The Foreign Trade Zones Board has issued the following notices:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to amend the live animal export regulations by removing the list of designated ports of embarkation and their associated export inspection facilities. As a result of this rulemaking, those ports and facilities would henceforth be listed on the Internet rather than in the regulations, thus enabling APHIS to amend the list, when necessary, in a timelier manner and allowing greater flexibility in regulating animal exports. Comments are due by November 16, 2010.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to amend the livestock exportation regulations to eliminate the requirement for pre-export tuberculosis and brucellosis testing of goats and breeding swine intended for export to countries that do not require such tests. Comments are due by November 16, 2010.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public of its decision to begin issuing permits for the importation into the continental U.S. of sweet limes from Mexico, effective September 17, 2010, based on the findings of a pest risk analysis.
The Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration is issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to review the U.S. Standards and grading procedures for procedures for rough rice, brown rice for processing, and milled rice under the U.S. Grain Standards Act, as numerous changes have occurred in the breeding and production practices of rice; the technology used to harvest, process, and test rice; and rice marketing since the standards were last revised. Comments are due by December 16, 2010.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation is reporting for the quarter April 1 through June 30, 2010, on foreign assistance provided under section 605 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, and on transfers or allocations of funds to other federal agencies under section 619(b) of the Act.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control is removing an alias in Steven Law’s listing on the Department of the Treasury’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.
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:
The Defense Department on September 14, 2010 sent to the Office of Management and Budget an interim final rule entitled: Defense Cargo Riding Gang Members (DFARS Case 2007-D002).
The Department of Transportation has announced that the Trucking Industry Mobility & Technology Coalition (TIMTC) Annual Meeting will be held October 18 - 19, 2010 in conjunction with ATA’s Management Conference & Exhibition in Phoenix, providing TIMTC members with the opportunity to participate in both events simultaneously. TIMTC is a U.S. DOT-sponsored forum for public and private sector stakeholders that are focused on the latest in truck technology and productivity initiatives.