The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding the synthetic cannabinoid FUB-AMB to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a temporary scheduling order. The listing takes effect Nov. 3, and will be in effect for up to three years.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is finalizing adjusted 2017 quotas for the manufacture and import of controlled substances in Schedule I and II of the Controlled Substances Act. Substances not listed in the table included in DEA's final rule will have a quota of zero. DEA is also setting quotas for the Schedule I chemicals ephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and pseudoephedrine.
The Labor Department is requesting comments to inform development of the government’s 2018 edition of the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor and possible updates to the List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor, as needed, Labor said. Labor is requesting that commenters provide information to Labor’s Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking by 5 p.m. Jan. 12, 2018. Further, DOL seeks comments to inform the 2018 edition of the Worst Forms of Child Labor report, an annual review that fulfills a statutory mandate tasking the labor secretary with reporting findings with regard to Generalized System of Preferences countries’ implementation of international commitments to eliminate the “worst forms of child labor,” DOL said.
The Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a new electronic system for importers and exporters to obtain a FWS import/export license. The voluntary eLicense system allows importers and exporters to apply for a new license or renew or amend a current or expired license from FWS “via a secured Internet web site,” FWS said. “The system facilitates clearance of wildlife imports and exports, allowing users to store data for future use and communicate by e-mail with Service license issuers,” FWS said.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding the synthetic opioids ortho-fluorofentanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl fentanyl, and methoxyacetyl fentanyl to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in a temportary scheduling order. The final order takes effect Oct. 26, and may remain in effect for up to three years unless the agency makes the listing permanent.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued its annually updated list of vehicles that are eligible for importation despite not being originally manufactured to conform to the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The agency revised its list, published as an appendix to 49 CFR 593, to add vehicles that it determined to be eligible for importation since Oct. 1, 2016, and to remove vehicles that are now more than 25 years old and no longer need to comply. The new list takes effect Oct. 24.
The International Trade Commission reached an affirmative injury determination in its Section 201 safeguard investigation on large residential washers, the ITC announced Oct. 5. Section 201 allows the president to impose tariffs or other import restrictions on all imports of products the ITC finds to injure U.S. industry. The investigation now moves to a remedy phase, where the ITC will hold a hearing on Oct. 19 to determine what remedies should be imposed, and is expected to send the president its final report -- to include potential recommendations for remedial action -- by Dec. 4. The ITC is expected to vote on what relief to recommend to the White House to address the injury of large residential washer imports to U.S. industry, Whirlpool said in a statement. President Donald Trump will then have about two months to adopt or reject the ITC’s recommendations, or opt to set other trade restrictions.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is listing several South Florida plants as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, it said in a final rule. The agency has determined that the Florida prairie-clover (Dalea carthagenensis var. floridana) is endangered, and the Everglades bully (Sideroxylon reclinatum ssp. austrofloridense), Florida pineland crabgrass (Digitaria pauciflora) and the pineland sandmat (Chamaesyce deltoidea ssp. pinetorum) are threatened. New import and export restrictions for these plants take effect Nov. 3.
The Drug Enforcement Administration is removing naldemedine and its salts from schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a final rule. Effective Sept. 29, DEA is removing “regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to controlled substances, including those specific to schedule II controlled substances, on persons who handle (manufacture, distribute, reverse distribute, dispense, conduct research, import, export, or conduct chemical analysis) or propose to handle naldemedine,” it said.
The Federal Communications Commission Office of Engineering and Technology will extend through Dec. 30 suspensions of information collection requirements tied to FCC Form 740 and importation of radio frequency devices, it said in an order. The earlier waivers were to expire Sept. 30, the office said. While the agency adopted proposals to eliminate the requirement for Form 740 filings (see 1706280065), those changes haven't gone into effect. The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America recently mentioned several concerns on the issue during a meeting with the agency (see 1709150004).