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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a final rule to update the Class E airspace around Gaylord, Michigan. This change comes after the decommissioning of the VOR navigation aid in Gaylord and aims to align with FAA guidelines and support Instrument Flight Rule (IFR) procedures. The amendment modifies the existing airspace range and definitions to ensure safe and efficient aircraft operations. These updates will take effect in April 2025 and include changes like reducing the airspace radius and altering specific directional extensions.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued new rules to address robocalls under the TRACED Act, amending exemptions in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The rules limit the number of non-commercial, commercial, nonprofit, and HIPAA-related calls to residential lines to a maximum number within a specified period and require an opt-out mechanism for consumers. These regulations aim to reduce unwanted robocalls, balancing consumer protection with the need for legitimate communications. The implementation period is set to allow entities time to comply with the new requirements.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is redistributing the unused quota of Pacific cod from vessels that use jig gear to smaller catcher vessels that use hook-and-line or pot gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. This reallocation is needed to ensure the 2021 Pacific cod catch limits are met. The action takes place from January 7, 2021, to December 31, 2021. It was deemed necessary to bypass public comments due to the urgency based on recent data.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced a final rule to adjust civil penalties for inflation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. These adjustments are required annually by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 and are intended to maintain the effectiveness of penalties. The rule updates specific penalty amounts and applies to violations of Federal civil statutes. No public comment period or prior notice was required for this adjustment.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved updates to Idaho's air quality regulations as part of their State Implementation Plan (SIP). These revisions, submitted in May 2023 and 2024, streamline regulations by updating federal standards referenced within state rules and removing outdated terms. They also detail various provisions for controlling air pollution from industrial facilities, open burning, and fugitive dust. Overall, these changes aim to simplify air quality regulations while ensuring compliance with federal environmental standards.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued special conditions for the Robinson Helicopter Company Model R66 helicopter, modified by Skyryse, due to a new control input and fly-by-wire system. These conditions add safety standards not covered by existing rules, ensuring the helicopter's safety is in line with current airworthiness standards. The special conditions address the interaction of systems and structures, outlining requirements for both normal operation and system failure scenarios to maintain safety. These conditions apply not just to the R66 model but could also extend to other models if they incorporate similar designs.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. Model PC-24 airplanes. This directive is a response to information about electrical harness installations that do not meet approved designs, which could cause issues like wire chafing, arcing, or failure. These problems might lead to loss of system redundancy or other safety hazards. To address this, the AD requires modifications to the electrical harness installations, which will cost about $1,775 per aircraft to implement.

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued a clarification regarding the compliance date for certain reporting obligations related to royalty reporting practices of cable operators. Initially, the compliance was supposed to start with the filing deadline of March 1, 2025, but it has been pushed to August 29, 2025. This decision is due to the fact that the new Statement of Account (SOA) form and instructions are not ready yet. This change impacts reports covering the period from January 1 to June 30, 2025.

The Agricultural Marketing Service of the USDA is delaying the start date of a rule originally set for December 30, 2024, which revises fees for import inspections of fresh fruits and vegetables. These changes included adjusting fees from a per-carlot to a per-pound basis and reducing fees for additional sublots. The delay, effective January 29, 2025, gives the department more time to review these regulations, following a directive from the President for a regulatory freeze pending further review. The delay is immediate and skips public comment because the rule's start date was approaching quickly.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection released a public statement about the compliance dates for two mortgage rules: the General Qualified Mortgage (QM) Final Rule and the Seasoned QM Final Rule. Both rules regarding the definition of qualified mortgages took effect on March 1, 2021, but the mandatory compliance date for the General QM Final Rule is set for July 1, 2021. The Bureau is considering revisiting the Seasoned QM Final Rule and may delay the mandatory compliance date for the General QM Final Rule. They also intend to propose a rule that might allow lenders to use either the current or revised General QM loan definition until a new compliance date, with the Temporary GSE QM loan definition remaining effective until then.