The Consumer Product Safety Commission still needs to pursue additional engagement and coordination with the trade community before it completes full implementation of its Risk Assessment Methodology (RAM) targeting system, said several trade associations in a March 18 letter to congressional appropriators (here). CPSC’s proposed user fee approach is problematic, and the agency has still not addressed issues that have arisen during its RAM pilot, said the trade groups in a letter to Reps. Ander Crenshaw, R-Fla., and Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., chairman and ranking member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, respectively.
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 14-20:
The Drug Enforcement Administration said it intends to temporarily add two synthetic opioids to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. DEA can issue a final order temporarily adding the substances after a period of 30 days passes. If issued, the final order will take effect immediately and will stay in effect for a maximum of three years, pending completion of a permanent scheduling order.
The Energy Department’s proposal to require the filing of additional data elements in ACE for products subject to energy efficiency standards is unnecessarily burdensome, and runs contrary to the federal government’s stated goal of simplifying the import process, said manufacturer and importer associations in comments submitted to the agency (here). The proposed rule results from a misunderstanding of the roles various parties play in the import process, seeking data from importers that is best and most easily – and already – submitted by manufacturers, they said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 6-13:
Participants in the Environmental Protection Agency’s pilot on filing of pesticide shipment data in the Automated Commercial Environment are seeing a drastic reduction in processing times, according to Roy Chaudet of EPA’s Office of Environmental Information during a March 8 webinar. Only three slots are filled in the pilot, which is limited to nine participants, though several other filers are interested and getting ready to file their notices of arrival in ACE, he said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 29 - March 6:
The Drug Enforcement Administration extended the temporary listing of 10 synthetic cathinones to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (here), continuing strict controls to the import and export of the chemicals because of their potential for abuse. The final order will remain in effect for one year pending completion of a permanent scheduling order. The DEA also issued a proposed rule that would make the listing of these cathinones in Schedule I permanent (here).
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 22-28:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 15-21: