Recent federal regulations affecting small businesses

Federal Enforcement Bureau suspends Donna Woods from the E-Rate Program and all universal service support mechanisms, with debarment proceedings commencing and opportunity for affected parties to file opposition requests.

The U.S. Department of Energy announces an open hybrid in-person and virtual meeting of the Defense Production Act Consortium pursuant to federal advisory and transparency requirements.

EPA proposes CERCLA settlement requiring City of Tucson to construct treatment system for PFAS contamination at Tucson International Airport Area Superfund Site with covenant not to sue.

CMS is accepting public comments on proposed information collection activities subject to Paperwork Reduction Act requirements; submit feedback on burden estimates and collection necessity by the specified deadline.

EPA approves Arizona's state implementation plan revisions ensuring the state prohibits emissions that significantly contribute to fine particulate matter nonattainment or air quality degradation in other states under 2012 standards.

NMFS issued an incidental harassment authorization to the U.S. Navy permitting marine mammal takes during Pier 10 demolition and crane weight test area construction at Naval Submarine Base New London in Connecticut.

The EPA approves Pennsylvania's redesignation of Allegheny County from nonattainment to attainment status for the 2012 annual fine particulate matter air quality standard.

EPA approves Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District's revised State Implementation Plan regulating nitrogen oxide emissions from Portland cement kilns under the Clean Air Act.

BLM proposes to classify 158.41 acres in Rapides and LaSalle Parishes, Louisiana for lease or conveyance to Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for recreation under the Recreation and Public Purposes Act; public comment period is now open.

The EPA corrects typographical errors in its February 24, 2026 final rule repealing specific amendments to Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam generating units, effective April 27, 2026.

Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration seeks OMB approval for Work Opportunity Tax Credit information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act; public comments are invited.

NMFS is accepting public comment on an exempted fishing permit application for U.S. West Coast highly migratory species fisheries to test monofilament ring tackle as alternative terminal gear for swordfish harvesting.

California State University, Sacramento intends to repatriate cultural items and objects of cultural patrimony to affiliated Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

The Bureau of Land Management Wyoming State Office has completed a NAGPRA inventory of associated funerary objects and determined cultural affiliation with Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.

Kansas State Historical Society completed a NAGPRA inventory of human remains and funerary objects with confirmed cultural affiliation to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations.