add “government <span class=\"match\">agency</span>” in their place; \n 9. In the definition"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Reconsideration of Certain Regulatory Requirements Promulgated Under the Technology Transitions Provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing changes to regulations promulgated under the Technology Transitions section of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, which authorizes the Administrator to restrict the use of particular hydrofluorocarbons in the sectors and subsectors in which they are used. This proposal addresses administrative petitions and other requests from companies and trade associations across a number of subsectors, including refrigerated transport--intermodal containers, industrial process refrigeration and chillers for industrial process refrigeration used in semiconductor manufacturing, retail food refrigeration systems for remote condensing units and supermarkets, cold storage warehouses, refrigerated laboratory centrifuges, laboratory shakers, and condensing units in residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pumps. This action proposes to allow previously manufactured and imported residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pump equipment to continue to be installed. The Agency is also seeking advance comment on potential actions to address supply chain issues for a refrigerant blend.","document_number":"2025-19438","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/03/2025-19438/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-reconsideration-of-certain-regulatory-requirements-promulgated-under","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-10-03/pdf/2025-19438.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19438.pdf?1759409112","publication_date":"2025-10-03","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"subsector, where all specified components of such systems were manufactured or imported prior to January 1, 2025. The <span class=\"match\">Agency</span> is also seeking information through an advance notice of proposed rulemaking section for other potential actions to address supply chain issues. \n This rule also proposes to correct a typographical error at 40 CFR 84.58(b). \n C. What is the <span class=\"match\">agency's</span> authority for this proposed action? \n \n The AIM Act <span class=\"match\">authorizes</span> the EPA to regulate hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in three main areas: phasing down the production and consumption of listed"},{"title":"Importation of Grapes From Chile Into the United States","type":"Notice","abstract":"We are advising the public of our decision to revise the requirements relative to the importation into the United States of fresh table grapes from regions of Chile where European grapevine moth (Lobesia botrana, EGVM) is either absent or at very low prevalence. Based on the findings of a commodity import evaluation document, which we made available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we have determined that, in addition to the existing option of methyl bromide fumigation for EGVM and Chilean false red mite (Brevipalpus chilensis), grapes from Chile may be safely imported under a systems approach or irradiation for EGVM and B. chilensis. Current mitigation measures for Ceratitis capitata, or Medfly, will remain unchanged.","document_number":"2024-15887","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/19/2024-15887/importation-of-grapes-from-chile-into-the-united-states","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-19/pdf/2024-15887.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-15887.pdf?1721306719","publication_date":"2024-07-19","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":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","id":22,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/22","parent_id":12,"slug":"animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service"}],"excerpts":"commenter <span class=\"match\">stated</span> that APHIS failed to evaluate whether methyl bromide fumigation could be replaced with other fumigation methods, \n e.g., \n ethyl formate, phosphine, ozone, or multiple fumigants. As such, the commenter <span class=\"match\">stated</span> that the notice was issued in violation of the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 500 \n et seq. \n ) insofar as there was not evidence of reasoned decision making because the <span class=\"match\">Agency</span> failed to consider alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation apart from the systems approach.\n \n \n While we are committed as an <span class=\"match\">Agency</span> to evaluating"},{"title":"Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Washington State Department of Transportation's Seattle Slip 3 Vehicle Transfer Span Project in Washington State","type":"Notice","abstract":"NMFS has received a request from Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to Seattle Slip 3 Vehicle Transfer Span (VTS) Replacement Project in Seattle, Washington. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to incidentally take marine mammals during the specified activities. NMFS is also requesting comments on a possible one-time, 1-year renewal that could be issued under certain circumstances and if all requirements are met, as described in Request for Public Comments at the end of this notice. NMFS will consider public comments prior to making any final decision on the issuance of the requested MMPA authorization and agency responses will be summarized in the final notice of our decision.","document_number":"2024-16753","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/07/30/2024-16753/takes-of-marine-mammals-incidental-to-specified-activities-taking-marine-mammals-incidental-to","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-07-30/pdf/2024-16753.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-16753.pdf?1722257139","publication_date":"2024-07-30","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":"for SRKWs and HWs and only take by Level B harassment would occur for the remaining species of cetaceans and pinnipeds. \n WSDOT would also establish shutdown zones for all other species of marine mammals for which take has not been <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> or for which incidental take has been <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> but the number of <span class=\"match\">authorized</span> takes has already been met. Those zones would be equivalent to Level B harassment zones provided for each activity in Table 6. \n In addition to the shutdown zones mentioned above, WSDOT proposes to implement shutdown measures for SRKWs"},{"title":"International Affairs; Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule sets forth changes to the Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984 (AMLRCA) regulations, including those that implement the trade-monitoring program for frozen and fresh Dissostichus species, commonly marketed or referred to as Chilean seabass or Patagonian toothfish. Specifically, this action: revises regulations that specify the circumstances under which NMFS would deny issuance of a preapproval certificate that is required to legally import frozen Dissostichus species; adds regulations that specify the circumstances under which NMFS would deny issuance of a re-export or export document that is required to legally re-export or export both frozen and fresh Dissostichus species; clarifies that the applicable authorization must be received prior to re-export or export; and removes the prohibition on the importation of Dissostichus species harvested from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Statistical Areas 51 and 57. NMFS also makes other non- substantive technical and procedural updates.","document_number":"2024-05936","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/21/2024-05936/international-affairs-antarctic-marine-living-resources-convention-act","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-03-21/pdf/2024-05936.