{"description":"Documents matching 'vulnerabilities groups identified significantly impacted'","count":3928,"total_pages":50,"next_page_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents?conditions%5Bterm%5D=vulnerabilities+groups+identified+significantly+impacted&format=json&page=2","results":[{"title":"Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability Standards and Prior Authorization for Drugs for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, and Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally-Facilitated Exchanges","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"These proposals are intended to improve the electronic exchange of health care data and streamline processes related to prior authorization by increasing the interoperability of systems used across the health care industry. We are proposing new requirements for Medicare Advantage (MA) organizations, state Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS) programs, state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) FFS programs, Medicaid managed care plans, CHIP managed care entities, and Qualified Health Plan (QHP) issuers on the Federally-facilitated Exchanges (FFEs), including issuers that offer small group market QHPs on the Federally-facilitated Small Business Health Options Program (FF- SHOP) Exchanges (hereinafter referred to as \"small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs\") (collectively \"impacted payers\"), to make available electronic prior authorization for drugs. We are also proposing to extend many existing interoperability requirements for the prior authorization of non-drug items and services to include prior authorizations for drugs to further reduce patient and provider burden. We are also proposing to require impacted payers to report their application programming interfaces (API) endpoints and related information for the Patient Access, Provider Directory, Provider Access, Payer-to-Payer, and Prior Authorization APIs to CMS. To help assess the impact of our policies, we are proposing to collect API usage metrics. In addition, we are proposing to apply the existing interoperability requirements to small group market QHP issuers on the FF-SHOPs as impacted payers. To improve impacted payers' ability to exchange health information while continuing CMS's drive toward interoperability, we are proposing to require certain Health Level Seven (HL7[supreg]) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR[supreg]) implementation guides (IGs) that are currently recommended. In addition, HHS is proposing to adopt the HL7 FHIR base standard and certain associated specifications and IGs as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (hereinafter referred to as \"HIPAA\") (Pub. L. 104-191, enacted Aug. 21, 1996) standards for dental, professional, and institutional \"referral certification and authorization\" transactions and \"eligibility for a health plan\" transactions associated with prior authorization. We are proposing to add a definition for \"failure to report,\" which would allow CMS to impose a civil monetary penalty (CMP) on applicable manufacturers or applicable group purchasing organizations (GPOs) if those entities fail to grant CMS timely access to documents for the purposes of an audit. Finally, ONC is using this rulemaking to propose to adopt updated versions of certain health information technology (health IT) standards and specifications for HHS use, such as CMS's interoperability requirements, to support a more robust health IT infrastructure.","document_number":"2026-07205","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/14/2026-07205/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-interoperability-standards","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-14/pdf/2026-07205.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07205.pdf?1775852111","publication_date":"2026-04-14","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":"http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-atr/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-atr. \n \n \n For the Provider Access API specifically, the ATR List IG can be used to <span class=\"match\">identify</span> members with an established patient treatment, contractual, or other type of relationship with providers, provider <span class=\"match\">groups</span>, and organizations to enable data exchange access. <span class=\"match\">Impacted</span> payers could also use the ATR List IG to <span class=\"match\">identify</span> <span class=\"match\">groups</span> of members that are opting out of sharing data with providers. \n \n For the Prior Authorization API, we are recommending the HL7 FHIR Da Vinci Clinical Data"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations-Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole","type":"Rule","abstract":"This final rule addresses a loophole in a regulatory statistical test applied to State proposals for Medicaid tax waivers. The test is designed to ensure, as required by statute, that non- uniform or non-broad-based health care-related taxes, authorized under a waiver, are generally redistributive. The inadvertent loophole currently allows some health care-related taxes, especially taxes on managed care organizations, to be imposed at higher tax rates on Medicaid taxable units than non-Medicaid taxable units, contrary to statutory and regulatory intent for health care-related taxes to be generally redistributive. The final rule closes the loophole by finalizing the policies in the proposed rule to add additional safeguards to ensure that tax waivers that exploit the loophole because they pass the current statistical test, but are not generally redistributive, are not approvable. By adding these safeguards, the final rule is also implementing recently added statutory requirements for a tax to be considered generally redistributive.","document_number":"2026-02040","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/02/2026-02040/medicaid-program-preserving-medicaid-funding-for-vulnerable-populations-closing-a-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-02/pdf/2026-02040.