federal register act

• 45 CFR 502.2 - Material to be published in the Federal Register pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 45: Public Welfare

• Regulatory Agenda

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 and Executive Order (EO) 12866 require the semiannual issuance of an inventory of rulemaking actions under development throughout the Department with a view to offering summarized information about forthcoming regulatory actions for public review.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 7946, February 13, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Health and Human Services Department

• Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including fluorescent lamp ballasts. EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether any new or amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this final rule, DOE adopts new and amended federal energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. It has determined that the new and amended energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 70548, November 14, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Energy Department

• Introduction to the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions

The Regulatory Flexibility Act requires that agencies publish semiannual regulatory agendas in the Federal Register describing regulatory actions they are developing that may have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities (5 U.S.C. 602). Executive Order 12866 ``Regulatory Planning and Review,'' signed September 30, 1993 (58 FR 51735), and Office of Management and Budget memoranda implementing section 4 of that Order establish minimum standards for agencies' agendas, including specific types of information for each entry. The Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (Unified Agenda) helps agencies fulfill these requirements. All Federal regulatory agencies have chosen to publish their regulatory agendas as part of the Unified Agenda. Edi...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 7664, February 13, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Regulatory Information Service Center

• Medicaid Program; Community First Choice Option

This final rule implements section 2401 of the Affordable Care Act, which establishes a new State option to provide home and community-based attendant services and supports. These services and supports are known as Community First Choice (CFC). While this final rule sets forth the requirements for implementation of CFC, we are not finalizing the section concerning the CFC setting.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 26828, May 07, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Health and Human Services Department

• Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, including battery chargers and external power supplies (EPSs). EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether more stringent, amended standards for these products are technologically feasible, economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this notice, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for Class A EPSs and new energy conservation standards for non-Class A EPSs and battery chargers. The notice also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 18478, March 27, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Energy Department

• Truth in Lending (Regulation Z)

Title X of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) transferred rulemaking authority for a number of consumer financial protection laws from seven Federal agencies to the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) as of July 21, 2011. The Bureau is in the process of republishing the regulations implementing those laws with technical and conforming changes to reflect the transfer of authority and certain other changes made by the Dodd-Frank Act. In light of the transfer of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System's (Board's) rulemaking authority for the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) to the Bureau, the Bureau is publishing for public comment an interim final rule establishing a new Regulation Z (Truth in Lending). This interim final ru...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 79768, December 22, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including low-voltage dry-type distribution transformers, and directs the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to prescribe standards for various other products and equipment, including other types of distribution transformers. EPCA also requires DOE to determine whether more- stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would save a significant amount of energy. In this notice, DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for distribution transformers. The notice also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associa...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 7282, February 10, 2012
• Proposed rules
• Energy Department

• Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; System of Records

In accordance with the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury, is publishing its Privacy Act systems of records.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 20104, April 03, 2012
• Notices
• Treasury Department

• FIFRA Scientific Advisory Panel; Notice of Public Meeting

There will be a 4-day meeting of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) to consider and review scientific issues concerning chlorpyrifos health effects.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 8856, February 15, 2012
• Notices
• Environmental Protection Agency