Over 100 organizations led by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) signed a letter urging the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach to oppose a "potential Indirect Source Rule (ISR)" by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). In the letter to the mayors written Aug. 25, groups that include the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America warned that the ISR would have a "devastating impact" on jobs in California, the supply chain, the economy, the transition to "zero-emissions" equipment, the competitiveness of the ports, and the "economic vitality of Port-adjacent communities."
Fiber internet company Lux Speed promotes Stephanie Pittman to director-project management ... Harvest Group, connected commerce solutions provider and retail broker for Amazon, Costco, Kroger, Sam's Club, Target and Walmart, names GE Lighting’s Sejal Sheth vice president-digital commerce and media ... RiskOptics, cyber risk management company, names Chief Strategy Officer Rob Ellis acting CEO, replacing former CEO-Chief Product Officer Michael Maggio ... Cybersecurity company Cyemptive Technologies names retired Air Force Lt. Col. Jason Huff chief operating officer-security operations ... Thryv Holdings, small business management software provider, promotes Chief Customer Officer Grant Freeman to president, newly created role ... Global media agency Assembly names GroupM’s Greg Shickle its first chief activation officer, Europe.
An importer of forged steel fittings told CBP it was never aware its Chinese supplier was participating in a scheme to transship forged steel fittings, covered by antidumping and countervailing duty orders, from China through Sri Lanka, yet CBP concluded its Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation with the determination that the importer, YVC USA, had evaded the duties, according to a recently posted notice.
An importer of forged steel fittings told CBP it was never aware its Chinese supplier was participating in a scheme to transship forged steel fittings, covered by antidumping and countervailing duty orders, from China through Sri Lanka, yet CBP concluded its Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation with the determination that the importer, YVC USA, had evaded the duties, according to a recently posted notice.
A bill that would restrict California regulators’ discretion to make extra rules for NTIA’s broadband equity, access and deployment (BEAD) program dismayed local and consumer advocates. With a month left in session, California legislators are also weighing broadband bills to require wireless eligibility for federal funding and to streamline broadband permitting. Assembly Communications Committee Chair Tasha Boerner (D) said the goal of her BEAD bill (AB-662) is to bring “accountability” to the California Public Utilities Commission.
The Federal Maritime Commission is investigating the Mediterranean Shipping Company for violating U.S. shipping regulations, including by using “overbroad” merchant clauses in its bills of lading, mishandling fees and failing to publish tariff rates. The agency may fine MSC if it determines the carrier violated the Shipping Act.
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, which has complained that an end-of-year deadline for mandatory submissions to FDA on cosmetic product facility registrations and product listings is too rushed, said the draft guidance from the agency (see 2308080040) is inadequate to help importers comply.
The Federal Maritime Commission is investigating the Mediterranean Shipping Company for violating U.S. shipping regulations, including by using “overbroad” merchant clauses in its bills of lading, mishandling fees and failing to publish tariff rates. The agency may fine MSC if it determines the carrier violated the Shipping Act.
FDA this week released new draft guidance covering obligations when submitting cosmetic product facility registrations and product listings to the agency. The guidance outlines the various registration and product facility requirements for certain facilities, including import facilities, such as who is responsible for making the submissions, what information to include in the submissions, when to make the submissions and more.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: