The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule listing 22 species of coral in the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific as threatened. Newly listed species include boulder star, elkhorn, lobed star, mountainous star, pillar, rough cactus, and staghorn corals. The listings take effect Oct. 10.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Sept. 9:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board announced its approval of the expansion and reorganization under the Alternative Site Framework of FTZ 134 in and around Chattanooga. The zone will now cover all of Hamilton, Marion, Grundy, Warren, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Rhea, Meigs, Bradley, Polk and McMinn Counties, Tennessee. Under the Alternative Site Framework reorganization, companies will now be able to request subzone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process.
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board announced its approval of the reorganization under the Alternative Site Framework of FTZ 160 in Anchorage, Alaska. The zone will now cover all of the municipality of Anchorage. Under the Alternative Site Framework reorganization, companies will now be able to request subzone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Sept. 8:
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security is asking for public comments on the availability of anisotropic plasma dry etching equipment in China. BIS is conducting an assessment of the availability of the equipment in response to a claim from the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International industry association. The equipment is controlled on the Commerce Control List, but SEMI contends the level of availability of the products in China makes U.S. export controls ineffective. Stakeholders must submit comments by Sept. 23. BIS is asking for comments in the following specific areas:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board announced its approval of the reorganization under the Alternative Site Framework of FTZ 62 in Brownsville, Texas. The zone will now cover all of Cameron County. Under the Alternative Site Framework reorganization, companies will now be able to request subzone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process.
The National Marine Fisheries Service is asking for comments on its rules on importation of toothfish, as part of a broader review of its regulations. Under a final rule issued in 2007, toothfish, which are sometimes also called Chilean Sea Bass, must be caught by a boat with a vessel monitoring system as a condition of importation. The rule also exempts shipments of fresh toothfish from the NMFS preapproval process, allows importers of frozen toothfish to submit their CBP entry numbers subsequent to their application for preapproval, and requires electronic catch documents from all toothfish importers. Comments are due Oct. 8.
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security made technical corrections to recent Export Administration Regulations changes involving licensing requirements for nuclear products. The BIS Aug. 7 final rule eliminated license requirements for certain items controlled for nonproliferation reasons in order to comply with the outcomes of a number of Nuclear Suppliers Group plenary summits since 2005 (see 14080620). Among the technical corrections issued in this Sept. 5 final rule, BIS is incorporating controls that apply to certain radiation-hardened TV cameras and lenses into the EAR. Those controls were unintentionally omitted in the Aug. 7 rule. The Sept. 5 final rule is effective immediately.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Sept. 4: