The Daily Roundup – Thursday, September 3, 2026: Determining the Appropriate Penalty for Federal Employees Charged With…

Notice of Availability and Request for Comment: Revision to the Voluntary Standard for Products Containing Button Cell or Coin BatteriesConsumer Product Safety Commission

Proposed Rule  Comments due Sep 17, 2026

AI Summary: The CPSC is seeking public comment on whether a revised voluntary safety standard improves protections for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries.View details →

Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan; Modify Pacific Halibut Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Vessel Use Caps in IFQ Regulatory Areas 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, and 4EDepartment of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Proposed Rule  Comments due Oct 5, 2026

AI Summary: Federal regulators propose capping individual vessel Pacific halibut harvests at five percent of the total commercial catch limit across five western Alaska fishing areas.View details →

Television Broadcasting Services Colusa, CaliforniaFederal Communications Commission

Proposed Rule  Comments due Oct 19, 2026

AI Summary: The FCC proposes letting a California public television station switch from a VHF to UHF channel to improve digital signal reception for viewers.View details →

Cause of Airline Delay and Cancellation Categories Under Section 511(b) of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024Department of Transportation

Rule

AI Summary: DOT is updating airline delay reporting rules to create a new category for ten specific events that Congress says should not count as airline-controlled delays.View details →

Determining the Appropriate Penalty for Federal Employees Charged With MisconductMerit Systems Protection Board

Rule

AI Summary: The federal employee appeals board will stop requiring agencies to consider 12 specific factors when imposing misconduct penalties, instead evaluating each case individually based on overall reasonableness.View details →

Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection; Modernizing the FCC Form 477 Data Program; Delete, Delete, Delete; CorrectionsFederal Communications Commission

Rule

AI Summary: The FCC is correcting a final broadband data collection rule that accidentally omitted a required update to a defined term in its regulations.View details →

Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; 2026 Specifications and Management Measures; CorrectionDepartment of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Rule

AI Summary: A corrected rule fixes accidentally omitted text and clarifies bag limits for recreational ocean salmon fishing off California’s Monterey and San Francisco coastal areas.View details →

Form PF; Reporting Requirements for All Filers and Large Hedge Fund Advisers; Further Extension of Compliance DateCommodity Futures Trading Commission

Rule

AI Summary: Regulators are延extending the deadline for certain investment advisers to comply with updated Form PF reporting requirements from October 2026 to July 2027.View details →

List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Holtec International HI-STORM Flood/Wind System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1032, Amendment No. 10Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Rule

AI Summary: NRC is confirming the October 6, 2026 effective date of a rule updating the approved spent fuel storage cask list for Holtec’s HI-STORM Flood/Wind System.View details →

Grazing and Livestock Use on the National Forest SystemDepartment of Agriculture, Forest Service

Proposed Rule

0596-AD75 · Received Sep 2, 2026

Federal Sector Labor Arbitration RequestsFederal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Proposed Rule

3076-AA32 · Received Sep 2, 2026

NRC Reviews of Reactor Designs Previously Authorized by U.S. Department of Energy or Department of War [NRC-2025-1503]Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Final Rule

3150-AL60 · Received Sep 2, 2026

Dear Colleague Letter: Combating Discrimination Rooted in Antisemitism in HHS-Funded Programs and ActivitiesDepartment of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights

Notice  ● Consistent with Change

0945-ZA12 · Completed Sep 2, 2026

Child Nutrition Programs: Aligning Program Requirements with the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for AmericansDepartment of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service

Proposed Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

0584-AF17

Sep 3, 2026 — American Bakers Association (Rasma Zvaners)
Sep 4, 2026 — OFW Law (Roger Szemraj) – Client: Urban School Food Alliance
Sep 8, 2026 — SNAC International (Matthew Grill)
Sep 8, 2026 — International Dairy Foods Association (Cal Wilson)

Revision to Rules of Practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal BoardDepartment of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office

Final Rule Stage

0651-AD89

Sep 4, 2026 — Sophos Inc. (Ira Heffan)
Sep 8, 2026 — Unified Patents LLC (Andrea Shoffstall)

White Paper: Proposed Definition of Ultra-Processed FoodDepartment of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration

Notice Stage

0910-ZD60

Sep 4, 2026 — National Association of Manufacturers (Jacob Kuhns)
Sep 8, 2026 — American Frozen Food Institute (Jennie Norka) – Client: Small Group of Leaders from AFFI-Member Frozen Food Companies

Recodification of Title IX RulesDepartment of Education, Office for Civil Rights

Final Rule Stage

1870-AA26

Sep 3, 2026 — Liz King

Updating the Water Quality Certification RuleEnvironmental Protection Agency, Office of Water

Final Rule Stage

2040-AG47

Sep 9, 2026 — National Association of Wetland Managers and Association of Clean Water Administrators (Portia Osborne)

Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight OperationsDepartment of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration

Final Rule Stage

2120-AL82

Sep 3, 2026 — Commercial Drone Alliance – Operators (Molly Knudsen)
Sep 8, 2026 — Hogan Lovells Cadwalader US LLP (Matthew Clark) – Client: Amor Fati Industries Corp d/b/a Seneca
Sep 8, 2026 — Commercial Drone Alliance – ADSPs (Lisa Ellman)

Amendments to the Implementing Regulations for Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation ActAdvisory Council on Historic Preservation

Proposed Rule Stage

3010-AA10

Sep 3, 2026 — Massachusetts Historical Commission (Brona Simon)
Sep 8, 2026 — Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (Shannon Vihlene)
Sep 8, 2026 — Iowa State Historic Preservation Office (Heather Gibb)

Personal Financial Data Rights ReconsiderationConsumer Financial Protection Bureau

Proposed Rule Stage  ● Economically Significant

3170-AB39

Sep 3, 2026 — Financial Technology Association (Angelena Bradfield)