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02040.pdf?1769721310","publication_date":"2026-02-02","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":"(3)(i) or (ii). Under this assessment, we would examine the tax and waiver submission, including the characteristics of each tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span> description, the entities in the tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span>, and the Medicaid taxable units and non-Medicaid taxable units associated with each tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span> and entities in each tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span>. No single factor would result in an automatic determination by CMS that the tax rate <span class=\"match\">groups</span> have been designed to target Medicaid when it is not explicitly named. However, a series of overlapping descriptions or characteristics"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Washington Coast Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act","type":"Notice","abstract":"NMFS has completed a comprehensive status review of the Washington Coast (WC) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) in response to a petition to list this species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to designate critical habitat concurrently with the listing. Based on the best scientific and commercial information available, including the status review report, and after considering efforts being made to protect the species, NMFS has determined that the WC Chinook salmon ESU does not warrant listing.","document_number":"2026-03292","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/19/2026-03292/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-notice-of-12-month-finding-on-a-petition-to-list-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-19/pdf/2026-03292.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-03292.pdf?1771362911","publication_date":"2026-02-19","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"excerpts":"low-moderate <span class=\"match\">vulnerability</span>.\n \n The SRT was concerned that rising stream temperatures and lower flows during summer would be detrimental to the spring-run life history, since juveniles and adults spend some or all of the summer in freshwater systems that are predicted to be exposed to higher temperatures and lower stream flows. Populations characterized by late-summer/early-fall smolt outmigration may also be more <span class=\"match\">vulnerable</span> than those with early-summer outmigration. The SRT concluded that although portions of the ESU will be negatively <span class=\"match\">impacted</span> by increased"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List the Oregon Coast and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Units Under the Endangered Species Act","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, NMFS, have completed a comprehensive status review of the Oregon Coast (OC) and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal (SONCC) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) in response to a petition to list these species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to designate critical habitat concurrently with the listings. Based on the best scientific and commercial information available, including the status review report, and taking into account efforts being made to protect the species, we have determined that the OC and SONCC Chinook salmon ESUs do not warrant listing.","document_number":"2025-22335","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/09/2025-22335/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-notice-of-12-month-finding-on-a-petition-to-list-the","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-09/pdf/2025-22335.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-22335.pdf?1765201524","publication_date":"2025-12-09","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":"that harvest could be a <span class=\"match\">significant</span> source of risk if exploitation rates were to revert back to historically high rates. Also, freshwater habitats were generally in poor condition, with numerous problems such as low summer flows, high temperatures, loss of riparian cover, and streambed changes (Myers \n et al. \n 1998).\n \n \n Previous assessments of stocks within the OC ESU <span class=\"match\">identified</span> several stocks at risk or of concern. Of the eight (out of 22 total stocks) within this ESU considered by Nehlsen \n et al. \n (1991), they <span class=\"match\">identified</span> two stocks at high extinction"},{"title":"Medicaid Program; Preserving Medicaid Funding for Vulnerable Populations-Closing a Health Care-Related Tax Loophole Proposed Rule","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This proposed rule is intended to address a loophole in a regulatory statistical test applied to State proposals for Medicaid tax waivers. The test is designed to ensure, as required by statute, that non-uniform or non-broad -based health care-related taxes, authorized under a waiver, are generally redistributive. The inadvertent loophole currently allows some health care-related taxes, especially taxes on managed care organizations, to be imposed at higher tax rates on Medicaid taxable units than non-Medicaid taxable units, contrary to statutory and regulatory intent for health care-related taxes to be generally redistributive. The proposed provisions would better implement the statutory requirements by adding additional safeguards to ensure that tax waivers that exploit the loophole because they pass the current statistical test, but are not generally redistributive, are not approvable.","document_number":"2025-08566","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/15/2025-08566/medicaid-program-preserving-medicaid-funding-for-vulnerable-populations-closing-a-health","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-15/pdf/2025-08566.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-08566.pdf?1747080968","publication_date":"2025-05-15","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":"assessment, we would examine the tax and waiver submission, including the characteristics of each tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span> description, the entities in the tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span>, and the Medicaid taxable units and non-Medicaid taxable units associated with each tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span> and entities in each tax rate <span class=\"match\">group</span>. While no single factor we examine when Medicaid is not named explicitly would result in an automatic determination by CMS that the tax rate <span class=\"match\">groups</span> have been designed to target Medicaid, the mere fact that a State has chosen to use language that does not"},{"title":"New Car Assessment Program Final Decision Notice-Crashworthiness Pedestrian Protection","type":"Notice","abstract":"This final decision notice adds a crashworthiness pedestrian protection program to the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) to evaluate new model year vehicles' abilities to mitigate pedestrian injuries. Based on its previous research, NHTSA concurs with and adopts most of the European New Car Assessment Programme's (Euro NCAP) pedestrian crashworthiness assessment methods, including the injury limits for test devices and the score calculation method used for impact points. NHTSA will identify new model year vehicles meeting a certain minimum safety threshold on the Agency's website and other published literature. This notice responds in part to the provisions in Section 24213 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which requires NHTSA to incorporate measures in NCAP for evaluating the protection that new vehicles provide vulnerable road users like pedestrians.","document_number":"2024-27446","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/25/2024-27446/new-car-assessment-program-final-decision-notice-crashworthiness-pedestrian-protection","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-11-25/pdf/2024-27446.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-27446.pdf?1732283120","publication_date":"2024-11-25","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"general, the advocacy <span class=\"match\">groups</span> and individual citizens who provided comments were supportive of NHTSA's decision to include a crashworthiness pedestrian protection program within NCAP.\n \n Vehicle manufacturers and <span class=\"match\">groups</span> representing vehicle manufacturers, including the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators), Automotive Safety Council (ASC), Ford Motor Company (Ford), General Motors (GM), American Honda Motor Company (Honda), Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai), Rivian Automotive (Rivian), Tesla, and Volkswagen <span class=\"match\">Group</span> of America (VW), recommended"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List Gulf of Alaska Chinook Salmon as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act","type":"Notice","abstract":"We, NMFS, announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list one or more Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In response to the petition submitted by Wild Fish Conservancy, the Status Review Team (SRT) completed a review of the status of GOA Chinook salmon and defined three ESUs for GOA Chinook salmon (Southeast, Central, and Northwest GOA). Based on the best scientific and commercial data available, including the Status Review Report written by the SRT, we conclude that the three ESUs of GOA Chinook salmon are not currently in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their ranges nor likely to become so within the foreseeable future. Therefore, we find that listing any of the ESUs of GOA Chinook salmon under the ESA is not warranted at this time.","document_number":"2026-09665","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/14/2026-09665/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-notice-of-12-month-finding-on-a-petition-to-list-gulf","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-14/pdf/2026-09665.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-09665.pdf?1778676323","publication_date":"2026-05-14","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":"is not <span class=\"match\">significant</span>, we will not need to determine whether the species is endangered or threatened there; if we determine that the species is not endangered or threatened in a portion of its range, we will not need to determine if that portion was <span class=\"match\">significant</span>. \n \n Courts have held that the threshold definition of <span class=\"match\">significant</span> contained in the SPR Policy was invalid, stating it set too high a standard to allow for an independent basis for listing species—\n i.e., \n it did not give independent meaning to the phrase “throughout . . . a <span class=\"match\">significant</span> portion"},{"title":"One-Time Informational Reports on Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessments Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability","type":"Rule","abstract":"The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is adopting a reporting requirement to direct transmission providers to file one-time informational reports describing their current or planned policies and processes for conducting extreme weather vulnerability assessments. The Commission defines an extreme weather vulnerability assessment as any analysis that identifies where and under what conditions jurisdictional transmission assets and operations are at risk from the impacts of extreme weather events, how those risks will manifest themselves, and what the consequences will be for system operations. Specifically, the Commission requires transmission providers to file a one-time informational report on whether, and if so how, they establish a scope, develop inputs, identify vulnerabilities and exposure to extreme weather hazards, and estimate the costs of impacts in their extreme weather vulnerability assessments, as well as how they use the results of those assessments to develop risk mitigation measures.","document_number":"2023-13268","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/06/27/2023-13268/one-time-informational-reports-on-extreme-weather-vulnerability-assessments-climate-change-extreme","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-06-27/pdf/2023-13268.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-13268.pdf?1687783517","publication_date":"2023-06-27","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","name":"Energy Department","id":136,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/energy-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/136","parent_id":null,"slug":"energy-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","name":"Federal Energy Regulatory Commission","id":167,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-energy-regulatory-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/167","parent_id":136,"slug":"federal-energy-regulatory-commission"}],"excerpts":"provider uses, or plans to use, to create an inventory of potentially <span class=\"match\">vulnerable</span> assets and operations. \n C. <span class=\"match\">Vulnerabilities</span> and Exposure to Extreme Weather Hazards \n (Q14) A description of how the transmission provider <span class=\"match\">identifies</span> the transmission assets or operations <span class=\"match\">vulnerable</span> to the extreme weather events for which it conducts assessments; \n (Q15) A description of how the transmission provider uses, or plans to use, screening analyses to test for potential <span class=\"match\">vulnerabilities</span>, as well as how the transmission provider examines, or plans to examine"},{"title":"Revisions to the Large Financial Institution Rating System and Framework for the Supervision of Insurance Organizations","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Board is adopting a final notice to revise its Large Financial Institution (LFI) rating system (LFI Framework) and the rating system for depository institution holding companies significantly engaged in insurance activities (Insurance Supervisory Framework, together with the LFI Framework, Frameworks) to more appropriately identify as \"well managed\" firms that have sufficient financial and operational strength and resilience to maintain safe and sound operations through a range of conditions, including stressful ones. The final notice also replaces the presumption in the Frameworks that firms with one or more Deficient-1 component ratings will be subject to a formal or informal enforcement action with a statement that such firms may be subject to a formal or informal enforcement action, depending on particular facts and circumstances. The final notice also removes a reference to reputational risk in the Insurance Supervisory Framework.","document_number":"2025-19945","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/17/2025-19945/revisions-to-the-large-financial-institution-rating-system-and-framework-for-the-supervision-of","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-17/pdf/2025-19945.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19945.pdf?1763127914","publication_date":"2025-11-17","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":"Silicon Valley Bank Financial <span class=\"match\">Group</span>. \n Several commenters used Silicon Valley Bank Financial <span class=\"match\">Group</span> (SVBFG) or Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) as examples to raise concerns with the proposal, noting that SVBFG would have been considered “well managed” under the proposal, and therefore asserting the proposed rating system lacks credibility. One commenter stated the proposal does not address the problem with supervisory rating systems <span class=\"match\">identified</span> by the SVB failure. Specifically, the commenter stated that the problems <span class=\"match\">identified</span> by the SVB failure, which are"},{"title":"Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"This action would implement section 2209, of the FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act of 2016, by establishing a process for operators and proprietors of certain fixed site facilities to request and maintain an unmanned aircraft flight restriction. The proposal also establishes requirements for applicants to demonstrate the unmanned aircraft flight restriction is necessary for: aviation safety, protection of people and property on the ground, national security, or homeland security. Lastly, the proposal identifies the types of operations that are allowed in the unmanned aircraft flight restriction UAFR.","document_number":"2026-08943","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/06/2026-08943/designation-restrict-the-operation-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-close-proximity-to-a-fixed-site-facility","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-06/pdf/2026-08943.