U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a joint "Asian Gypsy Moth Maritime Alert" issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) calling for shipping lines to order all vessel crews to conduct intensive vessel inspections to remove (scrape off) and destroy all Asian gypsy moth (AGM) egg masses prior to entering U.S. and Canadian ports. The alert also provides specific actions for vessels transiting/calling on far east Russia, Japan, China, and Korea.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would establish guidelines and requirements for mandatory recall notices ordered by (i) the CPSC or (ii) by a U.S. District Court under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a proposed rule to its Web site that would establish guidelines and requirements for mandatory recall notices ordered by the CPSC or by a U.S. District Court under the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA).
As part of his confirmation process, U.S. Trade Representative-nominee Ron Kirk submitted responses to numerous Senate Finance Committee questions for the record.
The CTIA filed a petition at the FCC asking it to reject CellAntenna’s request for special temporary authority to demonstrate cell jamming equipment at the Pine Prairie Correctional Center in Louisiana. APCO, meanwhile, sent FCC acting Chairman Michael Copps a letter warning that the use of cell jamming equipment also blocks calls to 911, so it has negative implications for public safety as well.
On March 11, 2009, House Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee Chairman Levin discussed a variety of trade issues that are expected to be part of the Obama Administration's new trade policy, as well as issues that will be considered by the Trade Subcommittee.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has issued a proposed rule to implement the identification and certification procedures required by the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Actto address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU1) fishing activities and bycatch2 of protected living marine resources (PLMRs).
The FCC is accepting applications for DTV stations to use distributed transmission systems to fill in their coverage areas, as the commissioners decided in November to allow, said a Media Bureau public notice Friday. DTS transmitters won’t be separately licensed to broadcasters, and stations must request FCC permission to build them, it said. The commission has received Office of Management and Budget approval for DTS paperwork and stations must file forms 301 and 340 electronically using the Consolidated Database System.
The FCC is accepting applications for DTV stations to use distributed transmission systems to fill in their coverage areas, as the commissioners decided in November to allow (CD Feb 10 p9), said a Media Bureau public notice Friday. DTS transmitters won’t be separately licensed to broadcasters, and stations must request FCC permission to build them, it said. The commission has received Office of Management and Budget approval for DTS paperwork and stations must file forms 301 and 340 electronically using the Consolidated Database System.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a notice seeking comments and information on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA1) "tracking label" requirement, which takes effect for children's products manufactured after August 14, 2009.