Based upon a review of administrative records, the State Department has issued a determination that the designation of Ansar al-Islam (aka Ansar Al-Sunnah and other aliases) as a foreign terrorist organization shall be maintained.
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a final rule, effective May 26, 2010, which amends its regulations to reflect the agency reorganization that took effect January 31, 2010, and delegates authority to certain FMC bureaus and offices. The final rule also corrects typographical errors in two sections in FMC’s rules.
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 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 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 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 International Trade Administration and U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service are organizing an Executive Green Information & Communication Technology and Energy Efficiency Trade Mission to Mexico City September 27-29, 2010, to assist U.S. providers of Green ICT solutions and energy efficiency technologies in the Mexican market.