U.S. Federal Register Update
Standards and Trade Policy – Related Notices
January 10, 2009 – January 16, 2009
January 16, 2009
Keyword DHHS, DOC, environment, FCC, health, HHS, IEC, ISO, laboratory, sampling, testing, third party,
Topic Coal Mine Dust Personal Monitors
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/16/2009 30 CFR Part 74 DOL HTML PDF
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Summary This proposed rule would revise requirements that the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) apply to approve sampling devices that monitor miner exposure to respirable coal mine dust. Read Summary.
Keyword DOC, DOT
Topic Commercial Driver's License Standards: Application for Exemption; Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo)
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/16/2009 N/A DOT HTML PDF
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Summary FMCSA announces that Volvo Trucks North America (Volvo) has applied for an exemption from the Federal requirement for a driver of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to hold a commercial driver's license (CDL). Read Summary.
Keyword consensus, FDA, food, safety, sampling, security,
Topic Draft Guidance for Industry on Standards for Securing the Drug Supply Chain--Standardized Numerical Identification for Prescription Drug Packages; Availability
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/16/2009 N/A FDA HTML PDF
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Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled “Standards for Securing the Drug Supply Chain--Standardized Numerical Identification for Prescription Drug Packages”. Read Summary.
Keyword FDA, HHS, import safety, ISO, recognition
Topic Guidance for Industry on Voluntary Third-Party Certification Programs for Foods and Feeds; Availability
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/16/ 2009 N/A HTML PDF
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Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry entitled “Voluntary Third-Party Certification Programs for Foods and Feeds”. Read Summary
Keyword EPA, FDA
Topic Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2009
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/16/2009 40 CFR Part 82 EPA HTML PDF
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Summary EPA is proposing to allocate essential use allowances for import and production of Class I ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) for calendar year 2009. Read Summary.
Keyword agriculture, DOT, energy, environment, food, sampling, security, third party, USDA
Topic Technical Service Provider Assistance
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/16/2009 7 CFR Part 652 DOA HTML PDF
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Summary The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing an interim final rule for technical service provider (TSP) assistance as authorized under the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended by the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. Read Summary.
January 15, 2009
Keyword building, certification, DOC, DOT, energy, FAA, inspection, regulation, safety
Topic Airworthiness Directives; Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-46-350P and PA-46R-350T Airplanes
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 14 CFR Part 39 FAA DOT HTML PDF
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Summary We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Piper Aircraft, Inc. Models PA-46-350P and PA-46R-350T airplanes. Read Summary.
Keyword certification, DOC, Department of education, energy, EPA, evaluation, health, identity, inspection, regulation, safety, sampling, standard,
Topic Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Arkansas; Emissions Inventory for the Crittenden County Ozone Non-Attainment Area; Emissions Statements
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 40 CFR Part 52 EPA HTML PDF
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Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is approving a revision to the Arkansas State Implementation Plan (SIP) to meet the Emissions Inventory and Emissions Statements requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA) for the Crittenden County ozone non-attainment area. Read Summary.
Keyword certification, chemicals, CPSC, DOC, Depart of Education, environment, health, regulation, standard, test, third party
Topic Children's Products Containing Lead; Exemptions for Certain Electronic Devices; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 16 CFR Part 1500 CPSC HTML PDF
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Summary On August 14, 2008, Congress enacted the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA), Public Law 110-314, 122 Stat. 3016. Section 101 of the CPSIA provides for specific lead limits in children's products. Read Summary.
Keyword accreditation, certification, consensus, CPSC, DOC, Department of Education, environment, evaluation, health, laboratory, regulation, safety, test
Topic Children's Products Containing Lead; Notice of Proposed Procedures and Requirements for a Commission Determination or Exclusion
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 16 CFR Part 1500 HHS HTML PDF
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Summary On August 14, 2008, Congress enacted the Consumer Product Safety Read Summary.
Keyword audit, consensus, DOC, energy, EPA, recognition, regulation, standard
Topic Federal Acquisition Regulation; FAR Case 2006-030, Electronic Products Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT)
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 48 CFR Parts 11, 23, 39, and 52 DoD/GSA/NASA HTML PDF
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Summary The Civilian Agency Acquisition Council and the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council (Councils) have agreed to adopt as final, without change, the interim rule published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 73215 on December 26, 2007. Read Summary.
