# Schedule I.
**AGENCY:**
Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice.
**ACTION:**
Temporary amendment; temporary scheduling order; correcting amendment.
**SUMMARY:**
On February 1, 2018, the Drug Enforcement Administration placed seven fentanyl-related substances temporarily in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. Incorrect drug codes were assigned to valeryl fentanyl and ocfentanil. This document corrects the drug codes for those two substances.
**DATES:**
Effective March 9, 2018 until February 1, 2020.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Michael J. Lewis, Diversion Control Division, Drug Enforcement Administration; Mailing Address: 8701 Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; Telephone: (202) 598-6812.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
On February 1, 2018 (83 FR 4580), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a document placing seven fentanyl-related substances temporarily in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. These seven substances are: *N* -(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)- *N* -phenylpentanamide (valeryl fentanyl), *N* -(4-fluorophenyl)- *N* -(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)butyramide ( *para* -fluorobutyryl fentanyl), *N* -(4-methoxyphenyl)- *N* -(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)butyramide ( *para* -methoxybutyryl fentanyl), *N* -(4-chlorophenyl)- *N* -(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)isobutyramide ( *para* -chloroisobutyryl fentanyl), *N* -(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)- *N* -phenylisobutyramide (isobutyryl fentanyl), *N* -(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)- *N* -phenylcyclopentanecarboxamide (cyclopentyl fentanyl), and *N* -(2-fluorophenyl)-2-methoxy- *N* -(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)acetamide (ocfentanil). The document assigned incorrect drug codes to valeryl fentanyl and ocfentanil. This document corrects the drug codes for those two substances.
**List of Subjects in 21 CFR Part 1308**
Administrative practice and procedure, Drug traffic control, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons set out above, the DEA corrects 21 CFR part 1308 by making the following correcting amendments:
**PART 1308—SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES**
**21 CFR Part 1308**
1. The authority citation for part 1308 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
21 U.S.C. 811, 812, 871(b), 956(b), unless otherwise noted.
**21 CFR Part 1308**
2. In § 1308.11, paragraphs (h)(23) and (29) are revised to read as follows:
§ 1308.11
(h) * * *
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| (23)
-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)-
-phenylpentanamide, its isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers (Other name: Valeryl fentanyl) | (9840) |
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| (29)
-(2-fluorophenyl)-2-methoxy-
-(1-phenethylpiperidin-4-yl)acetamide, its isomers, esters, ethers, salts and salts of isomers, esters and ethers (Other name: Ocfentanil) | (9838) |
Dated: February 28, 2018.
Robert W. Patterson,
Acting Administrator.