The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new reporting requirements for seven chemicals under significant new use rules. The proposed SNURs would require notification to EPA at least 90 days in advance of a new use by importers, manufacturers or processors. Importers of chemicals subject to these proposed SNURs would need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements should these proposed rules be finalized, EPA said. Exporters of these chemicals would become subject to export notification requirements. Comments on the proposed SNURs are due Nov. 7.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the Monito gecko (Sphaerodactylus micropithecus), a lizard native to Puerto Rico's Monito Island, from the Endangered Species List, it said in a final rule. Threats to the species have been "eliminated or reduced to the point where it no longer meets the definition of an endangered species or a threatened species," FWS said. The delisting takes effect Nov. 4.

The Agricultural Marketing Service amending its U.S. Standards for Grades of Apples to remove smooth net-like russeting as a grade-determining factor in the U.S. Extra Fancy, U.S. Fancy and U.S. No. 1 grades for Fuji apples, it said. The final rule also removes obsolete references to the location where color standards may be examined and purchased, AMS said. The changes also affect the grade requirements under the Export Apple Act.

The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing final rules setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In one final rule, EPA is setting SNURs for 19 substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMNs), while in another it's setting SNURs for an additional 26. As a result of the SNURs, persons planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemicals for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. The final rules take effect Nov. 18.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to designate norfentanyl as a fentanyl precursor chemical and control it as a schedule II substance under the Controlled Substances Act. "The scheduling of norfentanyl as an immediate precursor of the schedule II controlled substance, fentanyl, would subject norfentanyl to all of the regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal sanctions applicable to the manufacture, distribution, dispensing, importing, and exporting of a schedule II controlled substance," DEA said. Comments are due Nov. 18.

The Census Bureau removed a port of export code from the Automated Export System, the agency said in a Sept. 12 email. The deleted code was 5589 for Meacham International Airport in Fort Worth, Texas, which was added to AES in April (see 1904190050).

The Fish and Wildlife Service is removing the Foskett speckled dace (Rhinichthys osculus ssp.), a fish native to Oregon, from the Endangered Species List, it said in a final rule. Threats to the species have been "eliminated or reduced to the point where it no longer meets the definition of an endangered species or a threatened species," FWS said. The delisting takes effect Oct. 15.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to control benzylfentanyl and 4-anilinopiperidine and their amides, carbamates and salts as list I chemicals under the Controlled Substances Act. The two chemicals are used in the manufacture of fentanyl, DEA said. DEA is not proposing a threshold for domestic and international transactions for these chemicals, so “all transactions of chemical mixtures containing benzylfentanyl or 4-anilinopiperidine will be regulated at any concentration and will be subject to control under the CSA,” the agency said. Comments are due Nov. 12.

The International Standards Organization country code for Burma is now MM in the Automated Export System, the Census Bureau said in an email. Previously, the country code was BU. The country name will remain as Burma, it said.

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new reporting requirements for six chemicals under significant new use rules. The proposed SNURs would require notification to EPA at least 90 days in advance of a new use by importers, manufacturers or processors. Importers of chemicals subject to these proposed SNURs would need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements should these proposed rules be finalized, EPA said. Exporters of these chemicals would become subject to export notification requirements. Comments on the proposed SNURs are due Oct. 11.