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-08943.pdf?1777985132","publication_date":"2026-05-06","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"Federal Aviation Administration","name":"Federal Aviation Administration","id":159,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-aviation-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/159","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-aviation-administration"}],"excerpts":"(1) The facility's <span class=\"match\">vulnerability</span> <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in § 74.66(b). \n (2) The potential consequences of an unmanned aircraft-related event, incident, or occurrence <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in § 74.66(c). \n (3) The facility's UAS security and UAS incident response plan as <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in § 74.64. \n (4) The effect of the unmanned aircraft flight restriction <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in § 74.66(d). \n \n (5) The externalities <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in § 74.68(a).\n \n \n (6) Efforts taken to reduce or limit externalities, <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in § 74.68(b). \n (7) Environmental impact, as <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in § 74.70. \n (8)"},{"title":"United States, et al. v. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, et al.; Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement","type":"Notice","abstract":null,"document_number":"2025-15486","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/14/2025-15486/united-states-et-al-v-unitedhealth-group-incorporated-et-al-proposed-final-judgment-and-competitive","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-08-14/pdf/2025-15486.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-15486.pdf?1755089133","publication_date":"2025-08-14","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE","name":"Justice Department","id":268,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/justice-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/268","parent_id":null,"slug":"justice-department"},{"raw_name":"Antitrust Division","name":"Antitrust Division","id":23,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/antitrust-division","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/23","parent_id":268,"slug":"antitrust-division"}],"excerpts":"District of Maryland in \n United States of America et al. \n v. \n UnitedHealth <span class=\"match\">Group</span> Incorporated, et al., \n Civil Action No. 1:24-cv-03267. On November 12, 2024, the United States filed a Complaint alleging that UnitedHealth <span class=\"match\">Group</span> Incorporated's proposed acquisition of Amedisys, Inc. would violate Section 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18, and that Amedisys, Inc. violated Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 18a. The proposed Final Judgment requires UnitedHealth <span class=\"match\">Group</span> Incorporated and Amedisys, Inc. to divest certain home health, hospice, and"},{"title":"Agency Information Collection Activities: Incident Reporting Form","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Cybersecurity Division (CSD) within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will submit the following information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance. CISA previously published this information collection request (ICR) in the Federal Register on October 7, 2024, for a 60-day public comment period. Three (3) comments were received by CISA. One unrelated public comment was submitted. The purpose of this notice is to allow additional 30-days for public comments.","document_number":"2025-01165","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/17/2025-01165/agency-information-collection-activities-incident-reporting-form","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-17/pdf/2025-01165.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-01165.pdf?1737035132","publication_date":"2025-01-17","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"}],"excerpts":"suggested that CISA delete or reshape questions pertaining to: “Violation of Law and Policy” (\n i.e., \n whether the incident breaches a law or private industry or policy standard), “<span class=\"match\">Identify</span> the <span class=\"match\">impacted</span> users” (\n i.e., \n the types of users <span class=\"match\">impacted</span> by the incident), and “Instance of <span class=\"match\">Impacted</span> Systems” (\n i.e., \n a set of questions asking for details on each <span class=\"match\">impacted</span> system, including system type, location, and services provided).\n \n \n Response: \n CISA partially agrees with the commenter's suggestions. As detailed above, CISA is proposing a streamlined"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Rough Popcornflower From Endangered to Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reclassifying the rough popcornflower (Plagiobothrys hirtus) from endangered to threatened (downlist) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This action is based on our evaluation of the best scientific and commercial data available, which indicates that the species' status has improved such that it is not in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range, but that it is still likely to become so within the foreseeable future. We also finalize protective regulations under the authority of section 4(d) of the Act that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of this species.","document_number":"2026-10045","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/05/19/2026-10045/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-reclassification-of-the-rough-popcornflower-from","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-05-19/pdf/2026-10045.