CBP again extended a deadline to allow users more time to continue submitting certain documents through the Document Imaging System as it tries to convince more operators to participate in its Electronic Export Manifest pilot, the agency said in a March 18 emailed CSMS message. DIS will continue accepting submissions of “Form 1302A Cargo Declaration - Outbound with Commercial Form” through Oct. 1, CBP said. The deadline was previously April 1, and has been extended multiple times (see 2209200080, 2303130012 and 2309200022).
The Food Safety and Inspection Service will soon issue its new regulations on voluntary “Product of USA” or “Made in USA” labeling for meat, poultry and egg products, USDA said in a March 11 news release. Under the final rule, establishments using U.S.-origin claims will need to comply with the new requirements by Jan. 1, 2026.
CBP has “cleared” a proposed rule to mandate electronic export manifest for all cargo leaving the U.S. by rail, acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller said during a March 6 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. Miller said the rule may undergo another “intergovernmental review” before it can be published in the Federal Register. CBP in its fall 2023 regulatory agenda said it was hoping to publish the rule in June (see 2401030037).
The Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the Florida golden aster (Chrysopsis floridana), a "short-lived perennial," from the Endangered Species List, it said in a final rule released March 4. An FWS review indicated that “threats to the species have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species has recovered and no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species," the agency said. The delisting takes effect April 4.
CBP no longer will use the term “Forwarding Agent” in the Automated Export System, replacing it with “Authorized Agent,” the agency said in a Feb. 27 CSMS message. The Census Bureau requested the change, effective April 1, after the trade community told it the term forwarding agent can be “misleading.”
The National Marine Fisheries Service released a final rule Feb. 20 to list the Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. New import and export restrictions established by the final rule take effect March 22.
The Census Bureau emailed tips this week on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing a subspecies of silverspot butterfly from Colorado, New Mexico and Utah (Speyeria nokomis nokomis) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The listing includes a 4(d) rule for this species that prohibits importation and exportation without a permit. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect March 18.
The Census Bureau emailed tips this week on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The Environmental Protection Agency is setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 329 per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have not been imported, manufactured or processed for many years and are designated as inactive on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory, it said in a final rule released Jan. 10. As a result of the SNURs, anyone planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemical substances for an activity designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. Importers of chemicals subject to these SNURs will need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements, and exporters of these chemical substances will now become subject to export notification requirements. The final rule takes effect March 11.