The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule to amend the 2009 Final Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting rule to correct certain technical and editorial errors, including additional information to better or more fully understand compliance obligations, corrections to data reporting elements, etc. Comments are due by July 30, 2010.
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule which amends the pesticide container and containment regulations to extend the 40 CFR 156.159 pesticide labeling compliance date from August 16, 2010 to December 16, 2010. EPA has also issued a proposed rule to further extend the compliance date to August 16, 2011, on which comments are due by July 15, 2010.
The International Trade Administration's U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service is organizing a Beauty and Cosmetics Trade Mission to India (New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore), November 15-19, 2010, which will assist U.S. beauty and cosmetics companies to identify prospective representatives, distributors, partners, and end-users in the Indian market.
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued a notice that lists those applying for ocean transportation intermediary licenses as a non-vessel-operating common carrier (NVOCC), ocean freight forwarder (FF) or NVOCC/FF OTI, as follows:
On June 9, 2010, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two individuals and two entities linked to the international drug trafficking organization La Familia Michoacana as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs).
On June 10, 2010, the Commerce Department's Census and Economic Analysis Bureaus released its April 2010 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report, which showed that U.S. exports in April 2010 decreased by 0.7 percent to $148.8 billion from their March 2010 level. Imports in April decreased 0.4 percent over March to $189.1 billion.
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):
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services Lamb-Hale attended the IPC -- Association Connecting Electronics Industries executive market and technology conference, stating that the Obama Administration has committed to a next-generation manufacturing agenda by partnering with the private sector to spur innovation.