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  • 2025-02908 — Utah: Final Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Management Program Revisions and Incorporation by Reference; Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 9954
    Reading Time:about a minute or two

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is withdrawing a rule concerning Utah's hazardous waste management program because they received negative feedback on it. This rule was originally published on December 23, 2024, and its withdrawal means changes to Utah's program won't happen as planned. The EPA will address these comments in a future rule but won't allow for more public comments during that process. The rules involved were related to hazardous waste and environmental protection standards.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA had a plan to change how Utah handles dangerous waste, but some people didn’t like the plan, so the EPA decided not to do it for now. They will think about what people said and try again later.

  • 2025-00510 — Joint Policies of the Departments of the Interior and of the Army Relative to Reservoir Project Lands
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    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 4669
    Reading Time:about 11 minutes

    The Department of the Interior is changing its rules for buying land around reservoir areas. This new rule lets them use different kinds of ownership, like easements, instead of buying the land completely, especially for older reservoirs built before 1962. The rule aims to save money, reduce project completion time, and decrease conflicts with landowners. If there are no strong objections by March 17, 2025, the rule will take effect on April 16, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The Department of the Interior made a new rule that lets them use shortcuts to get pieces of land around old water reservoirs without buying the whole land, which might help them save time and money. If nobody complains a lot by March 17, 2025, they will start using this rule on April 16, 2025.

  • 2025-04624 — List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1040, Revision 1 to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 2
    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 12679
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) confirms that on April 21, 2025, a new rule will be enacted. This rule updates the spent fuel storage regulations, specifically revising the listing of the Holtec International HI-STORM UMAX Canister Storage System. The updates focus on radiation protection specifications, including clarifying dose rate limits and modifying their values and measurement locations. Since no major issues were raised in public comments, the rule will proceed as planned.

    Simple Explanation

    The government is making sure that special rules for safely storing used nuclear fuel will be updated soon, which means they will make sure everything is extra safe when they lock away old nuclear stuff. Nobody had big problems with this plan, so they’ll go ahead with it.

  • 2021-02543 — Approval and Promulgation of State Plans (Negative Declarations) for Designated Facilities and Pollutants: Maine and Rhode Island
    Type:Rule
    Citation:86 FR 9021
    Reading Time:about 11 minutes

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving the states of Maine and Rhode Island's declarations that they have no existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills required to comply with certain federal emissions guidelines. These negative declarations allow the states to bypass creating specific state plans to control emissions from such landfills, as outlined in the Clean Air Act. The EPA considers this a straightforward decision and does not expect any objections, but if any adverse comments are received by March 15, 2021, the rule may be reconsidered. If no comments are received, the rule will become effective on April 12, 2021.

    Simple Explanation

    The EPA is saying that Maine and Rhode Island don't have any trash dumps that need to follow special rules about pollution right now, so they don't have to make a plan for this. If no one complains about this by March 15, 2021, everything will go ahead as planned on April 12, 2021.

  • 2021-02317 — Discretionary Review by the Secretary of Labor
    Type:Rule
    Citation:86 FR 7927
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor have decided to withdraw a rule that was published on January 4, 2021, regarding H-2B temporary labor certification cases. This decision was made because they received a significant adverse comment during the public comment period. The rule aimed to extend the Department of Labor's system for reviewing these cases, but it will no longer take effect. Any future changes or rules may consider the feedback received from the public.

    Simple Explanation

    The government decided not to change the rules about how they review certain worker permissions because people didn't like the idea, and they want to think it over more carefully.

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