CBP renewed its electronic export manifest pilot for rail cargo for two years, the agency said in a notice that is to be effective May 13. Renewing the pilot will allow CBP to continue to determine whether EEM will “allow for improvements in the functionality and capabilities at the departure level,” the agency said.

The EPA has published a final rule, effective July 8, imposing import certification and export notification requirements for methylene chloride, a chemical that has killed those using it as a paint stripper and for bathtub refinishing.

The Census Bureau last week published a set of tips for U.S. Principal Parties in Interest that have trouble getting an authorized agent to correct Electronic Export Information in the Automated Export System.

The Census Bureau recently updated the Automated Export System to revise the types of exports to Australia and the U.K. that can be filed with License Code C33 (No License Required). The update reflects export control changes made last month by the Bureau of Industry and Security, which reduced certain licensing requirements for shipments to Australia and the U.K. as part of the AUKUS partnership (see 2404180035).

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new reporting requirements for 30 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 notice published in the April 8 Federal Register. 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 May 8. The SNURs would cover the following chemical substances:

The Drug Enforcement Administration is permanently placing the synthetic benzimidazole-opioids etodesnitazene, n-pyrrolidino etonitazene and protonitazene in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a final order released April 10. The substances had already been temporarily listed in Schedule I since 2022 (see 2204110029). The final order is set to take effect April 11.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is extending for one more year the temporary listing of three synthetic benzimidazole-opioid substances -- butonitazene, flunitazene and metodesnitazene -- in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice released April 10. The synthetic benzimidazole-opioids, first temporarily listed in 2022 (see 2204110029), will now remain listed in Schedule I until April 12, 2025. DEA also released a proposed rule to permanently list these synthetic benzimidazole-opioids in Schedule I, with comments due May 13. Substances may be temporarily listed under the CSA for three years.

The Census Bureau is adding COSCO Shipping Lines (North America) and Ocean Network Express (North America) to its list of carriers participating in the ACE Electronic Export Manifest pilot for vessel cargo, CBP said in an April 5 CSMS message. Both carriers are “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.”

A blog post published April 2 by the Census Bureau outlines Automated Export System reporting requirements for gold and some of the most common mistakes exporters make when trying to file information on their gold exports. The blog details how filers should report the quantity of gold, its shipping weight, its value in U.S. dollars and more.

The Fish and Wildlife Service will once again automatically apply import and export restrictions to species it designates as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, reinstating its “blanket rule” protections in a final rule released April 2.