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While the nation celebrated Thanksgiving with family and friends, rulemaking agencies published new regulations ranging from almond information to missile accidents.
On to the data:
Last week, 41 new final regulations were published in the Federal Register, after 59 the previous week.
That’s the equivalent of a new regulation every four hours and six minutes.
Federal agencies have issued 2,735 final regulations in 2019. At that pace, there will be 2,960 new final regulations. Last year’s total was 3,367 regulations.
Last week, agencies published 396 notices, for a total of 20,046 in 2019. At that pace, there will be 21,695 new notices this year. Last year’s total was 21,656.
Last week, 1,200 new pages were added to the Federal Register, after 1,135 pages the previous week.
The 2019 Federal Register totals 65,905 pages. It is on pace for 71,326 pages. The 2018 total was 68,302 pages. The all-time record adjusted page count (which subtracts skips, jumps, and blank pages) is 96,994, set in 2016.
Rules are called “economically significant” if they have costs of $100 million or more in a given year. Four such rules have been published this year. Five such rules were published in 2018.
The running cost tally for 2019’s economically significant regulations currently ranges from savings of $4.39 billion to $4.08 billion, mostly from estimated savings on federal spending. The 2018 total ranges from net costs of $220.1 million to $2.54 billion, depending on discount rates and other assumptions.
Agencies have published 65 final rules meeting the broader definition of “significant” so far this year. 2018’s total was 108 significant final rules.
So far in 2019, 458 new rules affect small businesses; 21 of them are classified as significant. 2018’s totals were 660 rules affecting small businesses, with 29 of them significant.
Highlights from last week’s new final regulations:
Atax cut for prune producers in California.
How to reportmissile accidents.
Changes to thefederal gift and estate taxes.
The Federal Communications Commission ischanging its tariff rules.
TheInternational Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
Gray triggerfish quotas.
Odometer disclosurefor 2011 and newer cars at time of sale.
Almond information collection.
The Head Start Program isdelaying compliance dates for performance measurements and background checks.
Reimbursingmoving expenses for federal employees.
Farm exports are declining sharply as a result of the Trump tariffs. The Agriculture Department is addressing this by changing itsexport reporting requirements.
Meet the Fokker airplane’s newest airworthiness requirement.
Where to find the most up-to-date list ofcountries allowed to export poultryto the United States.
Sugar beet insurance.
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While the nation celebrated Thanksgiving with family and friends, rulemaking agencies published new regulations ranging from almond information to missile accidents.
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