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-05936.pdf?1710938715","publication_date":"2024-03-21","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":"obligation under paragraph 10 of CM 10-05 to consult with the states concerned at the preapproval and importation stages of the trade cycle.\n \n \n Response 5. \n Paragraph 10 of CM 10-05 calls upon the exporting <span class=\"match\">State</span> and, as appropriate, the flag <span class=\"match\">State</span> whose vessel completed a \n Dissostichus \n Catch Document (DCD), to cooperate with the importing <span class=\"match\">State</span> to resolve any questions regarding the information contained in a DCD, DRED, or DED. This action does not change U.S. compliance with paragraph 10 of CM 10-05, which the United States implements when any"},{"title":"Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Reconsideration of Certain Regulatory Requirements Promulgated Under the Technology Transitions Provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020","type":"Rule","abstract":"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing changes to regulations promulgated under the Technology Transitions provision of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act), which authorizes the Administrator to restrict fully, partially, or on a graduated schedule, the use of a \"regulated substance\" in the sector or subsector in which they are used. This final rule addresses administrative petitions and input received from regulated industry and other interested parties relevant to requirements and restrictions across various refrigeration and air conditioning subsectors, including: refrigerated transport--intermodal containers; industrial process refrigeration and chillers for industrial process refrigeration used in semiconductor manufacturing; retail food supermarket systems; retail food remote condensing unit systems; cold storage warehouses; refrigerated laboratory centrifuges and laboratory shakers; and condensing units in residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pumps. This final rule also allows the inventory of residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pump equipment that was manufactured in the United States or imported into the United States before January 1, 2025, to continue to be installed.","document_number":"2026-10387","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/26/2026-10387/phasedown-of-hydrofluorocarbons-reconsideration-of-certain-regulatory-requirements-promulgated-under","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-26/pdf/2026-10387.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10387.pdf?1779453914","publication_date":"2026-05-26","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"excerpts":"decades to come. Another commenter <span class=\"match\">stated</span> that California <span class=\"match\">state</span> regulations adopted a 150 limit for commercial and industrial refrigeration that have been enforced since 2022. They noted that through extensive stakeholder outreach, the retail food industry expressed desire to have future-proof solutions rather than interim solutions that would be more costly.\n \n One commenter <span class=\"match\">stated</span> that EPA proposed these delays and increases in limits without having necessary information available, as evidenced by the <span class=\"match\">Agency</span> seeking multiple types of information"},{"title":"Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule considers public comments submitted in response to the proposed rule revising the WIC food packages published on November 21, 2022. It revises regulations to align the WIC food packages with the current Dietary Guidelines for Americans and to reflect recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine while promoting nutrition security and equity and considering program administration. The changes are intended to provide WIC participants with a wider variety of foods that align with the latest nutritional science; provide WIC State agencies with greater flexibility to prescribe and tailor food packages that accommodate participants' special dietary needs and personal and cultural food preferences; and address key nutritional needs to support healthy dietary patterns. This rule provides foods in amounts that are more consistent with the supplemental nature of the Program; encourages fruit and vegetable consumption; and strengthens support for individual breastfeeding goals to help establish long-term breastfeeding.","document_number":"2024-07437","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/04/18/2024-07437/special-supplemental-nutrition-program-for-women-infants-and-children-wic-revisions-in-the-wic-food","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-04-18/pdf/2024-07437.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-07437.pdf?1713357917","publication_date":"2024-04-18","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Food and Nutrition Service","name":"Food and Nutrition Service","id":200,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/food-and-nutrition-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/200","parent_id":12,"slug":"food-and-nutrition-service"}],"excerpts":"Require WIC <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> both dried and canned legumes \n Finalize as proposed. \n \n \n   \n 2. Require authorization of legumes and peanut butter as substitutes for eggs and allow WIC <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to choose to <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> tofu to substitute for eggs \n Finalize as proposed. \n \n \n   \n 3. Requested comment on nut and seed butters \n Implement a provision to allow WIC <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> the option to <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> nut and seed butters as a substitute for peanut butter. \n \n \n J. Maximum Monthly Allowances \n 1. Allow WIC <span class=\"match\">State</span> <span class=\"match\">agencies</span> to <span class=\"match\">authorize</span> a greater"}]}