The EPA in a notice said it's taking final action to remove provisions from its regulations that have been vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit related to the prohibition on the sale of hydrofluorocarbons in disposable cylinders and use of QR codes to track cylinders of HFCs (see 2109230054). "EPA views this removal of regulatory language that has been vacated by the D.C. Circuit as purely ministerial in nature," it said. The decision is effective Sept. 11.
EPA recently issued an enforcement alert related to plans to phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons (see 2109230054). The alert aims to provide information on common compliance issues related to the importation of bulk HFCs, according to the agency.
On Sept. 9, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, at the first Supply Chain Summit, said she can't believe how many single points of failure are present in semiconductor supply chains.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Aug. 19-25, Aug. 26 - Sept. 1, Sept. 2-8:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Sept. 9, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP recently issued a fact sheet on country of origin marking requirements applicable to imported repackaged prescription medication, the agency said in a CSMS message. All repackaged medications sold to retail customers will be required to be marked with the country of origin, CBP said. In the fact sheet, the agency referenced its recent ruling on country of origin marking for prescription medications, which found a retail pharmacy still has to include country of origin on drugs it repackages before selling to the ultimate consumer (see 2408140037).
CBP will be working on a new Automated Commercial Environment enhancement that calls for a safeguard to prevent the use of a post-summary correction to change a non-quota entry to a quota entry, according to the agency's latest National Development & Deployment Schedule for ACE. The target date for the implementation of this enhancement is Sept. 23.
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