Recent federal regulations affecting small businesses
Page 25 of 145 • Last updated April 30, 2026
2165 new federal regulations affecting small businesses have been published in the past 30 days, drawn from the Federal Register, FDA recalls, and USDA notices. Each listing links straight to the official source so you can read the full text and respond if it touches your business.
- 30-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of Collections: ComplaintsApril 30, 2026
Surface Transportation Board seeks OMB approval to extend its information collection requirements for complaint filings, with a 30-day public notice period ending 30 days from publication.
- Request Notice: Use of Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessel in United States Coastwise Trade, M/V SEA WAREApril 30, 2026
MARAD invites public comment on a request to operate the foreign-built passenger vessel M/V Sea Ware in U.S. coastwise trade carrying no more than twelve passengers for hire.
- ChemoCentryx, Inc.; Proposal To Withdraw Approval of New Drug Application for TAVNEOS (Avacopan) Capsule, 10 Milligrams; Opportunity for a HearingApril 30, 2026
The FDA proposes to withdraw approval of ChemoCentryx's TAVNEOS (avacopan) capsule based on lack of substantial evidence of effectiveness and untrue material statements in the application, with opportunity for hearing.
- Amendment of Class E Airspace; Miami, FLApril 30, 2026
FAA amendment corrects Class E airspace boundaries in Miami, FL to align legal descriptions with the February 13, 2026 final rule.
- Removal of Obsolete References to “Water Carriers”; CorrectionApril 30, 2026
FMCSA corrects an error in its final rule removing obsolete water carrier references from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, effective February 19, 2026.
- Request Notice: Use of Foreign-Built Small Passenger Vessel in United States Coastwise Trade, S/V KARINAApril 30, 2026
MARAD is accepting public comments on a request to use the foreign-built vessel S/V KARINA in U.S. coastwise passenger trade to assess potential adverse effects on domestic vessel builders and operators.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; State Educational Agency, Local Educational Agency, and School Data Collection and Reporting Under ESEA, Title I, Part AApril 30, 2026
Department of Education seeks Office of Management and Budget approval to extend data collection requirements for state and local educational agencies under ESEA Title I, Part A without substantive changes.
- Certain Semiconductor Devices, Products Containing Same, and Components Thereof; Notice of Institution of InvestigationApril 30, 2026 • Impact: low
U.S. International Trade Commission instituted investigation on March 26, 2026, into alleged patent infringement of semiconductor devices and components by GlobalFoundries; complaint covers six patents and seeks exclusion and cease-and-desist orders.
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment RequestApril 30, 2026
Department of Defense submits information collection proposal to OMB for clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
- Utah; Northern Wasatch Front; 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Reconsideration and Repeal of Finding of Failure To Attain and Reclassification to a Serious Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment by the Moderate Attainment Date But for International EmissionsApril 30, 2026 • Impact: none
EPA proposes repealing the December 2024 reclassification of Utah's Northern Wasatch Front from Moderate to Serious ozone nonattainment, determining the area would have met 2015 standards but for international emissions.
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; Excess Emissions Provisions Pertaining to Periods of Startup, Shutdown and Malfunction EventsApril 30, 2026 • Impact: none
EPA proposes to approve Delaware's revised state implementation plan addressing excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction events, submitted February 3, 2025, correcting deficiencies from EPA's October 23, 2023 disapproval.
- Agency Information Activities: Proposed Information Collection; BLS Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service DeliveryApril 30, 2026
Bureau of Labor Statistics seeks public comment on a generic clearance for collecting qualitative feedback on agency service delivery under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
- Privacy Act; System of RecordsApril 30, 2026 • Impact: low
Department of the Treasury establishes a new system of records for contractor workforce information to support contract administration, credentialing, equipment provisioning, and oversight activities in compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974.
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Proposed Administrative Settlement Agreement for Recovery of Response Costs; Goodrich Asbestos Superfund Site in Ottawa County, Miami, OklahomaApril 30, 2026
EPA proposes a CERCLA settlement requiring Allan Kaspar to pay $100,000 for response costs at the Goodrich Asbestos Superfund Site in Miami, Oklahoma; public comment period is 30 days from publication.
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Good Laboratory Practice Requirements for Nonclinical Laboratory StudiesApril 30, 2026
FDA seeks 60 days of public comment on information collection requirements for Good Laboratory Practice standards in nonclinical laboratory studies.