DEA Federal Register - Request for Comment

Federal Register Notice

ACTION: Request for comment; reopening of comment period.
Suspicious Orders of Controlled Substances (February 25, 2021)

SUMMARY: On November 2, 2020, the Drug Enforcement Administration published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) soliciting comments on the proposed revisions relating to the suspicious orders of controlled substances. The NPRM provided for a comment period ending on January 4, 2021, and the opportunity to comment ended accordingly. DEA has determined that a reopening of the comment period from February 25, 2021 until March 29, 2021 is appropriate as registrants who would be primarily affected by this rule are uniquely preoccupied with mitigating the global pandemic caused by COVID-19. Accordingly, this reopening will permit additional time to prepare and submit comments.


DATES: The comment period for the proposed revisions to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking published on November 2, 2020 (85 FR 69282), is reopened from February 25, 2021, until March 29, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott A. Brinks, Regulatory Drafting and Policy Support Section, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration, 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, VA 22152, Telephone: (571) 362-3261