The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is deregulating seven more pests at the port of entry, after the National Plant Board agreed with its proposals to change their status to non-actionable. The eight deregulated pests include (pests marked by an asterisk are still quarantine pests in Hawaii and/or territories):
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for April 19:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website April 18, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The Commerce Department published notices in the April 18 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department on April 17 initiated an antidumping duty investigation on diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan (A-588-869). According to a fact sheet released by the agency, domestic petitioners are alleging AD rates of 56.5 to 77.7 percent (see 13032901 for summary of the March 27 petition, which alleged rates of 37.7 to 73.5%). Imports of subject merchandise totaled about $24,082,000 by value in 2012.
The International Trade Commission finalized changes to its Rules of Practice and Procedure concerning general application, adjudication, and enforcement in Section 337 patent investigations, adopting a July 2012 proposed rule with minor changes (see 12071129). The final rule amends the ITC’s regulations at 19 CFR 201 and 210 in order to change filing deadlines and requirements, and “address concerns that have arisen in Commission practice,” the commission said. The final rule is effective May 20.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls April 17 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s request “fails to meaningfully address the burdens our testing regulations have imposed,” said Commissioner Nancy Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In a statement explaining her decision to vote against CPSC’s fiscal year 2014 budget request, Nord decried the commission for its rejection of an amendment committing CPSC to action on reduce the costs of its testing and certification requirements on businesses. Nord’s amendment would have mandated a proposed rule, or at least a commission briefing package, to reduce some burdens.
The Environmental Protection Agency set pesticide tolerances for propiconazole in barley grain, barley hay, barley straw, aspirated fractions of grain, forage oat, oat grain, oat hay, forage rye, forage wheat, wheat hay, and wheat straw. EPA also revised the existing tolerance for propiconazole in barley bran. The tolerance is effective April 19. Objections and requests for hearings are due by June 18.
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing significant new use rules (SNURs) for eight chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices: P-11-327, P-11-328, P-11-329, P-11-330, P-11-331, P-11-332, P-12-298, and P-12-299. If finalized, persons who intend to import, manufacture, or process any of these chemical substances for an activity deemed a significant new use by EPA would be required to notify the agency at least 90 days in advance. Comments are due by May 20.