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-10045.pdf?1779108319","publication_date":"2026-05-19","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":"throughout all of its range. \n Status Throughout a <span class=\"match\">Significant</span> Portion of Its Range \n \n Under the Act and our implementing regulations, a species may warrant listing if it is in danger of extinction or likely to become so within the foreseeable future throughout all or a <span class=\"match\">significant</span> portion of its range. The court in \n Center for Biological Diversity \n v. \n Everson, \n 435 F. Supp. 3d 69 (D.D.C. 2020) (\n Everson \n ), vacated the provision of the Final Policy on Interpretation of the Phrase “<span class=\"match\">Significant</span> Portion of Its Range” in the Endangered Species"},{"title":"Guidance for Resolution Plan Submissions of Foreign Triennial Full Filers","type":"Notice","abstract":"The Board and the FDIC (together, the agencies) are adopting this final guidance for the 2025 and subsequent resolution plan submissions by certain foreign banking organizations (FBOs). The final guidance is meant to assist these firms in developing their resolution plans, which are required to be submitted under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as amended (the Dodd-Frank Act), and the jointly issued implementing regulation (the Rule). The scope of application of the final guidance is foreign triennial full filers (specified firms or firms), which are foreign Category II and III banking organizations, and the guidance supersedes the joint Guidance for Resolution Plan Submissions of Certain Foreign-Based Covered Companies. The final guidance describes the agencies' expectations, depending on the resolution strategy chosen by the firm, regarding a number of key vulnerabilities in plans for an orderly resolution under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (i.e., group resolution plan; capital; liquidity; governance mechanisms; operational; legal entity rationalization and separability; branches; and insured depository institution (IDI) resolution, if applicable). The final guidance modifies and clarifies certain aspects of the proposed guidance based on the agencies' consideration of comments to the proposal, additional analysis, and further assessment of the business and risk profiles of the firms.","document_number":"2024-18186","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/08/15/2024-18186/guidance-for-resolution-plan-submissions-of-foreign-triennial-full-filers","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-08-15/pdf/2024-18186.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-18186.pdf?1723639524","publication_date":"2024-08-15","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"},{"raw_name":"FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION","name":"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation","id":164,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/164","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-deposit-insurance-corporation"}],"excerpts":"activities (inclusive of intercompany transactions) is <span class=\"match\">significant</span> to the activities of an <span class=\"match\">identified</span> critical operation. \n 3. Any Office, wherever located, that would provide material operational support in resolution (key personnel, information technology, data centers, real estate or other shared services) to the activities of an <span class=\"match\">identified</span> critical operation. \n 4. Any Office, wherever located, that is engaged in derivatives booking activity that is <span class=\"match\">significant</span> to the activities of an <span class=\"match\">identified</span> critical operation, including those that conduct either"},{"title":"Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"The Executive order of January 19, 2021, \"Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities,\" directs the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to propose regulations requiring U.S. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers of IaaS products to verify the identity of their foreign customers, along with procedures for the Secretary to grant exemptions; and authorize special measures to deter foreign malicious cyber actors' use of U.S. IaaS products. The Executive order of October 30, 2023, \"Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,\" further directs the Secretary to propose regulations that require providers of certain IaaS products to submit a report to the Secretary when a foreign person transacts with that provider or reseller to train a large Artificial Intelligence (AI) model with potential capabilities that could be used in malicious cyber-enabled activity. The Department of Commerce (Department) issues this notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comment on proposed regulations to implement those Executive orders.","document_number":"2024-01580","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/29/2024-01580/taking-additional-steps-to-address-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-significant-malicious","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-29/pdf/2024-01580.