Keyword codes, DOC, Department of education, environment, FDA, food, food safety, health, identity, inspection, regulation, safety, standard, test, USDA
Topic Milk and Cream Products and Yogurt Products; Proposal to Revoke the Standards for Lowfat Yogurt and Nonfat Yogurt and to Amend the Standard for Yogurt
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 21 CFR Part 131 FDA HHS HTML PDF
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Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to revoke its regulations on the standards of identity for lowfat yogurt and nonfat yogurt and amend the standard of identity for yogurt in numerous respects. Read Summary.
Keyword codes, consensus, DOC, Department of Education, DOT, energy, environment, EPA, FDA, food, food safety, health, identity, inspection, NTTAA, regulation, safety, sampling, security, standard, test, USDA
Topic Oil Pollution Prevention; Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Rule equirements--Amendments
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 40 CFR Part 112 EPA HTML PDF
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Summary The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) is proposing to amend the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule to tailor and streamline the requirements for the dairy industry. Read Summary.
Keyword DOT, FAA, safety, security, standard
Topic Use of Additional Portable Oxygen Concentrator Devices On Board Aircraft to allow for the use of the Delphi Medical Systems' RS-00400 and Invacare Corporation's XPO2 portable oxygen concentrator (POC) devices on board aircraft, provided certain conditions in the SFAR are met.
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/15/2009 14 CFR Part 121 FAA DOT HTML PDF
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Summary This action amends Special Federal Aviation Regulation 106 (SFAR 106), Use of Certain Portable Oxygen Concentrator Devices On Board Aircraft, to allow for the use of the Delphi Medical Systems' RS-00400 and Invacare Corporation's XPO2 portable oxygen concentrator (POC) devices on board aircraft, provided certain conditions in the SFAR are met. Read Summary.
January 14, 2009
Keyword agriculture, building, food, regulation, security
Topic Agricultural Water Enhancement Program
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/14/2009 14 N/A DOA HTML PDF
Standard Ref. NRCS
Summary Section 2510 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (2008 Act) established the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) by amending section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985. Read Summary.
Keyword DOE, energy
Topic Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products: Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework Document for Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers; Date Change; Correction
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/14/2009 10 CFR Part 431 DOE HTML PDF
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Summary The Department of Energy published a notice in the Federal Register on January 6, 2009, of a public meeting and availability of the framework document regarding energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers. This notice corrects the date of the public meeting, the date of the deadline for requesting to speak at the public meeting, and the date of the deadline for submitting written comments on the framework document. Read Summary.
Keyword codes, energy, inspection, regulation, security, ANSI, certification, chemicals, conformity assessment, consensus, DOT, education, FAA, FCC, food, health, IEC, ISO, laboratory, OMB A-119, security, test, testing, toxic, toxicity
Topic Hazardous Materials: Revision to Requirements for the Transportation of Batteries and Battery-Powered Devices; and Harmonization With the United Nations Recommendations, International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code, and International Civil Aviation Organization's Technical Instructions Final Rule.
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/14/2009 49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, et al. DOT HTML PDF
Standard Ref. IAEA, ISO, OHH-11, PHMSA
Summary This final rule revises the Hazardous Materials Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards by incorporating various amendments, including changes to proper shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements. Read Summary.
Keyword energy, evaluation, inspection, regulation, security, regulation, audit, certification, DOC, environment, food, recognition, security, testing, third party,
Topic Modernization of Oil and Gas Reporting
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/14/2009 17 CFR 17 CFR Parts 210, 211, 229, and 249 HTML PDF
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Summary The Commission is adopting revisions to its oil and gas reporting disclosures which exist in their current form in Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as well as Industry Guide 2. Read Summary.
Keyword energy, regulation, ANSI, consensus, DOT, greenhouse gas, safety
Topic Real-Time System Management Information Program
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/14/2009 23 CFR Part 511 FHWA HTML PDF
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Summary Section 1201 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requires the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to establish a Real-Time System Management Information Program that provides, in all States, the capability to monitor, in real-time, the traffic and travel conditions of the major highways of the United States and to share that data with State and local governments and with the traveling public. Read Summary.
