The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing the Suwannee alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelids suwanniensis), a large, freshwater turtle species from the Suwannee River basin in Florida and Georgia, 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 July 29.

The Census Bureau is adding EUKOR Car Carriers to its list of carriers participating in the ACE Electronic Export Manifest pilot for vessel cargo, CBP said in a June 27 CSMS message. The carrier is “submitting 100%” EEM and will “not be required to submit the CF 1302A -- Cargo Declaration -- Outward with Commercial Forms, in the Document Image System (DIS) or directly to the port of departure in paper form.”

Exporters must submit electronic export information in the Automated Export System when using the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Form 486 for exports of certain chemicals, the Census Bureau said in a June 27 email to industry. The agency said “it has come to U.S. Census Bureau’s attention that DEA considers DEA Form 486 to be an export permit, and therefore, filing EEI is required.” Census will work with DEA to revise Foreign Trade Regulations “to ensure any DEA permit or declaration that requires prior registration or notification with the DEA requires filing,” the agency said. “In the meantime, please ensure that all exports involving a DEA Form 486 have an associated EEI filing completed, regardless of value and destination.”

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 proposing new reporting requirements for 65 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, it said in a pair of notices published June 11. 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 by July 11.

CBP is renewing its electronic export manifest pilot for air cargo for two years from June 4, the agency said in a notice released June 3. The agency said it will use the renewal to “determine whether electronic submission of the manifest will allow for improvements in capabilities at the departure level” for air cargo. CBP last month renewed its EEM pilots for vessel (see 2405300010) and rail (see 2405100036).

CBP is renewing its electronic export manifest pilot for vessel cargo through May 31, 2026, the agency said in a notice issued May 30. The two year extension will help the agency determine "whether electronic submission of manifests will allow for improvements in the functionality and capabilities at the departure level."

The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a proposed rule May 21 to reschedule marijuana as a Schedule III substance under the Controlled Substances Act. If the transfer is finalized, regulatory controls applicable to Schedule III substances would apply, though “existing marijuana-specific requirements” will continue to apply and “additional controls … might be implemented,” including import and export authorization requirements under the Convention on Psychotropic Substances, the DEA said. Marijuana would also remain subject to FDA regulation, and a “drug containing a substance within the CSA's definition of ‘marijuana’ would need FDA approval” to be introduced into interstate commerce, unless an investigational new drug application is in effect. Marijuana is currently classified in Schedule I. Comments are due July 22.

The Census Bureau emailed tips this week on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.

CBP plans to soon renew its electronic export manifest pilot for vessel cargo, an agency spokesperson said in a May 17 email, days after the agency officially renewed its separate EEM pilot for rail cargo (see 2405100036). The vessel cargo pilot was last renewed for two years in 2022 and expired April 27 (see 2204260042). The renewal notice will be published in the Federal Register, the spokesperson said.