The Foreign Trade Zones Board has issued the following notices:
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The State Department has issued four notices announcing its designations of: Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) aka Tehrik-I-Taliban Pakistan aka Tehrik-e-Taliban aka Pakistani Taliban aka Tehreek-e-Taliban as a Specially Designated Foreign Terrorist and as a Foreign Terrorist Organization; and Hakimullah Mehsud aka Hakeemullah Mehsud aka Zulfiqar (available here) and Wali Ur Rehman (available here) as Specially Designated Foreign Terrorists.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a final rule, effective October 1, 2010, which corrects editorial errors, makes minor regulatory changes and, in response to requests for clarification, improves the clarity of certain provisions in the Hazardous Materials Regulations. The amendments contained in this rule are nonsubstantive changes and do not impose new requirements.
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
Commerce Secretary Locke met with artists and representatives from the music industry on August 30, 2010 to discuss the administration’s commitment to global enforcement of laws against intellectual property piracy. Earlier this year, Locke also met with representatives from the motion picture industry in Los Angeles to stress the importance of strong intellectual property rights. In July, the Commerce Department’s U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and National Telecommunications and Information Administration hosted a conference on “Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Information Economy,” bringing together representatives of the music industry and other content owners, Internet Service Providers and public interest groups.
The International Trade Administration calls for applications and sets forth objectives, procedures and application review criteria associated with support for domestic trade shows by the International Buyer Program. This announcement covers selection for International Buyer Program participation for calendar year 2012. Applications are due by November 1, 2010.
In joint actions, the Departments of Treasury and State haveannounced the designations of five North Korean entities and three individuals under Executive Order13382 for supporting North Korea's Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) program, which freezesthe assets of WMD proliferators and their supporters and isolates them from the U.S. financial and commercial systems.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announces that it intends to terminate, effective September 30, 2010, the Commercial Products Testing Laboratory Accreditation Program offered by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), which includes the following areas of testing: paints and related coatings, paper and related products, building seals and sealants, plastics, plumbing, roofing, and mattresses.
The Foreign Agricultural Service announces a fee of $150 to be charged for the 2011 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or firm by the U.S. Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of certain dairy articles, which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS).