Public Notice: Affirmative Action Order
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Controlled Substances Board
IN THE MATTER OF RULE-MAKING
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BOARD
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
ORDER OF THE
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES BOARD
FINDINGS
1. On
August 26
, 2016
, the
Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration
published its final rule in the Federal Register placing
thiafentanil
into schedule
II
of the federal Controlled Substances Act. The scheduling action is effective
August 26
, 2016
.
2. The Controlled Substances Board did not receive an objection to similarly treating
thiafentanil
as a schedule
II
under
ch.
961
, Stats.
within
30 days of the date of publication in the federal register of the final order designating
thiafentanil
as a controlled substance.
3. The Controlled Substances Board
will
promulgate a final rule
,
without making the determinations or findings required by ss.
961.11(1)
,
(1m)
,
(1r)
and
(2)
or s.
961.19
and omitting the notice of proposed
rule making
, designating
thiafentanil
as a schedule
II
controlled substance
.
ORDER
Pursuant to s.
961.11(4)
,
Stats.,
t
he Controlled Substances Board by affirmative action similarly treats
thiafentanil
under chapter 961, Stats.
by
creating the following
:
CSB 2.
4
4
Addition of
thiafentanil
to schedule
II
. Section
961.
16(3
)(
zx
)
, Stats., is created to read:
961.16(3)(
zx
)
Thiafentanil
.
This order shall take effect on
October 3
, 201
6
to allow for publication in the Administrative Register.
The order expires upon promulgation of a final rule.
Dated
September 27, 2016
D
oug Eng
le
bert, Chair
Controlled Substances Board
