Officials from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have confirmed that APHIS will be enforcing its requirement for plant material quantities to be reported on the Lacey Act declaration using standardized metric units (such as kg, m, m2, and m3), for both paper and electronic Lacey Act Amendment declarations.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has sent an interim final rule to the Office of Management and Budget for approval that contains procedures for the handling and investigation of retaliation complaints by employees in the consumer product industry, including employees of manufacturers, importers, private labelers, distributors and retailers, that have engaged in CPSIA whistle-blower activities.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued notices stating that it has accredited and approved the following companies as a commercial gauger and/or laboratory for petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils, and to test petroleum and petroleum products for customs purposes, in accordance with 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, on the effective dates listed (see individual notice for dates of next triennial inspections):

The Bureau of Industry and Security has sent on interim final rule to revise the submission procedures and reporting requirements for encryption items to the Office of Management and Budget for approval.

The following export control and compliance training outreach events are listed on the Bureau of Industry and Security's updated training schedule:

The Commissioners are due to vote by May 26, 2010 on a draft Federal Register notice announcing the second meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on Phthalates from July 26-28, 2010, including an opportunity for the public to present oral comments on July 26, 2010.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:

The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN report:

The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements has issued a notice which outlines the procedures it will follow in considering requests from interested parties to impose U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement safeguard actions (in the form of higher duty rates) on textile and/or apparel products from Oman.

The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) from China (C-570-946).