The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a closed meeting on June 30, 2010, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a proposed rule to make requirements for distributors of sources and devices containing byproduct material clearer, less prescriptive, and more risk-informed and up to date, and to redefine categories of devices to be used under exemptions, among other things. Comments are due by September 7, 2010.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
On June 22, 2010, the White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator issued the Administration’s “2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement.”
The International Trade Administration issued its quarterly update to its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty that were imported during the period January 1 through March 31, 2010.
The Department of Defense has issued an interim rule, effective June 23, 2010, to implement revisions to DOD Directive-Type Memorandum 09-019, “Policy Guidance for Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI), which revises the description of communications security material that is “proscribed information.” Comments are due by August 23, 2010.
The International Trade Administration announces the establishment of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee to advise the Commerce Secretary on the development and administration of programs and policies to expand the competitiveness of the U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. ITA requests membership nominations by July 30, 2010.
The State Department announces its designation of Doku Umarov, and other aliases, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224.
The State Department announces three Shipping Coordinating Committee meetings on July 7, July 28, and August 18, 2010 to prepare for the upcoming sessions of the International Mobile Satellite Organization Assembly; the International Maritime Organization Subcommittee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety; and the IMO Facilitation Committee.
The Drug Enforcement Administration requests comments on its proposed revised 2010 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Comments are due by July 23, 2010.