January 13, 2009
Keyword building, certification, DOC, DOT, energy, evaluation, FAA, inspection, regulation, safety, standard
Topic Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Model A330-200 and -300 Series Airplanes, and A340-200, -300, -500 and -600 Series Airplanes
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/13/2009 14 CFR Part 39 FAA DOT HTML PDF
Standard Ref. FAA
Summary We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for the products listed above. Read Summary.
Keyword building, certification, DOC, environment, FCC, inspection, regulation, standard, third party
Topic Closed Captioning of Video Programming
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/13/2009 47 CFR Part 79 FCC HTML PDF
Standard Ref. SBA
Summary In this document, the Commission seeks comment on the application of the closed captioning rules to digital broadcasting, specifically to broadcasters that choose to use their digital allotment to multicast several streams of programming. Read Summary.
Keyword certification, codes, DOC, FCC, inspection, regulation, standard, third party
Topic Closed Captioning of Video Programming; Closed Captioning Requirements for Digital Television Receivers
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/13/2009 47 CFR Part 79 FCC HTML PDF
Standard Ref. SBA
Summary In this document, the Commission clarifies several points regarding video programming distributors' obligations to close caption digital programming in light of technological changes inherent in the digital television transition for full-power broadcasting. Read Summary.
Keyword building, DOC, DOE, energy, security, standard, test, test method
Topic Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Water Heaters, Direct Heating Equipment, and Pool Heaters: Public Meeting and Availability of the Preliminary Technical Support Document
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/13/2009 10 CFR Parts 430 DOE HTML PDF
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Summary The Department of Energy (DOE) will hold an informal public meeting to discuss and receive comments on the product classes that DOE plans to analyze for purposes of amending energy conservation standards for certain residential heating products; the analytical framework,
models, and tools that DOE is using to evaluate standards for these products; the results of preliminary analyses performed by DOE for these products; and potential energy conservation standard levels derived from these analyses that DOE could consider for these products.
Read Summary.
Keyword building, certification, chemicals, codes, consensus, DOC, DOT, emergency preparedness, energy, environment, evaluation, homeland security, inspection, regulation, safety, security, standard, test, testing, toxic, toxicity
Topic Hazardous Materials: Improving the Safety of Railroad Tank Car Transportation of Hazardous Materials
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/13/2009 49 CFR Parts 171, 172, 173, 174 and 179
PHAMSA DOT HTML PDF
Standard Ref. PHMSA, FRA, PIH
Summary The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to prescribe enhanced safety measures for rail transportation of poison inhalation hazard (PIH) materials, including interim design standards for railroad tank cars. Read Summary.
January 12, 2009
Keyword energy, evaluation, inspection, regulation, building, DOT, FAA,
Topic Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 Series Airplanes
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/12/2009 14 CFR Part 39 FAA HTML PDF
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Summary We propose to adopt a new airworthiness directive (AD) for certain Boeing Model 737-300, -400, and -500 series airplanes. This proposed AD would require modifying the control power wiring of the normal supply fan and the low flow sensor for the equipment cooling system of the electronic flight instrument system (EFIS). Read Summary.
Keyword energy, evaluation, inspection, regulation, audit, building, certification, consensus, environment, EPA, green, health, identify, sustainability,
Topic Approval and Promulgation of Air Quality Implementation Plans; the Metropolitan Washington Nonattainment Area; Determination of Attainment of the Fine Particle Standard
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/12/2009 40 CFR Part 52 EPA HTML PDF
Standard Ref. NAAQS
Summary EPA is determining that the Metropolitan Washington, DC-MD-VA nonattainment area for the 1997 fine particle (PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) has attained the 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS. Read Summary.
Keyword regulation, attestation, audit, building, certification, consensus, DOC, FDA, food, green, health, HHS, laboratory, recognition, safety, sampling, security, test, testing
Topic Medicare Program; Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs: Negotiated Pricing and Remaining Revisions
Date-CFR Ref.- Source 01/12/2009 42 CFR Parts 422 and 423 DHHS HTML PDF