A Federal Maritime Commission hearing on the current conditions in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden will be held Feb. 7 and, if necessary, continue Feb. 8, according to a Federal Register notice. Those who want to testify or submit written testimony must email the FMC secretary before Jan. 31 at 5 p.m. EST, the notice said. The hearing, beginning at 10 a.m., will be held at the Surface Transportation Board in Washington, D.C.
The Energy Department is proposing to amend energy efficiency standards for two categories of fans and blowers. The proposed rule would set more stringent standards for air circulating fans in terms of cubic feet per minute per watt, and also for fans and blowers that are not air circulating fans in terms of fan energy index. Any changes to current standards would apply five years after DOE publishes a final rule to amend them. Comments on the proposal are due March 19.
The Department of Energy is setting new energy efficiency standards for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers that will require compliance in 2029 or 2030, depending on the product, it said in a direct final rule published Jan. 17.
Correction: Changes to the tariff schedule resulting from the addition and removal of countries from African Growth and Opportunity Act benefits also affected various other notes in the tariff schedule beyond General Note 16, including U.S. Note 7(a) to Subchapter II of Chapter 98 and U.S. Notes 1 and 2(d) to Subchapter XIX of Chapter 98 (see 2401020049).