The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is requesting comments by June 25, 2012, on a proposed rule that would amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations to, among other things: (1) update various entries in the Hazardous Materials Table and corresponding special provisions; (2) clarify the lab pack requirements for temperature-controlled materials; and (3) revise the training requirements to require that a hazardous material employer must make hazardous materials employee training records available upon request to an authorized official of the Department of Transportation (DOT) or the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for April 25, 2012, that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said it will host, alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the “2012 Agriculture Stakeholder Conference: Pests Pathways, and Partnerships” on July 17-18, 2012, in Riverdale, MD. The two-day conference is to discuss the future of Agricultural Quarantine Inspection (AQI) initiatives and to garner input on how CBP and APHIS can better serve stakeholder needs. APHIS said the conference will bring together stakeholder groups representing the animal product, plant product, and shipping industries as well federal and state regulatory officials to engage in an open dialogue centered on pest exclusion efforts and trade facilitation.
The Court of International Trade affirmed, in part, the International Trade Administration’s remand redetermination in the 2006-07 antidumping administrative review of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea (A-580-816). With respect to plaintiff-intervenor Nucor’s challenge of the ITA’s decision not to treat Korean exporters Union Steel and POSCO Group as a single entity, the only contested issue, CIT found that the ITA’s explanation of its decision in the remand redetermination was supported by record evidence and in accordance with law, and affirmed.
According to the International Trade Commission, a section 337 patent complaint on certain drill bits and products containing the same was filed on behalf of Boart Longyear Company and Longyear TM, Inc. on April 25, 2012. The proposed respondents are:
The North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO) released draft standard RSPM 37 on phytosanitary measures to facilitate the trade of Christmas trees, reports the Animal and Plant Health and Inspection Service. Proposed sections of the draft standard include general requirements, specific requirements for producers, requirements of the NAPPO exporting country, compliance with the importing country requirements, and non-compliance with the importing country requirements. Comments on the draft standard are due to Tyrone Jones at John.T.Jones@aphis.usda.gov by July 10, 2012.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service said the U.S. submitted comments regarding table olives to an electronic working group from the Committee on Processed Fruits & Vegetables, and issued a report on pomegranate sizing and uniformity from an electronic working group of the Committee on Fresh Fruits & Vegetables. Details follow:
The Census Bureau posted a brief educational guide, as part of its monthly series “Trade Term of the Month”, on the term “EEI”, the Electronic Export Information reported in the Automated Export System (AES). The guide includes information reported in the EEI, as well as procedures for when incorrect EEI information is reported in the AES.
The Court of International Trade reconsidered its previous affirmance of the International Trade Administration’s use of zeroing methodology in the final results of the 2006-07 antidumping administrative review of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea (A-580-816), and ordered the ITA to submit a second remand redetermination to address the issue of zeroing.
The Court of International Trade affirmed a voluntary remand by the International Trade Administration on the issue of fraud by plaintiff Tianjin Magnesium International, a respondent in the 2006-07 administrative review of an antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from China (A-570-832). CIT also affirmed the ITA’s decision to apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) in determining Tianjin’s rate as a result of that fraud.