WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Docket No. APHIS-2025-1000). This docket solicits input on establishing standards for the care of breeding female dogs and the exercise and socialization of dogs governed by the Animal Welfare Act. In its letter, the AVMA emphasized the challenge of applying a uniform care standard across diverse dog breeds more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- American Water Works Co. Inc., Camden, New Jersey, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressing support for the agency's proposal to extend the compliance deadline by three years for the Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Report Plans regulation (Docket No. EPA-HQ-OLEM-2021-0585). American Water, a major water and wastewater service provider serving approximately 14 million people across 14 states, including over  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- GrowSF submitted a public comment letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expressing support for Zoox's petition (Docket No. NHTSA-2025-0523), which requests an exemption to allow the commercial deployment of automated vehicles under federal safety monitoring. The letter highlights San Francisco's reliance on safe and innovative transportation solutions to serve millions of residents, workers, and visitors annually. GrowSF believes autonomous vehicle more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Hotel Council of San Francisco submitted a public comment letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration voicing support for Zoox's petition (Docket No. NHTSA-2025-0523). The petition requests an exemption that would allow the commercial deployment of Zoox's automated vehicles under strict federal safety monitoring. The letter emphasizes San Francisco's role as a major visitor destination and hub of innovation that requires safe and efficient mobility s more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Indiana Reentry Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana, have submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education addressing the proposed regulations for the Workforce Pell Grant program (Docket No. ED-2026-OPE-0133). The organization, which works with justice-impacted populations across six states in partnership with corrections departments and workforce boards, outlined several key technical recommendations to enhance the impleme more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Koyuk Native Corp., Alaska, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior concerning the Federal Subsistence Management Program (Docket No. DOI-2025-0170). The organization expressed support for maintaining the core elements of the FSMP, which provides rural Alaskans, many of whom are Alaska Native, with a subsistence priority for fishing and hunting on federal lands and waters as established under Title VIII of the Alaska National Inter more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressing concerns about the agency's proposed Interstate Transport Plan Review for the 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS). MDE criticizes EPA's approach to approving State Implementation Plans (SIPs) for addressing interstate ozone pollution transport, particularly the agency's deviation from established frameworks and  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Michigan Council of Animal Welfare (MICAW) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (Docket No. APHIS 2025-1000), which proposes standards for breeding female dogs. MICAW, representing 29 commercial dog breeders, emphasizes the importance of breeder and veterinarian discretion over rigid regulatory mandates. MICAW calls for a precise definition of "breeding female dogs," suggesting it shoul more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Native Village of Koyuk has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior regarding the Federal Subsistence Management Program Review (Docket No. DOI-2025-0170). The letter expresses support for maintaining current elements of the Federal Subsistence Management Program, emphasizing the importance of protecting rural subsistence priorities for Alaska Native and rural residents. The community leaders stress that recent changes to the program  more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency demanding public disclosure of all materials used in developing the agency's rule titled "Recission of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding and Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards Under the Clean Air Act." This rule, issued on February 13, 2026, outlines the EPA's repeal of the greenhouse gas endangerment finding and related motor v more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- P3Mobility, a transportation technology company specializing in Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) systems, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (Docket No. DOT-OST-2026-0430). The letter aims to inform the development of a coordinated National Strategy for Transportation Digital Infrastructure. In its submission, P3Mobility defined Transportation Digital Infrastructure as a secu more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) has submitted a public comment letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expressing support for Zoox's petition requesting a federal exemption to facilitate the commercial deployment of its autonomous vehicles under federal safety oversight. Representing innovation-driven companies across Silicon Valley and the Bay Area, SVLG underlined its appreciation for NHTSA's efforts to develop a regulatory framework tha more ST

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) submitted a public comment letter to the Federal Highway Administration endorsing the State of Ohio's renewal package to continue participation in the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Program, known as the "NEPA assignment" program. This program enables states to assume responsibility for issuing final approvals under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other federal environmental laws for federally funded more ST