The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding two synthetic benzimidazole-opioid substances -- N-pyrrolidino metonitazene and N -pyrrolidino protonitazene -- to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice. The listing takes effect Aug. 15, and will be in effect for up to three years.
The International Trade Commission instituted an investigation on Aug. 12 that will lead to recommendations to modify the Harmonized Tariff Schedule in line with those recommended by the World Customs Organization for the global Harmonized System.
The Coalition for Prosperous America is proposing that a Section 232 investigation on polysilicon result in a tariff-rate quota that is limited to "in-quota trusted suppliers" such as South Korea or Germany, and that excludes Chinese products. A "$0.10 per watt tariff" should apply to over-quota imports of solar cells, with a quota volume "tied to U.S. production capacity" and overseen by the Department of Energy, it said in public comments.
Section 232 tariffs are necessary to combat China's trade practices, the Coalition for a Prosperous America said in a July 23 report.
The Fish and Wildlife Service plans to remove the Roanoke logperch (Percina rex), a freshwater fish in the perch family, from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, saying that the threats to the species have been eliminated or reduced. The delisting fnal rule is effective Aug. 21.
The Energy Department is delaying the effective date of a direct final rule that will amend the regulations for administrative procedures related to the import and export of natural gas (see 2505120045).
U.S. and Chinese officials said the two countries are still on pace for Beijing to ease its restrictions over rare earths and for Washington to lift its countermeasures, including export controls.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law on June 22 a state bill that requires food manufacturers selling products in the state to put warning labels on packaged food products that include 44 ingredients considered to be artificial colors, additives or certain banned chemicals, according to the bill's language.
The Federal Maritime Commission is reorganizing some of its functions by "revising certain delegations of authority from the Commission, updating descriptions of organization components, and making minor related technical amendments," it said in a Federal Register notice scheduled to take effect June 20.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the Colorado hookless cactus (Sclerocactus glaucus) from the endangered and threatened plants list upon determination that the currently listed entity is actually two species: Sclerocactus glaucus and Sclerocactus dawsoniae, which was previously identified as S. dawsonii in the proposed rule.