🎣Amendment 125 Enhances Small Boat Access to Pacific Cod in Alaska
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) submitted amendment 125 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) to the Secretary of Commerce for review. If approved, amendment 125 would modify the BSAI Pacific cod jig sector to allow catch from catcher vessels (CV) using hook-and-line or pot gear that are less than or equal to 55 feet (ft) (16.8 meters (m)) length overall (LOA) harvesting Pacific cod in the BSAI during the jig gear A season to accrue to the jig sector allocation. Amendment 125 would promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), BSAI FMP, and other applicable laws.
Learn More✈️NTSB Sunshine Act Meeting on Aviation Investigation Report
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public meeting to discuss the investigation report regarding the in-flight separation of an exit door on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. The meeting is open for public attendance and will be available via webcast. For more information, attendees can contact designated NTSB personnel.
Learn More⛴️Coast Guard Issues Bulk Fuel Exemption Permit for Alaska
Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District, has issued a permit exempting two vessels from requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations when transporting cargo, including bulk fuel, within Alaska. Permits temporarily waive vessel inspection requirements to facilitate the movement of cargo, including bulk fuel, to remote Alaskan sites when inspected cargo vessels are not reasonably available. Sundog Charters Inc., the operator of M/V SUPPLIER (O.N. 1205481) and M/V TRANSPORTER (O.N. 1321256), received a single permit allowing one of the vessels to conduct on-going bulk fuel deliveries of up to a total of 8,000 gallons of heating oil, diesel, gasoline and aviation gasoline carried in approved portable tanks on deck, between Kodiak and remote sites around the island. The permit expires on 06 March 2026. This notification of issuance of a permit promotes the Coast Guard's marine safety mission and the flow of essential cargo to remote sites.
Learn More🚫U.S. Trade Commission Issues Exclusion Order for Pharmaceutical Violations
Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has found a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, in the above-captioned investigation by respondents Ascletis Pharma Inc. of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; Ascletis Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China; Ascletis Bioscience Co., Ltd. of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China; and Gannex Pharma Co., Ltd. of Shanghai, China (collectively, "Corporate Respondents"), based on their misappropriation of certain asserted trade secrets. The Commission has determined to issue a seven-year limited exclusion order ("LEO") prohibiting the unlicensed entry into the United States of certain selective thyroid hormone receptor-beta agonists, processes for manufacturing or relating to same, and products containing same, imported by or on behalf of the Corporate Respondents, and a cease and desist order ("CDO") against each of the Corporate Respondents. The investigation is terminated.
Learn More🧪Administrative Review of Sodium Nitrite Antidumping Duties
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on sodium nitrite from India. The period of review (POR) is August 17, 2022, through January 31, 2024. Commerce preliminarily determines that Deepak Nitrite Limited (Deepak) did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Learn More📈SEC Reviews Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETF Staking Proposal
The SEC is considering a proposed rule change by NYSE Arca to amend the listing and trading rules for the Grayscale Ethereum Trust ETFs, allowing staking of ether held by the trusts. The proposal aims to allow the Trusts to potentially enhance returns while maintaining existing compliance standards. The SEC invites public comments to further analyze the implications of this change.
Learn More📉Cancellation of Hearing on Vanillin Antidumping Investigations
The U.S. International Trade Commission announced the cancellation of a hearing regarding antidumping and countervailing duty investigations related to vanillin imports from China. The decision follows a withdrawal of a hearing request by Solvay USA LLC, prompting parties to respond to written questions instead. The investigations are essential under U.S. trade law, impacting market dynamics for vanillin.
Learn More📊FMCS Seeks Feedback on Stakeholder Survey for Service Improvement
The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), invites the public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection request, Stakeholder Survey for Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery. This information collection request will be submitted for approval to the Office of Management Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). This collection was developed to improve the quality of service the Federal Mediation and Conciliation provides to clients.
Learn More⚖️Notice of Inventory Completion at Case Western Reserve University
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Case Western Reserve University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
Learn More⚖️Proposed Scheduling of 4-Fluoroamphetamine as a Schedule I Substance
The Drug Enforcement Administration proposes placing the substance 4-fluoroamphetamine (4-FA; 1-(4-fluorophenyl)propan-2-amine), including its salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. This action is being taken, in part, to enable the United States to meet its obligations under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. If finalized, this action would impose the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to schedule I controlled substances on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, import, export, engage in research, conduct instructional activities or chemical analysis with, or possess) or propose to handle 4-fluoroamphetamine.
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