Designation of P2P Methyl Glycidic Acid as a List I Chemical

What it does

The Drug Enforcement Administration is finalizing the control of 2-methyl-3-phenyloxirane-2-carboxylic acid (also known as P2P methyl glycidic acid and BMK glycidic acid) and its esters, its optical and geometric isomers, its salts, salts of its optical and geometric isomers and its esters, and any combination thereof, whenever the existence of such is possible, as a list I chemical under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). P2P methyl glycidic acid is used in the illicit manufacture of the controlled substances phenylacetone (also known as phenyl-2-propanone or P2P), methamphetamine, and amphetamine, and it is important to the manufacture of these substances. This final rule subjects handlers of P2P methyl glycidic acid to the chemical regulatory provisions of the CSA and its implementing regulations.

The Drug Enforcement Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

21 CFR 1310

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Drug Enforcement Administration has published 27 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 17 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

This rulemaking will become effective on May 4, 2026. Persons seeking registration must apply on or before May 4, 2026 to continue their business pending final action by DEA on their application.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket DEA-2025-0557 on Regulations.gov
• Title 21 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register