Establishment of a Threshold for Gamma-Butyrolactone
other · Rule · Final rule. · Published 2003-09-10 · 68 FR 53290
Document
Document number
03-22963
Federal Register citation
68 FR 53290
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2003-09-10
Abstract
On October 24, 2001, DEA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled "Establishment of a Threshold for Gamma- Butyrolactone" (66 FR 53746) that proposed a zero kilogram threshold and the exemption of transactions of 16,000 kilograms (net weight) or more in a single container. This final rule establishes a zero kilogram threshold for domestic, export, and import transactions of gamma- butyrolactone (GBL) and excludes from the definition of a "regulated transaction" all transactions of 4,000 kilograms (net weight) or more in a single container. The DEA is reducing the weight required for exclusion from what was proposed in response to a comment that showed that transactions of 4,000 kilograms or more in a single container are not likely to be diverted.