Federal Agency Updates: May 19, 2026

• •The Department of Agriculture issued a final rule increasing assessment rates for oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and pummelos grown in Florida.
• •The Department of Agriculture set salable quantities and allotment percentages for spearmint oil in the Far West for the 2025-2026 marketing year.
• •The EPA delegated authority to Allegheny County for the federal plan regarding existing sewage sludge incineration units.
• •The EPA approved Missouri's request for partial program delegation of the Clean Air Act's accidental release prevention program.
• •The FCC amended the Table of Allotments for FM broadcast stations in Enterprise, Utah, and approved minor modifications for stations in Page and Tusayan, Arizona.
• •The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a generic environmental impact statement for the licensing of new nuclear reactors.
• •The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a direct final rule regarding exceptions from foreign ownership, control, or domination.
• •The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a final rule on cost expenditure criteria for research and development utilization facilities.
• •The Department of State submitted 13 separate certifications for proposed arms export licenses under the Arms Export Control Act.

These communications represent the formal submission of new federal regulations and export licenses to Congress, which may impact agricultural pricing, local environmental enforcement, radio broadcast availability, and international defense trade.

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.