🛠️OSHA Notice on NRTL Recognition for Intertek Testing Services
In this notice, OSHA announces the application of Intertek Testing Services NA, Inc., for expansion of the recognition as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) and presents the agency's preliminary finding to grant the application.
Learn More❄️Stratospheric Ozone Protection Regulation Update Impact on Businesses
The Environmental Protection Agency has corrected technical errors in the regulation concerning stratospheric ozone protection as outlined in 40 CFR Part 82. The update details new standards for refrigerants subject to use conditions, including requisite references to safety and design standards. Compliance with these standards is essential for businesses utilizing refrigerants, impacting their operational protocols and regulatory adherence.
Learn More🚂Notice on Waiver of Compliance for Rail Safety Regulations
This document provides the public notice that Steamtown National Historic Site (SNCX) petitioned FRA for relief from certain regulations concerning stenciling and reflectorization of rail cars.
Learn More🚂FRA Notice on Petition for Waiver of Compliance by NHRR
This document provides the public notice that New Hope & Ivyland Railroad (NHRR) petitioned FRA for an extension of relief from certain regulations concerning stenciling and reflectorization of rail cars.
Learn More✈️FAA Issues Special Conditions for Boeing 747-8 Safety Standards
These special conditions are issued for the The Boeing Company (Boeing) Model 747-8 series airplane. This airplane, as modified by Boeing, will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport category airplanes. This design feature is the installation of stairs for flightcrew to access the forward and aft lower lobe compartments during flight. These compartments will have two main functions: storage of service items and that of a Class C cargo compartment. The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Learn More🌿New Pesticide Tolerances Affecting Agriculture and Manufacturing
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) is finalizing several tolerance actions under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) that the Agency previously determined were necessary or appropriate during the registration review conducted under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). During registration review, EPA reviews all aspects of a pesticide case, including existing tolerances, to ensure that the pesticide continues to meet the standard for registration under FIFRA.
Learn More🏍️Motorcycle Helmets Labeling
NHTSA invites public comments about our intention to request approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of a currently-approved information collection titled "Motorcycle Helmets (Labeling)" (OMB Control Number: 2127-0518). Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from the public, it must receive approval from OMB. Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, before seeking OMB approval, Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of information, including extensions and reinstatement of previously approved collections. This document describes a collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on Motorcycle Helmets Labeling.
Learn More✈️Special Conditions for Lithium Battery Installations on Airplanes
These special conditions are issued for a supplemental type certificate (STC) to install non-rechargeable lithium batteries and battery systems on certain transport-category airplanes. These airplanes, as modified by Delta Flight Products, will have a novel or unusual design feature when compared to the state of technology envisioned in the airworthiness standards for transport-category airplanes. This design feature is non-rechargeable lithium batteries and battery system installed in emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). The applicable airworthiness regulations do not contain adequate or appropriate safety standards for this design feature. These special conditions contain the additional safety standards that the Administrator considers necessary to establish a level of safety equivalent to that established by the existing airworthiness standards.
Learn More🚌Provisional Renewal of Exemption for Commercial Motor Vehicles
FMCSA announces its decision to provisionally renew an exemption for Adirondack Transit Lines, Inc. (dba Adirondack Trailways), Pine Hill-Kingston Bus Corp. (dba Pine Hill Trailways), and Passenger Bus Corp. (dba New York Trailways) from FMCSA's commercial motor vehicle (CMV) marking rules under certain circumstances involving exchange, or interchange, of equipment and/or drivers. The provisional exemption renewal is limited to six months. After a review of the public comments to this notice, FMCSA will issue a decision whether the exemption should be renewed through May 2030.
Learn More🚗Proposed NHTSA Rule to Remove Obsolete Vehicle Safety Requirements
NHTSA is proposing to remove obsolete requirements from Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) No. 207, Seating Systems.
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