The Department of Energy has issued a final rule, effective June 1, 2010, which implements the Compliance and Certification Management System, which will be the preferred mechanism for submitting compliance and certification reports; allows compliance and certification reports to be submitted via email; etc. (D/N EERE-2010-BT-CRT-0017, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11584_PI.pdf)

The Department of Energy has issued a determination that energy conservation standards for non-Class A external power supplies are technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings; therefore, DOE is initiating the process of establishing energy conservation standards for these products. (D/N EERE-2009-BT-DET-0005, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11592_PI.pdf)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission announces a closed meeting on May 19, 2010, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters. (CPSC notice, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-11728.pdf)

The DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports that the Freight Transportation Services Index rose 0.9 percent in March from its February level, rising for the third consecutive month. The March Freight TSI rose 2.6 percent from March 2009, the first year-to-year increase in the freight index since July 2008. (Press release, dated 05/12/10, available at http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2010/bts022_10/html/bts022_10.html)

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has issued a proposed rule to amend certain test protocols and standards, etc. to enhance the integrity of inner packagings or receptacles of combination packagings containing liquid hazardous material by ensuring they remain intact in air transportation. Comments are due by July 13, 2010. (D/N PHMSA-07-29364(HM-231A), FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11384_PI.pdf)

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to, among other things, provide for the importation of Hass avocados from Mexico into Puerto Rico under the same current systems for U.S. import from Michoacán, Mexico, which include orchard certification, trace back labeling, port-of-arrival inspection, etc. Comments are due by July 13, 2010. (D/N APHIS-2008-0060, FR Pub 05/14/10, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-11598_PI.pdf)

The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN report:

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated version of its list of Austria (May 7, 2010) establishments eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.

The International Trade Administration announces ten open membership opportunities for representatives of U.S. industry to join the U.S. section of the the U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue. Applications must be received no later than May 31, 2010. (ITA notice, FR Pub 05/13/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-11471.pdf)