WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule approving revisions to the Alabama State Implementation Plan (SIP) to bring the state's air quality regulations into alignment with federal definitions and administrative standards. Submitted by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management on December 20, 2023, the SIP revision updates the state's definition of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by exempting "trans-1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluorobut-2-ene (HFO  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued final approval for revisions to the Washington State Implementation Plan concerning air quality rules administered by the Southwest Clean Air Agency. Submitted by the Washington State Department of Ecology on June 22, 2023, the updates were intended to address deficiencies identified in the EPA's 2015 Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction (SSM) SIP call and a 2022 finding of failure to submit. The EPA concluded that   more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a public notice of its intent to rule on a land release request submitted by the City of Malden concerning 10.59 acres of federally obligated airport property located at Malden Regional Airport & Industrial Park (MAW) in Malden, Missouri. The land in question, part of a surplus property airport, is proposed to be sold to Aycorp, LLC for non-aeronautical development. According to the FA  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a airworthiness directive (AD) targeting all Airbus Helicopters Model EC 130 B4 and EC 130 T2 aircraft. This action follows a reported incident of significant damage to the fenestron resulting from the in-flight loss of a tail rotor (TR) blade, which broke at the hub tension-torsion bar and separated from the assembly. The proposed directive is aimed at addressing the unsafe co  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that amends the animal drug regulations to reflect various application-related actions for new animal drug applications (NADAs), abbreviated new animal drug applications (ANADAs), and conditionally approved new animal drug applications (CNADAs) for the first quarter of 2025. The amendments aim to improve the accuracy and readability of the regulations governing  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued a final order classifying the cytomegalovirus nucleic acid detection device for congenital cytomegalovirus infection as a Class II device with special controls. This decision was made after reviewing the Alethia CMV Assay Test System, submitted by Meridian Bioscience, Inc., which requested the De Novo classification in 2018. The FDA concluded that this classification will provide a  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced an extension of the public comment period for its proposed rule, "Food Labeling: Front-of-Package Nutrition Information," which was initially published on January 16, 2025. The extension comes in response to requests from stakeholders who expressed concerns that the original 120-day comment period did not provide sufficient time to develop comprehensive responses. The  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission has dismissed its investigation into Apple Inc. over certain wearable electronic devices with ECG functionality, declaring the matter moot following a final ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The Commission also rescinded previously issued remedial orders, including a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order against Apple, and formally terminated the associated rescission proceeding. The  more

WASHINGTON, May 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has proposed new regulations that would authorize the incidental take of marine mammals during military readiness activities conducted by the U.S. Department of the Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. This proposed rule would govern activities within the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing (AFTT) Study Area over a seven-year period from November 2025 through November 2032. The AFTT Study Are  more