The Consumer Product Safety Commission is correcting its June 4, 2010 Federal Register notice of requirements for infant bath seat third-party testing accreditation in order to correct three dates.
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:
Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has issued two notices that either reissue or revoke an ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) license, as follows:
On June 9, 2010, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated two individuals and two entities linked to the international drug trafficking organization La Familia Michoacana as Specially Designated Narcotics Traffickers (SDNTs).
On March 16, 2010, the Congressional Research Service issued a report entitled “the Haitian Economy and the HOPE Act.” The CRS report discussed the impact that Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Acts of 2006 and 2008 (i.e., HOPE I and HOPE II) has had on the Haitian economy. Many of the legislative improvements discussed in the CRS report were included in the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act, which was signed into law on May 24, 2010.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a closed meeting on June 16, 2010, in which the staff will brief the Commission on various compliance matters.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Commerce Department states that senior Commerce officials and more than 400 companies from the U.S, Haiti and the Dominican Republic attended the “Building a New Haiti: Commerce, Business, Investment” conference in Montrouis on June 10, 2010 -- the first meeting to bring companies from all three countries together since the January 12 earthquake.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services Lamb-Hale attended the IPC -- Association Connecting Electronics Industries executive market and technology conference, stating that the Obama Administration has committed to a next-generation manufacturing agenda by partnering with the private sector to spur innovation.