final-rule

1. October 12, 2026News2 receipts2 min

   NOAA sets groundfish gear markings and allows fewer vertical lines, on different timelines

   A final rule for West Coast groundfish pot and bottom longline gear combines mandatory markings with voluntary entanglement-risk measures. Publication is scheduled for October 13. The main effective date is January 11, 2027 by the desk's count and Register metadata, while two provisions start on publication. The rule separately prints January 11, 2030 for its manufactured-line compliance requirement.

   Also filed undernoaagroundfishfishing-gearentanglement

2. October 12, 2026News2 receipts2 min

   Surface Transportation Board raises 87 filing fees beginning November 12

   The Surface Transportation Board's 2026 fee update increases 87 of its 135 fees and leaves 48 unchanged. The final rule prints November 12, 2026 as its effective date and is scheduled for October 13 publication. It includes separate rates for rail construction applications, exemptions, abandonments and other proceedings; the charge depends on the filing category. These are agency filing fees, not passenger fares.

   Also filed undersurface-transportation-boardrailfiling-feeslicensing

3. October 2, 2026News3 receipts3 min

   Federal Reserve final rules open stress-test scenarios and material model changes to public input and average two years of results in capital buffers from 2029; 2027 model comments due December 1

   The Federal Reserve Board published two final rules and a request for comment on October 2. One rule sets a yearly calendar for putting stress-test scenarios and material model changes out for public input; under the other, a bank tested in consecutive years gets a capital buffer built on two years of results, starting January 1, 2029. Comments on proposed 2027 model changes must be received by December 1, 2026.

   Also filed underfederal-reservestress-testbank-capitalstress-capital-bufferfederal-register

4. October 2, 2026News3 receipts3 min

   The SEC's final quorum rule, effective October 2, lets one commissioner be a quorum on a matter when every other commissioner in office is disqualified from it

   The Securities and Exchange Commission published a final rule October 2, effective that day, amending its quorum rule, 17 CFR 200.41. Three commissioners remain a quorum, with exceptions. The old text covered a matter on which two commissioners could still take part; the new text also covers one. The SEC says the amendments are 'designed to promote flexibility and finality of agency rulemaking' and needed no public comment because they concern internal management.

   Also filed undersecquorumcommission-rulesadministrative-procedure-actfederal-register

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