General Notices

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August 2024

Title:
2024 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice of list of explosive materials.
Purpose:
This notice publishes the 2024 List of Explosive Materials, as required by law. The 2024 list is the same as the 2023 list published by ATF.
Release Date:
08/21/2024
Effective Date:
Comment Period:

May 2024

Title:
Application To Register as an Importer of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles—ATF Form 4587 (5330.4)
Action:
30-Day Notice
Purpose:
The information on ATF Form 4587 (5330.4) is used to register an individual or company as an importer of U.S. Munitions Import List Articles. This Information Collection (IC) is being revised to include two attachment pages, one for Additional Responsible Persons and the other for Additional Locations. Revisions will also include sentence rephrasing/statement modification, an added definition, and renumbering.
Release Date:
05/29/2024
Effective Date:
Comment Period:
05/29/2024 to 06/28/2024

October 2023

Title:
National Firearms Act (NFA)—Special Occupational Taxes (SOT)
Action:
30-day notice
Purpose:
ATF has been collecting Special Occupational Taxes (SOT) under the National Firearms Act (NFA) (Title 26, U.S.C. Chapter 53). Firearms dealers, manufacturers, and importers must pay this tax in order to conduct multiple transfers of specified weapons (such as machine guns) within the tax year. The Information Collection (IC) OMB 1140–0090 is being revised due to the removal of the previously corresponding ATF Forms 5630.5R and 5630.5RC. These forms will no longer be required going forward. ATF Form 5630.7 will be the only form necessary to fulfill the requirement for this IC.
Release Date:
10/02/2023
Effective Date:
TBD
Comment Period:
10/02/2023 to 11/01/2023

December 2022

Title:
Commerce in Explosives; 2022 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
This notice publishes the 2022 List of Explosive Materials, as required by law. The 2022 list is the same as the 2021 list published by ATF.
Release Date:
12/20/2022
Effective Date:
12/20/2022
Comment Period:
N/A

December 2021

Title:
2021 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice of list of explosive materials.
Purpose:
This notice publishes the 2021 List of Explosive Materials, as required by law. The 2021 list is the same as the 2020 list published by ATF.
Release Date:
12/23/2021
Effective Date:
12/23/2021
Comment Period:
N/A

December 2020

Title:
Withdrawal of Guidance (2020R-10W): Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with “Stabilizing Braces”
Action:
General Notice
Purpose:
ATF is announcing the withdrawal of a notice and request for comments entitled “Objective Factors for Classifying Weapons with ‘Stabilizing Braces’,” that was published on December 18, 2020.
Release Date:
12/31/2020
Effective Date:
12/31/2020
Comment Period:

Title:
Commerce and Explosives: 2020 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, ATF must publish and revise at least annually in the Federal Register a list of explosives determined to be within the coverage of 18 U.S.C. 841 et seq. The list covers not only explosives, but also blasting agents and detonators, all of which are defined as explosive materials in 18 U.S.C. 841(c). The 2020 list is the same as the 2019 list published by ATF.
Release Date:
12/23/2020
Effective Date:
12/23/2020
Comment Period:
N/A

May 2020

Title:
International Trade Data System Test—Cessation of Voluntary Export Pilot (2018R-02)
Action:
General Notice
Purpose:
ATF announces cessation of its voluntary participation in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pilot test of the International Trade Data System (ITDS) for processing import and export-related ATF forms and data using the Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set and the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). This notice concludes ATF participation in the pilot for the exportation requirements. While this notice announces the cessation of the pilot program, CBP has not yet announced the date that filing entries in ACE will be mandatory. The pilot test allowed participating exporters to submit ATF Form 9, Application and Permit for Permanent Exportation of Firearms (Form 9), and additional information to CBP electronically to obtain CBP certification of exportation. During the pilot, CBP validated that information and electronically transmitted export information to ATF to satisfy CBP’s certification requirements.
Release Date:
05/18/2020
Effective Date:
05/18/2020
Comment Period:

January 2020

Title:
Commerce and Explosives; 2019 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, ATF must publish and revise at least annually in the Federal Register a list of explosives determined to be within the coverage of 18 U.S.C. 841 et seq. The list covers not only explosives, but also blasting agents and detonators, all of which are defined as explosive materials in 18 U.S.C. 841(c). The 2019 list is the same as the 2018 list published by ATF, except that the 2019 list adds four explosives not previously listed.
Release Date:
01/02/2020
Effective Date:
01/02/2020
Comment Period:

