The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding the synthetic opioid furanyl fentanyl to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in a final order (here). The final order takes effect Nov. 29, and will be in effect for up to three years.

The Energy Department is designating certain types of compressors as “covered equipment” under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, in a final rule (here). The designation means DOE may issue energy efficiency standards and test procedures for compressors. The new regulation defines covered compressors as “a machine or apparatus that converts different types of energy into the potential energy of gas pressure for displacement and compression of gaseous media to any higher pressure values above atmospheric pressure and has a pressure ratio at full-load operating pressure greater than 1.3.” The final rule takes effect Dec. 15.

The Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) published its 2016 Annual List of Explosive Materials, it said (here). The list takes effect Nov. 16. In a change from previous lists, ATF is correcting the name for "xanthomonas hydrophilic colloid explosive mixture” and removing the term “special fireworks” from the list of explosive materials.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding the synthetic opioid U-47700 to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in a final order (here). The final order takes effect Nov. 14, and will be in effect for up to three years.

The Energy Department on Nov. 10 issued final rules amending energy efficiency test procedures for commercial water heaters, unfired hot water storage tanks and hot water supply boilers (here), and for commercial packaged boilers (here). Compliance with the new test procedures under each final rule will be required for representations related to energy efficiency or energy use starting Nov. 6, 2017.

All International Trade Commission website and web-based applications will be unavailable starting at 1 p.m. Eastern time Nov. 11, including the commission’s Electronic Documents Information System, Harmonized Tariff Schedule search, Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Petition System, and DataWeb, as the ITC upgrades its internet security infrastructure, the commission said (here). Although the outage “is not expected to be long,” it could last as long as 24 hours, and system users should check intermittently on availability and plan activities accordingly, the ITC said.

Several petitions filed for temporary Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) duty suspensions and reductions contain incomplete article descriptions that may not be administrable by CBP, and the International Trade Commission (ITC) released guidance to help filers craft such descriptions, the commission said. The ITC opened MTB petition filings on Oct. 14, in line with the process outlined in the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016 enacted May 20. The guidance (here) says article descriptions should include clear and administrable language, applicable Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading numbers, and any standard identification numbers or names, such as Chemical Abstracts Service number for chemicals. The guidance notes that product descriptions are different from article descriptions, which go into an HTS heading in Chapter 99. Product descriptions are narratives that inform about other details of the product.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is amending federal safety standards to clarify special trailer (ST) tires are allowed on new trailers with a gross vehicle weight below 10,000 pounds, it said in a final rule (here). The final rule also amends Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 110 to exclude these trailers from a requirement that a tire must be retained on its rim when subjected to a sudden loss of tire pressure and brought to a controlled stop from 60 mph. The final rule takes effect Nov. 9.

The Energy Department is setting new energy efficiency standards for miscellaneous refrigeration products, including coolers and combination cooler-refrigerators, in an interim final rule (here). Compliance with the interim final rule is required by Oct. 28, 2019, unless DOE gets adverse comments on the interim rule by Feb. 15 and withdraws its rulemaking. If that happens DOE will consider the changes as a proposed rule (here).

Nepal supplied less than 0.05 percent of total U.S. imports of textiles and apparel in 2015, according to an International Trade Commission report on import sensitivity of certain products in the category from that country (here). U.S. imports from the country within the 66 Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheadings reviewed fell 7 percent between May 2015 and May 2016, the agency said. The report covered products including certain luggage, handbags, pocket goods, travel bags, carpets and textile floor coverings, scarves, blankets, hats and gloves. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative requested the report, which also found the U.S. didn’t import products belonging to 20 of the HTS subheadings under review. In July, USTR requested a World Trade Organization waiver to allow it to implement a program authorized by recently enacted customs reauthorization legislation that would give duty-free treatment to certain products from Nepal (see 1606290042). USTR didn’t comment.