22 U.S.C. § 6742: Prohibition relating to low…

Summary

Even if other rules say otherwise, no one in the United States has to report or go through routine checks that are meant to verify making, having, using, exporting, or importing a substance if it contains less than 10% of a Schedule 2 chemical or less than 80% of a Schedule 3 chemical. The percent of the chemical is measured by volume or by total weight, and you must use whichever method gives the smaller percent.

Title 22, §6742

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(a)Prohibition

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no person located in the United States shall be required to report on, or to submit to, any routine inspection conducted for the purpose of verifying the production, possession, consumption, exportation, importation, or proposed production, possession, consumption, exportation, or importation of any substance that contains less than—

(1)10 percent concentration of a Schedule 2 chemical; or

(2)80 percent concentration of a Schedule 3 chemical.

(b)Standard for measurement of concentration

The percent concentration of a chemical in a substance shall be measured on the basis of volume or total weight, which measurement yields the lesser percent.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this division”, meaning div. I of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–856, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. For complete classification of division I to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 6701 of this title and Tables.

§6742 Prohibition Relating to Low Concentrations of Schedules 2 and 3 Chemicals