Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Short Takes – 3-12-25 – Federal Register Edition

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Public Meetings in 2025 for International Standards on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Federal Register PHMSA meeting notice. Summary: “his notice announces that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS) will host four public meetings during 2025 in advance of certain international meetings. The first meeting will be held in preparation of the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Dangerous Goods Panel (DGP) Working Group 25 (WG/25) scheduled for April 21-25, 2025 in Delhi, India. The second meeting will be held in preparation of the 66th session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UNSCOE TDG) scheduled for June 30-July 4, 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The third meeting will be held in preparation of the 30th session of the ICAO DGP (DGP/30) scheduled for October 6-10, 2025 in Montreal, Canada. The fourth meeting will be held in preparation of the 67th session of the UNSCOE TDG scheduled for November 24-December 3, 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. For each of these meetings, PHMSA will solicit public input on current proposals.”

1,3-Butadiene; Draft Risk Evaluation Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) Peer Review; Notice of Rescheduled Meetings. Federal Register EPA meeting notice. Summary: “The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is announcing the rescheduled meeting dates of the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) that had been previously scheduled for February 2025 to consider and review the draft risk evaluation for 1,3-butadiene. The rescheduled preparatory meeting for the SACC to consider the scope and clarity of the revised draft charge questions for the peer review will now be held on March 25, 2025, and the rescheduled peer review meeting for the SACC to consider the draft documents and public comments will now be held on April 1 to 4, 2025. As previously announced, these meetings will be virtual public meetings of the SACC, with the public invited to comment on the scope and clarity of the revised draft charge questions for the peer review and the draft risk evaluation and related documents, including a new supplement of preliminarily refined risk estimates for 1,3-butadiene released from facilities in advance of and during the peer review meeting. The SACC will consider the comments during their discussions.”

Notice of Committee Charter Renewal Homeland Security Advisory Council. Federal Register charter renewal announcement. Summary: “Under the authority of 6 United States Code (U.S.C.) 451, this charter renewed the HSAC as a discretionary committee, which shall operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. The HSAC was established in 2003, under the authority of title 6 U.S.C. 451, and chartered under the provisions of the FACA, 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. This discretionary committee provides nonpartisan and organizationally independent, strategic advice to the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to homeland security. Three amendments were made: (1) Reduces the total membership from 40 to 35. (2) Changes members terms to a three-year appointment, from one to three-year terms. (3) Removes co-chairs to now reflect a Chair and Vice Chair.”

EO 14234 - Establishing the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026. Federal Register.

EO 14235 - Restoring Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Federal Register

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