Regulatory Compliance, Trade Policy 7 Jan 2025 compliance, international trade, antidumping, trade regulations, innerspring units, us commerce department

📈Antidumping Duty Orders on Innerspring Units

As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on uncovered innerspring units (innersprings) from the People's Republic of China (China), the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam), and South Africa would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the "Final Results of Sunset Reviews" section of this notice.

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Compliance, Regulatory 7 Jan 2025 compliance, information collection, reporting requirements, federal energy regulatory commission, energy industry, electric reliability organization

⚡FERC-725 Notice

In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is soliciting public comment on the currently approved information collection, FERC 725, Certification of Electric Reliability Organization; Procedures for Electric Reliability Standards. There were no changes made to the reporting requirements for this information collection.

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Compliance, Regulatory, Defense 7 Jan 2025 compliance, china, business regulation, defense, national security, military

⚔️Notice of Chinese Military Companies and Its Business Implications

The Deputy Secretary of Defense has determined that the entities listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice qualify as "Chinese military companies" in accordance with the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.

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Grant Opportunities, Professional Events 7 Jan 2025 grants, health, business opportunities, infectious diseases, government meeting
Regulatory Requirements, Compliance 7 Jan 2025 agriculture, fda, biotechnology, approval process, genomics, animal welfare

🧬FDA Guidance on Heritable Genomic Alterations in Animals

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry #187B entitled "Heritable Intentional Genomic Alterations in Animals: The Approval Process." This guidance clarifies FDA's requirements and recommendations for developers of intentional genomic alterations (IGAs) in animals. The guidance is one of two companion documents. "Heritable Intentional Genomic Alterations in Animals: The Approval Process" describes how the FDA approval process applies to heritable IGAs in animals. The companion final guidance, GFI #187A entitled "Heritable Intentional Genomic Alterations in Animals: Risk-Based Approach," describes FDA's risk-based regulatory approach to the oversight of heritable IGAs in animals.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, fda, human cells, health industry, tissues, draft guidances

🩺FDA Draft Guidance on Reducing Disease Transmission Risks in HCT/Ps

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of three specific draft guidances for industry entitled "Recommendations to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) by Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps);" "Recommendations to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) by Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps);" and "Recommendations to Reduce the Risk of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) by Human Cells, Tissues, and Cellular and Tissue-Based Products (HCT/Ps)." These draft guidances are intended to update existing guidances and to assist establishments making donor eligibility determinations in understanding the requirements for determining donor eligibility, including donor screening and testing, for donors of HCT/Ps. These draft guidances are also intended to provide establishments making donor eligibility determinations with recommendations to reduce the risk of transmission of specific communicable disease agents and diseases, specifically, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), by HCT/Ps.

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Regulatory Compliance, Professional Events 7 Jan 2025 business compliance, flood insurance, fema, advisory council, mapping

🌊FEMA's Technical Mapping Advisory Council Meeting Notice

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Technical Mapping Advisory Council (TMAC) will hold a virtual meeting on Friday, January 24, 2025. The meeting will be open to the public via a Microsoft Teams Video Communications link.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 regulatory compliance, fda, medical devices, clinical studies, gender-specific data

⚖️FDA Guidance on Sex-Specific Data in Medical Device Studies

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Evaluation of Sex- Specific and Gender-Specific Data in Medical Device Clinical Studies." This document provides guidance on the study and evaluation of sex- and/or gender-specific data in clinical investigations or research involving one or more subjects to determine the safety or effectiveness of a device. The purpose of this guidance is to encourage science- driven consideration of sex and/or gender, as appropriate for both the scientific question being addressed and the intended use of the device, when designing medical device clinical studies and reporting data from such studies in accordance with legal requirements. This draft guidance is not final nor is it for implementation at this time.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 postal service, business regulations, shipping agreements, priority mail

📦USPS Notice on Priority Mail Negotiated Service Agreement

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance, Infrastructure Development 7 Jan 2025 compliance, aviation, faa, transportation, incorporation by reference, airspace, navigation (air), airspace modification, battle mountain

✈️FAA Proposes Airspace Modification for Battle Mountain Airport

This action proposes to modify the Class E airspace area designated as surface area, establish a Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area, modify Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface of the earth, and remove Class E airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface at Battle Mountain Airport, Battle Mountain, NV. Additionally, this action proposes administrative amendments to update the airport's existing Class E airspace legal descriptions. These actions would support the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

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