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-01580.pdf?1706276713","publication_date":"2024-01-29","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"}],"excerpts":"the lower bound estimate, the Department first <span class=\"match\">identified</span> a core <span class=\"match\">group</span> of IaaS providers that operate in the United States. This lower bound estimate assumes that all United States IaaS products are sold directly to the customer and no domestic resellers supply these products. Based on this lower bound estimate, the Department estimates that approximately 25 providers in the United States would be potentially directly <span class=\"match\">impacted</span> by this rulemaking. \n \n The upper bound estimate of potentially <span class=\"match\">impacted</span> entities is based on the estimated number of resellers"},{"title":"Facilitating Implementation of Next Generation 911 Services (NG911); Improving 911 Reliability","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (the FCC or Commission) proposes rules that would help ensure that emerging Next Generation 911 (NG911) networks are reliable and interoperable. NG911 is replacing legacy 911 technology across the country with Internet Protocol (IP)-based infrastructure that will support new 911 capabilities, including text, video, and data. However, for NG911 to be fully effective, NG911 networks must safeguard the reliability of critical components and support the interoperability needed to seamlessly transfer 911 calls and data from one network to another. When the Commission first adopted 911 reliability rules in 2013, the transition to NG911 was in its very early stages. Since then, many state and local 911 Authorities have made significant progress in deploying NG911 capabilities in their jurisdictions. This Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) is the next step in fulfilling the Commission's commitment to facilitate the NG911 transition and to ensure that the transition does not inadvertently create vulnerabilities in the nation's critical public safety networks. The FNPRM proposes to update the definition of \"covered 911 service provider\" in the Commission's existing 911 reliability rules to ensure that the rules apply to service providers that control or operate critical pathways and components in NG911 networks. It also proposes to update the reliability standards for providers of critical NG911 functions to ensure the reliable delivery of 911 traffic to NG911 delivery points, and proposes to establish NG911 interoperability requirements for interstate transfer of 911 traffic between Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInets). In addition, the FNPRM proposes to modify the certification and oversight mechanisms in the current 911 reliability rules to improve reliability and interoperability in NG911 systems while minimizing burdens on service providers, and proposes to empower state and local 911 Authorities to obtain reliability and interoperability certifications directly from covered 911 service providers.","document_number":"2025-09279","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/04/2025-09279/facilitating-implementation-of-next-generation-911-services-ng911-improving-911-reliability","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-06-04/pdf/2025-09279.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-09279.pdf?1748954707","publication_date":"2025-06-04","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":"VI, WG 1 Report \n at 115 (“Network Operators . . . should implement a continuous engineering process to <span class=\"match\">identify</span> and record single points of failure and any components that are critical to the continuity of the infrastructure . . . [and] pursue architectural solutions to mitigate the <span class=\"match\">identified</span> risks . . . .”), p. 124 (providers should “design networks with redundant interconnectivity to” ESInets), p. 122 (“Network Operators . . . should <span class=\"match\">identify</span> and manage critical network elements and architecture that are essential for network connectivity and"},{"title":"Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL)","type":"Rule","abstract":"FMCSA amends the Federal regulations for State Driver's Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) issuing commercial driving credentials to non-domiciled individuals. This final rule reaffirms, with minor changes, the provisions of the interim final rule (IFR) published on September 29, 2025. Specifically, this final rule limits eligibility for non-domiciled Commercial Learner's Permits (CLPs) and Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDLs) for foreign-domiciled individuals to those who hold specific, verifiable employment-based nonimmigrant status. This rule reaffirms the IFR requirements, aligning the issuance of non- domiciled CDLs with FMCSA's statutory mandate to ensure the fitness of all drivers who operate a CMV. By limiting eligibility to statuses subject to enhanced consular vetting of driver history and interagency screening, FMCSA restores the integrity of the CDL system, closes a significant safety gap, and enhances the safety of the traveling public.","document_number":"2026-02965","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02965/restoring-integrity-to-the-issuance-of-non-domiciled-commercial-drivers-licenses-cdl","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02965.