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Special Surveillance List of Chemicals, Products, Materials and Equipment Updated<\/strong><\/p>\n

A \u201claboratory supply\u201d is any List I or List II chemical, or any chemical, substance, or other item on a special surveillance list published by the Attorney General (delegated to the Drug Enforcement Administration (\u201cDEA\u201d)) of chemicals, products, materials, or equipment used in the illicit manufacture of controlled substances and listed chemicals.\u00a0 21 U.S.C. \u00a7 842(a).\u00a0 DEA publishes the Special Surveillance List to inform about potential illicit uses of a laboratory supply and reminds that civil penalties may be imposed on businesses that distribute a laboratory supply with reckless disregard for the illegal uses to which it will be put.\u00a0 21 U.S.C. \u00a7 842(a)(11).<\/p>\n

There is a rebuttable presumption of reckless disregard if DEA notifies a firm in writing that a laboratory supply it sold has been used by a customer, or distributed further by a customer, \u201cfor the unlawful production of controlled substances or listed chemicals a firm distributes and 2 weeks or more after the notification the notified firm distributes a laboratory supply to the [same] customer.\u201d\u00a0 21 U.S.C. \u00a7 842(a).\u00a0 Distribution of a laboratory supply with reckless disregard subjects the seller of distributor to a civil penalty of not more than $250,000, now $470,640 with inflation.\u00a0 21 U.S.C. \u00a7 842(c)(2)(C).<\/p>\n

DEA issued a notice on June 4th effective immediately updating the Special Surveillance List for the second time in less than two years.\u00a0 Special Surveillance List of Chemicals, Products, Materials and Equipment Used in the Manufacture of Controlled Substances and Listed Chemicals, 90 Fed. Reg. 23,711<\/a> (June 4, 2025). DEA published the original Special Surveillance in May 1999<\/a>.\u00a0 The agency revised the list in October 2023<\/a> when it added twenty-eight chemicals, removed two List I chemicals automatically included as a laboratory supply and added \u201ctableting machines, including punches and dies.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newly updated Surveillance List includes chemicals, materials and equipment used in the manufacture, production and distribution of currently abused synthetic drugs like fentanyl, amphetamine, methamphetamine, PCP, LSD, ketamine and others.\u00a0 Id<\/u>. at 23,712.\u00a0 Updating the list, DEA consulted law enforcement officials, forensic laboratory authorities, intelligence groups, drug signature and profiling programs, and international organizations.\u00a0 Id<\/u>.\u00a0 The agency examined clandestine laboratory seizure reports, drug signature and profiling reports, intelligence reports, and scientific literature regarding:<\/p>\n

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  1. Illicit controlled substance and listed chemical production methods;<\/li>\n
  2. Chemicals, materials, and equipment used in the clandestine production; and<\/li>\n
  3. Their role and importance in the synthesis of controlled substances and listed chemicals.\u00a0 Id<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    DEA added fourteen additional chemicals to the Surveillance List, updated the listing of a chemical on the list to include its other esters, and removed a List I chemical that is automatically a laboratory supply.\u00a0 In addition, DEA added binding, disintegrating, filling, flowing, and lubricating agents that are excipients, specifically including products containing:<\/p>\n