WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a final rule to confirm the expiration of regulations that amended its foreign quarantine rules during the COVID-19 public health emergency. The regulation, an interim final rule (IFR) expired on Nov. 21, 2025. The IFR was put in place on Feb. 7, 2020, through an amendment to 42 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 71.4. The rule added paragraphs (d) and (e), which gave  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued an interim final rule with comment period that repeals the minimum staffing standards for long-term care facilities that were established in a May 2024 final rule. The agency's decision stems from a public law enacted on July 4, 2025 (Public Law 119-21), which prohibits HHS from enforcing or implementing these specific minimum staffing standards until Sept. 30, 2034.  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a final rule amending its Rules of Practice and its Rules Relating to Investigations. The changes are designed to boost transparency in the agency's enforcement process and update procedures for notifying potential respondents. The revisions to the Rules of Practice enhance openness concerning settlements. They explicitly clarify that the commission can accept an offer of settlement via an order and establish firm more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Library of Congress Copyright Royalty Board has published proposed regulations for public comment regarding royalty rates and terms for noncommercial webcasting by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), Rocklin, California. The proposed rule governs the digital performance of sound recordings by EMF and the making of ephemeral recordings necessary for these transmissions for the period spanning Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2030. The board published the prop more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced that a voluntary safety standard for crib mattresses, which is incorporated into the agency's mandatory rule, has been revised. CPSC is assessing the changes to determine if the revised standard improves the safety of crib mattresses, consistent with the requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA). The CPSIA requires the CPSC to adopt mandatory safety standards for durable infant  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule responding to public comments on an interim final rule (IFR) related to emissions standards for crude oil and natural gas facilities. This final action solidifies prior deadline extensions and makes two further changes concerning compliance reporting and monitoring. The EPA's final rule reaffirms amendments made in the July 31, 2025, IFR, which addressed compliance difficulties for regulated entities more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule confirming compliance deadline revisions related to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for integrated iron and steel manufacturing facilities. This final rule affirms the amendments made in an interim final rule (IFR) published in the Federal Register on July 3, 2025, which responded to comments on revised compliance deadlines. The July 2025 IFR revised compliance d more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued a final rule amending the Class D and Class E airspace at Burns Flat, Oklahoma, to support instrument flight rule (IFR) operations and comply with agency orders. The rule also updates the official name of the Clinton/Sherman Airport in the aeronautical database. This action, effective March 19, 2026, is the result of an airspace review conducted after the localizer outer marker and outer m more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration amneded a standard instrument approach procedure (SIAP) and related takeoff minimums and obstacle departure procedures (ODPs) for operations at Madison Municipal Airport, Indiana. This regulatory action provides for the safe and efficient use of the navigable airspace, promoting safe flight operations under instrument flight rules at the airport. The change is necessary because of the adoption o more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule establishing Class E airspace at Buckeye, Arizona. This action is intended to support instrument flight rule (IFR) operations at Buckeye Municipal Airport, Arizona and facilitate the use of upcoming instrument procedures. The rule, which amends 14 CFR part 71, creates Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6.5-mile radius of the airport more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has amended the Class E airspace at George West, Texas. This final rule modifies the airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at the Live Oak County Airport. The change stems from an airspace review that was necessary due to the decommissioning of the Three Rivers very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR) as part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program. The am more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration proposed to establish and amend the Class E airspace at South Bend, Indiana. This action is the result of the decommissioning of the Keeler very high frequency omnidirectional range (VOR) as part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program. The proposed changes are necessary to ensure the airspace complies with FAA orders and continues to support instrument flight rule (IFR) procedures a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration revoked the Class E airspace at Oakwood, Texas, due to the cancellation of instrument procedures at Carter Ranch Airport. This action removes the controlled airspace that extended upward from 700 feet above the surface at the airport, as the area is no longer justified for air traffic services. This decision comes as a final rule that amends 14 CFR part 71. The FAA, under its authority to prescr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule to amend and establish airspace classifications around several airports in Wichita, Kansas. This rule implements a request from the U.S. Air Force to convert the McConnell Air Force Base Class D airspace from full-time to part-time operation and establish a corresponding part-time Class E surface airspace. The action expands the radii of several airspace areas, categorize more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission has released a proposed rule aimed at strengthening prohibitions on the authorization of covered communications equipment and clarifying related enforcement rules. The proposal builds on the FCC's decision to ban the authorization of equipment deemed an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security. FCC is seeking public comment on several key areas, including whether any modification to an authorized device by an entity on the  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission released a proposed rule concerning the resilience and reliability of communications networks across the U.S. to better handle service disruptions. This effort is based on a proposal included in a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which the agency issued on Aug. 6, 2025. The proposed rule, codified as 47 CFR Part 4, focuses on how communications providers must operate to ensure continuity of service, a mission the a more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a rule to facilitate more intensive use of spectrum across the Upper Microwave Flexible Use Service (UMFUS) bands, which include the 24 GHz, 28 GHz, upper 37 GHz, 39 GHz, 47 GHz and 50 GHz bands. This action seeks input on changing requirements that have become an impediment to processing earth station applications. Since the FCC established the sharing framework in 2016, the growth in the space economy has driven  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has issued a final rule making technical amendments to medical device regulations to ensure consistency with the Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR). These changes are editorial and non-substantive, meaning they do not impose any extra requirements on affected parties. The QMSR Final Rule, issued on Feb. 2, 2024, modernized the device current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) re more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has finalized a rule to amend several of its regulatory thresholds, moving to update them for inflation and establishing an indexing methodology for future adjustments. The changes are intended to preserve the real value of these thresholds, preventing an unintended expansion of regulatory requirements solely due to rising price levels. Many of the FDIC's regulations use dollar-based thresholds--most commonly an institutio more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration released a final rule to rescind regulations governing Federal-Aid Contracts for the Appalachian Development Highway System, stating that the rules are outdated, duplicative and unnecessary. The agency is eliminating the rule issued on Sept. 30, 1974, which established policies and procedures for administering projects and funds for the Appalachian Development Highway System and Appalachian local  more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration announced a final rule that rescinded an outdated regulation concerning public highway bridges built across Federal dams. The rule entitled "Bridges on Federal Dams," was established in 1974 and was removed because the agency determined it was duplicative of existing legal requirements found in U.S. Code. The regulation, found at 23 CFR part 630, subpart H, covered the procedures for the construc more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced its partial approval of amendments to the West Virginia surface coal mining regulatory program. This final rule incorporates changes to the West Virginia Coal Mining and Reclamation Act and related state rules under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). The department approved 12 provisions, granted qualified approval to five provisions, and more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed amendments to its rules, inserting a conditional sunset date into regulations as directed by executive order "Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting to Unleash American Energy." The proposal is intended to streamline regulations by adding a clause that would cause certain rules to expire one year after the rule's effective date. E.O. 14270 mandates NRC to implement this sunsetting provision for regulations issued under the Atomic more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (TNSFR) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a proposed rule to streamline its regulatory framework by adding a conditional sunset date to certain regulations. This effort is directed by Executive Order 14270, which mandates that the NRC issue a sunset rule unless precluded by applicable law or specific statutory regimes. The proposed sunset provision would state a conditional sunset date one year after the rule's effective date. Following the rule's effectiveness, the more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Coast Guard is amending the permanent security zone around USCG Base San Juan, Puerto Rico, to enhance protection for the base and the public from potential subversive acts. This action, published as a final rule, establishes a zone extending 200 feet seaward from the water's edge of the base. The change comes after the facility, which houses cutters and small boats, experienced potential threats, including unidentified vessels mooring at the piers and sus more PR