WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Nov. 1, 2024, from Dawn Bulgarella, CEO of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System: * * * To: Ms. Chiquita Brooks-LaSure Administrator Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attention: CMS-1808-IFC P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 RE: Medicare Program; Changes to the Fiscal Year 2025 Hospital Inpatient Prospe more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Education has released the following public communication dated Nov. 20, 2024, from the Texas Classroom Teachers Association: * * * TCTA response to Comment Request, Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection ED-2024-SCC-0128-0001 * * * To Whom It May Concern: The Texas Classroom Teachers Association, representing classroom teachers and instructional personnel statewide, has the following comments regarding the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) proposed changes for the 2025 26 and 2027 28 CRDCs: Am more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 12, 2024, from the California Association of Sanitation Agencies: * * * To: United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Sean Dempsey Engineering and Analysis Division, OST 4303T 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20460 Re: CASA Comments on ICR EPA-HQ-OW-2023-0580-0027, USEPA POTW Industrial Influent PFAS Study * * * Dear Mr. Dempsey, The California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is pleas more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 19, 2024, from Environmental Defense Fund, New York: * * * To: UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Nonrulemaking Docket: Reducing Emissions from New and Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Stationary Combustion Turbines Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0135 * * * SUPPLEMENTAL COMMENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND REGARDING CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE NOX EMISSION STANDARDS Environmental Defense Fund ("EDF") respectfull more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Sept. 26, 2024, from the Local Government Coalition for Renewable Energy and two collaborators. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Mr. Joseph Goffman Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. 20460 Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0183-- The EPA's proposal for New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Large Municipa more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Nov. 15, 2024, from the Offshore Operators Committee, Kenner, Louisiana: * * * To: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation/Office of Atmospheric Protection Climate Change Division RE: Offshore Operators Committee Comments Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-035 more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 20, 2024, from Abbott Laboratories, Illinois: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA -305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane - Room 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: Predetermined Change Control Plan for Medical Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff [Docket Number FDA-2024-D 2338] * * * Dear Sir or Madam: Abbott submits the fo more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 21, 2024, from Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, Virginia: * * * To: Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 106, Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No. FDA-2024-N-4085 for "Advancing Smoking Cessation: FDA and NIH Priorities" * * * Altria Client Services LLC ("ALCS"), on behalf of Philip Morris USA Inc. ("PM USA"), John Middleton Co more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 19, 2024, from BakerHostetler: * * * To: Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No. FDA-2024-N-4777 for "Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments--Bulk Drug Substances Nominated for Inclusion on the Section 503A Bulk Drug Subs more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 20, 2024, from the Connected Health Initiative. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Commissioner Robert Califf U.S. Food & Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health 10903 New Hampshire Ave Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-0002 RE: Connected Health Initiative Comments on the Food and Drug Administration's Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices; Draft Gui more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 20, 2024, from Guardant Health, Redwood City, California: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), U.S. Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Docket No. FDA-2024-D-2338 "Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices; Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff" * * * Thank you for your considera more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from Tony Carino, director of psychiatry at Janian Medical Care, New York: * * * To: Vincent Lo Re III, M.D., MSCE, Chair Drug Risk Management Committee * Rajesh Narendran, M.D., Chair Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee * Center for Drug Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, Md 20993 Re: Docket  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 14, 2024, from the American Train Dispatchers Association: * * * To: Mr. Kenton Kilgore RSAC Designated Federal Officer/RSAC Coordinator FRA Office of Railroad Safety 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: Docket No. FRA-2000-7257-0203 * * * Dear Mr. Kilgore: These comments are respectfully submitted on behalf of the brothers and sisters of the American Train Dispatchers A more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from the Association of American Railroads: * * * To: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION DOCKET NO. FRA-2018-0049 BNSF RAILWAY WAIVER OF COMPLIANCE FROM 49 CFR PART 232 COMMENTS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS * * * The Association of American Railroads (AAR), on behalf of itself and its member railroads, submits the following comments in supp more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Independence, Ohio: * * * To: Mr. John Karl Alexy Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety Federal Railroad Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Re: Petition for Waiver of Compliance Docket No. FRA-2018-0049 * * * Dear Mr. Alexy: These comments are submitted by the Brotherhood of Locomoti more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 14, 2024, from SMART Transportation Division, Independence, Ohio: * * * BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION & THE RAILROAD SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE DOCKET NO. FRA-2000-7257 * * * These comments are on behalf of the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD), an organizati more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has released the following public communication on Nov. 15, 2024, from Memphis Lead Coalition, Tennessee: * * * Comments to HUD on Proposed Change to Formula-Based Awards Five members of the Memphis Lead Coalition with experience in implementation of HUD lead grants formed a subcommittee to develop comments to HUD. They included current and former staff members of the City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development Lead and Healthy Homes Program, Shelby more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from America Walks, Seattle, Washington: * * * To: Sophie Shulman Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 SUBJECT: Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for [Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0057-0001] * * * Dear Acting Administrator Shulman, America Walks and its members are glad to see N more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Berkeley, California: * * * To: U.S. Department of Transportation Docket Operations 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington, DC 20590 RE: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Pedestrian Head Protection, Global Technical Regulation No. 9; Incorporation by Reference. Docket No. NHTSA-NHTSA-2024-0057 * * * The  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 20, 2024, from Ford Motor Co., Dearborn, Michigan. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Ms. Sophie Shulman Acting Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 RE: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) - FMVSS 228 Pedestrian Head Protection Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0057 Ford Motor Company Initial NPRM Comments and a  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from the League of American Bicyclists: * * * RE: Docket number NHTSA-2024-0057 * * * Dear Secretary Buttigieg, The League of American Bicyclists (League) thanks the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for the opportunity to comment on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS): Pedestrian Head Prot more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 20, 2024, from Raul V. Bravo and Associates Inc., Reston, Virginia: * * * To: The Honorable Sophie Shulman Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration United States Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 RE: Petition for Temporary Exemption: HOLON U.S., Inc., Docket (NHTSA-2024-0067) * * * Raul V. Bravo + Asso more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from Tesla Inc., Austin, Texas. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Sophie Schulman Acting Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration West Building, Ground Floor, Rm. W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 Re: Tesla's Comments in Response to Proposed Rule by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (September 19, 2024);  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 18, 2024, from Zoox Inc., Foster City, California: * * * To: Ms. Sophie Shulman Deputy Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590 Re: Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0057; Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards: Pedestrian Head Protection * * * Dear Deputy Administrator Shulman, Zoox, Inc. ("Zoox") respectfully  more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 22, 2024, from Groundfish Forum, Seattle, Washington: * * * Subj: Authorizing Hook-and-Line Catcher / Processors to Use Longline Pot Gear in the Bering Sea Greenland Turbot Fishery (Docket Number NOAA-NMFS-2023-0156) * * * Dear Mr. Olson, Groundfish Forum (GFF) is writing to comment on Docket Number NOAA-NMFS-2023-0156 which would authorize hook-and-line catcher / processors to us more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 22, 2024, from American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers: * * * To: Assistant Secretary Douglas L. Parker U.S. Department of Labor Directorate of Standards and Guidance 200 Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20210 Attention: Docket ID No OSHA-2021-0009 Re: Request for Extension of Deadline for Comments on OSHA's Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Sett more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released the following public communication on Nov. 21, 2024, from Central Florida Jobs with Justice and 12 collaborators: * * * To: Douglas L. Parker Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Occupational Safety and Health Administration 200 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20210 Re: Comments Regarding DOL's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (Do more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Small Business Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 21, 2024, from Capital Partners Certified Development Co., Atlanta, Georgia: * * * To: Greg Suryadi Office of Financial Assistance U.S. Small Business Administration 409 Third Street SW Washington, DC 20416 RE: Docket No. SBA 2023-0012 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) Comments on ALP Express Pilot to Permanent Status * * * Dear Mr. Suryadi: Capital Partners Certified Development Company submits these comments in re more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Small Business Administration has released the following public communication dated Nov. 21, 2024, from InterMountain Business Lending Inc., Ogden, Utah: * * * To: Greg Suryadi Office of Financial Assistance U.S. Small Business Administration 409 Third Street SW Washington, DC 20416 RE: Docket No. SBA 2023-0012 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) Comments on ALP Express Pilot to Permanent Status * * * Dear Mr. Suryadi: InterMountain Business Lending, Inc. (IMBL), an SBA Certified Development Company (CDC) more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Small Business Administration has released the following public communication on Nov. 22, 2024, from Reid Middleton Inc., Everett, Washington: * * * Confusion relative to Architect/Engineer Contracting Regulations We believe the new rule will cause confusion with current Architect Engineering (AE) regulations that currently require a "rule of 3" to contract for Architect Engineering services. We believe the SBA should provide clarifying language to avoid agencies interpreting the proposed rule in different ways, an more ST