February 2019

Title:
Granting of Relief; Federal Firearms Privileges
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Notification that Xisico USA, Inc., has been granted relief from the disabilities imposed by Federal laws with respect to the acquisition, receipt, transfer, shipment, transportation, or possession of firearms.
Release Date:
02/04/2019
Effective Date:
Comment Period:

December 2018

Title:
Commerce and Explosives; 2018 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, ATF must publish and revise at least annually in the Federal Register a list of explosives determined to be within the coverage of 18 U.S.C. 841 et seq. The list covers not only explosives, but also blasting agents and detonators, all of which are defined as explosive materials in 18 U.S.C. 841(c). The 2017 Annual List of Explosives inadvertently omitted a letter in one of the explosive materials. This notice does not make any substantive changes to the 2017 annual list; however, it corrects the list and publishes the 2018 Annual List of Explosive Materials.
Release Date:
12/12/2018
Effective Date:
12/12/2018
Comment Period:

December 2017

Title:
Commerce in Explosives; 2017 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, ATF must publish and revise at least annually in the Federal Register a list of explosives determined to be within the coverage of 18 U.S.C. 841 et seq. The list covers not only explosives, but also blasting agents and detonators, all of which are defined as explosive materials in 18 U.S.C. 841(c). ATF has not added any new terms to the list of explosive material and has not removed or revised any listing since its last publication of the List of Explosive Materials.
Release Date:
12/28/2017
Effective Date:
12/28/2017
Comment Period:

October 2016

Title:
International Trade Data Systems Tests: Voluntary Export Pilot Project (2016R-11)
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) will participate in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pilot test of the International Trade Data System (ITDS), using electronic processing of export data through the Automated Export System (AES) which is accessed within CBP's Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The ACE portal would allow Exporters of National Firearms Act (NFA) firearms to submit data via the AES Direct system.
Release Date:
10/12/2016
Effective Date:
10/12/2016
Comment Period:
N/A

August 2016

Title:
Electronic Collection and Transfer of Import Information: Cessation of PGA Message Set Pilot Program (2015R-15)
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announces cessation of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilot program that tested the transfer of data between the Participating Government Agency (PGA) Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and ATF's Web-based data analytics system.
Release Date:
08/31/2016
Effective Date:
08/31/2016
Comment Period:
N/A

October 2015

Title:
Commerce in Explosives; 2015 Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, ATF must publish and revise at least annually in the Federal Register a list of explosives determined to be within the coverage of 18 U.S.C. 841 et seq. The list covers not only explosives, but also blasting agents and detonators, all of which are defined as explosive materials in 18 U.S.C. 841(c). ATF has not added any new terms to the list of explosive material and has not removed or revised any listing since its last publication of the List of Explosive Materials.
Release Date:
10/23/2015
Effective Date:
10/23/2015
Comment Period:
N/A

July 2015

Title:
International Trade Data System Test – Voluntary Pilot Project (2015R-15)
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Along with more than a dozen other agencies, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) will participate in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pilot test of the International Trade Data System (ITDS) for processing import-related forms and data using the Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set and the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Industry participation in the pilot program is entirely voluntary.
Release Date:
07/30/2015
Effective Date:
N/A
Comment Period:
N/A

November 2014

Title:
Granting of Relief; Federal Firearms Privileges
Action:
Notice of restoration of Federal firearms privileges
Purpose:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, has been granted relief from the disabilities imposed by Federal laws by the Director of ATF with respect to the acquisition, receipt, transfer, shipment, transportation, or possession of firearms. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation submitted an application to request relief from Federal firearms disabilities due to prohibiting criminal convictions of the three non-surviving entities who NGSC merged with and succeeded, namely TRW Electronic Products, Inc., TRW, Inc. and Litton Applied Technology Division.
Release Date:
12/12/2014
Effective Date:
12/12/2014
Comment Period:
N/A

October 2014

Title:
2014 List of Explosive Materials – Commerce in Explosives; Annual List of Explosive Materials
Action:
Notice
Purpose:
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 841(d) and 27 CFR 555.23, ATF must publish and revise at least annually in the Federal Register a list of explosives determined to be within the coverage of 18 U.S.C. 841 et seq. The list covers not only explosives, but also blasting agents and detonators, all of which are defined as explosive materials in 18 U.S.C. 841(c). ATF has not removed any listing since its last publication of the List of Explosive materials; however, for the purpose of officially clarifying that “pyrotechnic fuses” meet the statutory definition of explosive materials, ATF has added “pyrotechnic fuses” to the List of Explosive Materials.
Release Date:
10/07/2014
Effective Date:
10/07/2014
Comment Period:
N/A

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