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Officeholder statement

Executive Office of the President ·

Columbus Day, 2026 ↗

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Officeholder statement

Executive Office of the President ·

National Energy Dominance Month, 2026 ↗

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Official notice

Homeland Security Department · Coast Guard ·

Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan Including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL ↗

The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone on the South Branch of the Chicago River, between mile marker 325.4 and 325.5, for the assembly of the Lake Street Bridge for the Chicago Department of Transportation bridge repair. During the enforcement period, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying-up, or anchoring…

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Official notice

Homeland Security Department · Coast Guard ·

Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan Including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL ↗

The Coast Guard will enforce a moving safety zone on the South Branch of the Chicago River between the Lake Street Bridge at mile marker 325.5 and South Damen Avenue at mile marker 321 for the floating down of the bridge leaf for the Chicago Department of Transportation Bridge repair. During the enforcement period,…

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Official notice

Homeland Security Department · Coast Guard ·

Safety Zone; Brandon Road Lock and Dam to Lake Michigan Including Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago River, and Calumet-Saganashkee Channel, Chicago, IL ↗

The Coast Guard will enforce a safety zone on the South Branch of the Chicago River between mile markers 325.5 and 325.4 for the demolition of the Lake Street Bridge for the Chicago Department of Transportation bridge repair. During the enforcement period, entry into, transiting, mooring, laying-up, or anchoring…

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Official notice

Federal Communications Commission ·

Petition for Reconsideration of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding ↗

Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) has been filed in the Commission's proceeding by Thomas Goode on behalf of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions.

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Official notice

Interior Department · Ocean Energy Management Bureau ·

Notice of Availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale for the Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act Lease Sale 2 ↗

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the Proposed Notice of Sale (NOS) for the Cook Inlet Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) Lease Sale 2 (Lease Sale BBC2). BOEM is publishing this notice pursuant to its regulatory authority under 30 CFR…

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Official notice

Agriculture Department · Forest Service ·

Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process ↗

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing a final rule amending its Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process regulations. These regulations establish the process by which the public may file objections seeking administrative review of proposed projects and activities implementing land management…

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Official notice

Surface Transportation Board ·

Fees for Services Performed in Connection With Licensing and Related Services-2026 Update ↗

The Board updates for 2026 the fees that the public must pay to file certain cases and pleadings with the Board. Pursuant to this update, 87 of the Board's 135 fees will increase and 48 fees will remain at their current levels.

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Official notice

Commodity Futures Trading Commission ·

Regulation Crypto Asset Transactions and Regulation Crypto Asset Markets ↗

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("Commission" or "CFTC") is issuing an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking regarding section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA" or "Act") to provide notice and seek public comment on its intent to develop and establish fit-for-purpose rules implementing section…

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Official notice

Transportation Department · Federal Aviation Administration ·

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters ↗

The FAA proposes to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Airbus Helicopters Model H160-B helicopters. This proposed AD was prompted by a report of the inability to operate the jettisoning function of a window due to a blocked jettisoning mechanism. This proposed AD would require removing the jettisonable…

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Official notice

Homeland Security Department · U.S. Customs and Border Protection ·

Advance Traveler Information for Rail ↗

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is proposing to require rail carriers to transmit advance electronic traveler information to CBP for any individual (crew and passengers) who is arriving in or departing from the United States on board a train. The rail carrier also would be required to transmit an advance…

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Official notice

Energy Department · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ·

Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC-725B); Comment Request; Extension ↗

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC-725B (1902-0248), Mandatory Reliability Standards, Critical…

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Official notice

Surface Transportation Board ·

Railroad Revenue Adequacy-2025 Determination ↗

On October 8, 2026, the Board served a decision announcing the 2025 revenue adequacy determinations for the nation's Class I railroads. Four Class I railroads (BNSF Railway Company, CSX Transportation, Inc., Norfolk Southern Combined Railroad Subsidiaries, and Union Pacific Railroad Company) were found to be revenue…

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Official notice

Commerce Department · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits ↗

The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region (GARFO), NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. The EFP would allow federally permitted fishing…

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Official notice

Commerce Department · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits ↗

The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region (GARFO), NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all the required information and warrants further consideration. The EFP would allow federally permitted fishing…

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Official notice

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ·

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection Renewal; Comment Request ↗

The FDIC, as part of its obligations under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the request to renew the existing information collections described below (OMB Control No. 3064-0112). The notices of proposed renewal for these…

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Official notice

Commerce Department · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permits ↗

The Assistant Regional Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Greater Atlantic Region (GARFO), NMFS, has made a preliminary determination that an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) application contains all of the required information and warrants further consideration. The EFP would allow federally permitted fishing…

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Official notice

Commerce Department · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Fixed Gear Marking and Entanglement Risk Reduction ↗

This rulemaking implements gear marking requirements and entanglement risk reduction measures for portions of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery. This rulemaking consists of mandatory requirements and voluntary measures. These new requirements and voluntary measures are established pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens…

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Official notice

Commerce Department · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·

Marine Mammals; File No. 29892 ↗

Notice is hereby given that Edward Charles, Open Planet Studios, 27A Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol, UK BS8 4HG, has withdrawn their application for a permit to conduct commercial and educational photography on marine mammals.

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Official notice

Commerce Department · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska ↗

NMFS is reallocating the projected unused amounts of Pacific cod from catcher vessels using trawl gear and catcher/processors using trawl gear to catcher vessels using hook-and-line gear and vessels using pot gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This action is necessary to allow the 2026…

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Official notice

Transportation Department · Federal Aviation Administration ·

Airworthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG Engines ↗

The FAA is adopting a new airworthiness directive (AD) for all Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG (RRD) Model RB211 Trent 768-60, 772-60, and 772B-60 engines. This AD was prompted by a report that a batch of low-pressure compressor (LPC) blades were exposed to a non- conforming repair and are more prone to cracking…

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Official notice

Commerce Department · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ·

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Oregon Department of Transportation's Yaquina Bay Dolphin Replacement Project in Newport, Oregon ↗

In accordance with regulations implementing the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as amended, notification is hereby given that NMFS has issued a renewal incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for authorization to take marine mammals incidental to construction…

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Official notice

Health and Human Services Department · Health Resources and Services Administration ·

Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Public Comment Request; Healthy Start Evaluation and Quality Improvement, OMB No. 0915-0338-Revision ↗

In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, HRSA submitted an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. Comments submitted during the first public review of this ICR will be provided to OMB. OMB will accept further comments from the public…

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Official notice

Congress.gov · weekly usage report ·

Most-Viewed Bills - Week of October 4, 2026 ↗

A weekly source report based on page views on Congress.gov. See the original for its measurement and coverage.

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