The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announces that its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee will hold a public three-day committee meeting concerning distracted driving by commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators, from June 8 through June 10, 2010 in Alexandria, VA.
The State Department is lifting the policy of denial of applications for export licenses or other approvals for Tula Instrument Design Bureau pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, effective May 24, 2010.
The State Department has issued two determinations to designate Mohamed Belkalem aka Abdelali Abou Dher aka El Harrachi; and Taleb Nail aka Djaafar Abou Mohamed aka Abou Mouhadji aka Mohamed Ould Ahmed Ould Ali aka Tayeb Nail as Specially Designated Global Terrorists pursuant to Executive Order 13224.
The following summary provides details of the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s proposed rule that would establish a publicly available and searchable database on CPSC’s Web site on the safety of consumer products and other products or substances regulated by CPSC, as required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).
The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing the availability of a final report titled, “An Exposure Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers," a class of brominated flame retardants, which includes chapters on PBDE use and production, environmental and exposure media concentrations, etc. The document will be available on or about May 24, 2010.
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice of the schedule of allotment of times and order of presentations for its May 24, 2010 public meeting on the proposed rule published May 7, 2010 regarding non-vessel-operating common carriers negotiated rate arrangements.
The State Department has determined, effective May 21, 2010, to remove nonproliferation measures on two Russian entities, their sub-units and successors: (1) D. Mendeleyev University of Chemical Technology of Russia; and (2) Moscow Aviation Institute. These restrictions were imposed on January 8, 1999.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a report entitled "FDA Transparency Initiative: Draft Proposals for Public Comment Regarding Disclosure Policies of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration," and seeks public comment on the draft proposals, as well as on which draft proposals should be given priority. Comments are due by July 20, 2010.
The International Trade Administration and U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service are organizing an Aerospace Supplier Mission to Moscow, October 3-5, 2010 and to Ulyanovsk October 5-7, to provide U.S. aerospace companies with an opportunity to establish commercial relationships with prospective agents, distributors and end-users in Russia’s aerospace market.
The International Trade Commission has issued Federal Register notice of its institution of two investigations to assess the probable economic effect of providing duty-free treatment for imports of certain environmental goods, and to examine U.S. international trade in such products and the competitive conditions facing U.S. industries.