The Drug Enforcement Administration is placing the newly approved drug zuranolone in Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in an interim final rule. Effective Oct. 31, zuranolone, which was granted FDA approval in May, is subject to new registration, labeling, record-keeping, and import and export requirements. DEA is accepting comments on the rule until Nov. 30.
The Census Bureau is looking to eliminate one of two fields in the Automated Export System that collect redundant information on an export’s state of origin, said Omari Wooden, a Census official. Wooden, speaking Oct. 28 during the Pacific Coast Council's Western Cargo Conference, or Wesccon, said Census is hoping to either remove the state of origin data element in AES or not require the state to be reported in the address of the U.S. Principal Party in Interest.
The Census Bureau should remove the state of origin data element in the Automated Export System and instead direct state governments and other partner agencies to use the state reported in the address of the U.S. Principal Party in Interest, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in comments to the agency this month. NCBFAA said a separate data field for the data element is “unnecessary” because Census’ Foreign Trade Regulations already require that the originating state be reported in the USPPI address data field.
CBP last week updated the landing page on its website for its ACE Electronic Export Manifest program to include more “background information, potential benefits, and additional resources to help participants join” its EEM pilot, the agency said in an Oct. 19 CSMS message. CBP has been working to better inform industry about the potential benefits of EEM to convince more companies to participate in the pilot ahead of its full launch (see 2209150014 and 2110180038).
The Census Bureau this week emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the Nelson’s checker-mallow (Sidalcea nelsoniana), a flowering plant found in the Willamette Valley and the Coast Range of Oregon and Washington, from the Endangered Species List, it said in a final rule released Oct. 16. An FWS review indicated that “threats to Nelson’s checker-mallow have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species," the agency said. The delisting takes effect Nov. 16.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is removing 21 species from its Endangered Species List because the species have gone extinct. A final rule released by FWS on Oct. 16 delists the little Marana fruit bat and 10 species of birds, including the Kauai akialoa; Kauai nukupuu; Kauai 'o'o (honeyeater); Large Kauai thrush (kam'a); Maui akepa; Maui nukupuu; Molokai creeper (kakawahie); po'ouli (honeycreeper); bridled white-eye and Bachman's warbler. It also removes two fish species, the San Marcos Gambusia and the Scioto madtom. Eight species of clams are also being removed, including the flat pigtoe; southern acornshell; stirrupshell; upland combshell; green blossom (pearly mussel); tubercled blossom (pearly mussel); turgid blossom (pearly mussel) and the yellow blossom (pearly mussel). The final rule takes effect Nov. 16.
The Census Bureau this week published a blog post to provide guidance for Automated Export System users trying to determine how to report the Ultimate Consignee in their Electronic Export Information. Census said ultimate consignee reporting becomes “more complicated” when the known end user and the Ultimate Consignee are two different entities and they reside in two different countries.
CBP later this month will remove the launch button for the Automated Export System from the legacy ACE Portal, the agency said in an Oct. 10 CSMS message. Following this change, effective Oct. 21, users will only be able to launch the AESDirect User Interface from the modernized ACE Portal. The message includes step-by-step instructions for launching AESDirect from the modernized ACE Portal.
The Census Bureau this week emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.