[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 21, Volume 9]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 21CFR1313.15]

[Page 160-161]
 
                         TITLE 21-FOOD AND DRUGS
 
   CHAPTER II--DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
PART 1313_IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION OF PRECURSORS AND ESSENTIAL
CHEMICALS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1313.15  Waiver of 15-day advance notice for regular importers.

    (a) Each regulated person seeking designation as a ``regular 
importer'' shall provide, by certified mail return

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receipt requested, to the Administration such information as is required 
under Sec. 1300.02(b)(13), documenting their status as a regular 
importer.
    (b) Each regulated person making application under paragraph (a) of 
this section shall be considered a ``regular importer'' for purposes of 
waiving the 15-day advance notice, 30 days after receipt of the 
application by the Administration, as indicated on the return receipt, 
unless the regulated person is otherwise notified in writing by the 
Administration.
    (c) The Administrator, may, at any time, disqualify a regulated 
person's status as a regular importer on the grounds that the chemical 
being imported may be diverted to the clandestine manufacture of a 
controlled substance.
    (d) Unless the Administration notifies the chemical importer to the 
contrary, the qualification of a regular importer of any one of these 
three chemicals, acetone, 2-Butanone (MEK), or toluene, qualifies that 
importer as a regular importer of all three of these chemicals.
    (e) All chemical importers shall be required to file a DEA Form 486 
as required by Section 1313.12.

[60 FR 32464, June 22, 1995, as amended at 62 FR 13969, Mar. 24, 1997]

                     Exportation of Listed Chemicals