Transportation Secretary LaHood has awarded $6 million to help address the parking shortage for commercial trucks on five U.S. interstates: I-15 in Utah, I-10 in Mississippi, I-5 in Oregon, I-40 in Tennessee, and I-81 in Pennsylvania. The funds will be used to add parking capacity and continue to develop innovative ways to provide updated information on space availability to commercial truck drivers along these heavily traveled freight corridors.
The State Department, World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recently issued the following travel warnings, travel alerts, country specific information sheets, and disease outbreak-related information:
The Fish and Wildlife Service announces a 90-day finding that a petition to list the Honduran emerald hummingbird (Amazilia luciae) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 may be warranted and is initiating a status review. FWS requests comments on its finding by August 23, 2010.
The State Department announces its designation of Doku Umarov, and other aliases, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224.
The International Trade Administration issued its quarterly update to its annual list of foreign government subsidies on articles of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty that were imported during the period January 1 through March 31, 2010.
The State Department announces three Shipping Coordinating Committee meetings on July 7, July 28, and August 18, 2010 to prepare for the upcoming sessions of the International Mobile Satellite Organization Assembly; the International Maritime Organization Subcommittee on Stability and Load Lines and on Fishing Vessels Safety; and the IMO Facilitation Committee.
The Drug Enforcement Administration requests comments on its proposed revised 2010 aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Comments are due by July 23, 2010.
The International Trade Administration announces the establishment of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee to advise the Commerce Secretary on the development and administration of programs and policies to expand the competitiveness of the U.S. renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. ITA requests membership nominations by July 30, 2010.
The Department of Defense has issued an interim rule, effective June 23, 2010, to implement revisions to DOD Directive-Type Memorandum 09-019, “Policy Guidance for Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI), which revises the description of communications security material that is “proscribed information.” Comments are due by August 23, 2010.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.