New regs for Thursday: Garage, parrots, crayfish

Thursday’s edition of the Federal Register contains new safety standards for garage doors, and protections for certain parrots and crayfish.

Here’s what is happening:

Garage: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is moving forward with new safety standards for garage doors.

The changes would update existing rules to ensure that residents don’t become entrapped under automatic garage doors.

The rule goes into effect in 30 days.

Parrots: The Fish and Wildlife Service is delaying protections for parrots.

The FWS proposed listing listing the northern scarlet macaw as an endangered species in July 2012, but is now proposing to list it as a threatened species, which would afford the parrot fewer protections. The agency is reopening the comment period to give the public more time to consider the changes.

The public has 60 days to comment.

Crayfish: The Fish and Wildlife Service is moving forward with new protections for freshwater crayfish.

The FWS will list the Guyandotte River crayfish as an endangered species and the Big Sandy crayfish as a threatened species.

The protections go into effect in 30 days.