AMENDMENT 557

Amendment: Section 2D1.11(d)(1)-(10), Note "E" (List Chemical Equivalency Table) of §2D1.11(d), and Note 4(a) of the Commentary to §2D1.11 captioned "Application Notes" are repromulgated without change.

Reason for Amendment: Section 302 of the Comprehensive Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-237, 110 Stat. 3099, directs the Commission to increase by at least two levels the offense levels for offenses involving list I chemicals under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(d)(1) and (2) and 960(d)(1) and (3). Pursuant to this provision, the Commission promulgated an emergency amendment to §2D1.11, effective May 1, 1997. Under the terms of the congressionally-granted authority, the emergency amendment is temporary unless repromulgated in the next amendment cycle under regularly applicable amendment procedures. See Pub.L. 100-182, § 21set forth as an editorial note under 28 U.S.C. § 994. This amendment repromulgates §2D1.11(d)(1)-(10), Note "E" (List Chemical Equivalency Table) of §2D1.11(d), and Note 4(a) of the Commentary to §2D1.11 captioned "Application Notes", as set forth in the May 1, 1997 Revised Supplement to the 1995 edition of the Guidelines Manual.

Effective Date: The effective date of this amendment is November 1, 1997.