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02965.pdf?1770844509","publication_date":"2026-02-13","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 Motor Carrier Safety Administration","name":"Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration","id":181,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/181","parent_id":492,"slug":"federal-motor-carrier-safety-administration"}],"excerpts":"requiring the SDLA to, as soon as practicable, <span class=\"match\">identify</span> all unexpired non-domiciled CLPs and CDLs that were not issued in compliance with parts 383 and 384 and conduct an internal audit to <span class=\"match\">identify</span> all procedural and programming errors, training and quality assurance problems, insufficient policies and practices, and other issues that resulted in the issuance of any non-domiciled CLPs and CDLs that did not meet the standards of parts 383 and 384 (the scope of the audit was not limited to the issues <span class=\"match\">identified</span> in a State's APR); take immediate action to"},{"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":"Pipeline-2021-01 and SD 1580/82-2022-01 series.\n \n \n \n 155 \n  \n See \n NIST ID-AM and CPG 1.A.\n \n \n \n <span class=\"match\">Identifying</span> Critical Cyber Systems, including both IT and OT systems, enables owner/operators to ensure they have adequately <span class=\"match\">identified</span> risks using multiple sources of information and data to <span class=\"match\">identify</span> the threat (\n i.e., \n likelihood of an attack), system <span class=\"match\">vulnerabilities</span>, and consequences should the system be the target of a cybersecurity incident. In general, unless otherwise stated, the cybersecurity measures that would be required for protecting, defending"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Species; Notice of 12-Month Findings on a Petition To List the Tope Shark as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act and Proposed Listing of Two Distinct Population Segments of Tope Shark as Threatened","type":"Proposed Rule","abstract":"We, NMFS, have completed a comprehensive status review of the tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus) in response to a petition to list the species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. After reviewing the best scientific and commercial data available, we have determined that this species is comprised of six distinct population segments (DPSs) and that two, the Southern (So.) Africa and Southwest (SW) Atlantic DPSs, are likely to become in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their ranges in the foreseeable future. Therefore, we propose to list the So. Africa and SW Atlantic DPSs as threatened species under the ESA. We have also determined that the remaining four DPSs--the Northeast (NE) Atlantic, NE Pacific, SW Pacific, and Southeast (SE) Pacific DPSs--do not meet the definition of a threatened or endangered species under section 4(a) of the ESA and therefore do not warrant listing under the ESA. We solicit information to inform the final listing determinations.","document_number":"2026-07294","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/04/15/2026-07294/endangered-and-threatened-species-notice-of-12-month-findings-on-a-petition-to-list-the-tope-shark","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-04-15/pdf/2026-07294.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-07294.pdf?1776170718","publication_date":"2026-04-15","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":"contribute to the overall viability of the DPS such that they could be considered “<span class=\"match\">significant</span>” portions.\n \n Thus, while the team could <span class=\"match\">identify</span> portions of the range where the threat of fisheries mortality is relatively more concentrated, they could not <span class=\"match\">identify</span> specific portions of the range where extinction risk of tope sharks could be assessed independently from the remainder of the DPS, or where the tope sharks could be considered as comprising a “<span class=\"match\">significant</span>” portion. Therefore, the team found no basis to change the range-wide conclusion of"},{"title":"Endangered and Threatened Species; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Nassau Grouper","type":"Rule","abstract":"We, NMFS, designate critical habitat for the threatened Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) pursuant to section 4 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Specific areas designated as critical habitat contain approximately 2,384.67 sq. kilometers (km) (920.73 sq. miles) of aquatic habitat located in waters off the coasts of southeastern Florida, Puerto Rico, Navassa, and the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). We have considered positive and negative economic, national security, and other relevant impacts of the critical habitat designation, as well as all public comments that were received.","document_number":"2023-28483","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/02/2023-28483/endangered-and-threatened-species-designation-of-critical-habitat-for-the-nassau-grouper","pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2024-01-02/pdf/2023-28483.pdf","public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-28483.pdf?1703857516","publication_date":"2024-01-02","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":"The initial intent of the spatial closure was to protect yellowfin <span class=\"match\">grouper</span> (\n Mycteroperca venenosa \n ) when they aggregate to spawn (70 FR 62073, October 28, 2005; Scharer \n et al., \n 2012), but this closure has also proven beneficial for the protection of spawning aggregations of tiger <span class=\"match\">grouper</span> (\n M. venenosa \n ), yellowmouth <span class=\"match\">grouper</span> (\n M. interstitialis \n ), cubera snapper (\n Lutjanus cyanopterus \n ) and Nassau <span class=\"match\">grouper</span> (Nemeth et al. 2006).\n \n \n Approximately 100 Nassau <span class=\"match\">grouper</span> were observed aggregating at the Grammanik Bank in 2004 between January"}]}