United States Sentencing Commission
One Columbus Circle, N.E.
Suite 2-500 South Lobby
Washington, DC 20002-8002

October 18, 1999

To all recipients of the Guidelines Manual:

Please be advised that, until further notice, you should use the 1998 edition of the United States Sentencing Commission’s Guidelines Manual (incorporating guideline amendments effective November 1, 1998, as well as all previous amendments promulgated by the Sentencing Commission), together with Appendix C and the Supplement to Appendix C that was published in 1998. Because no new guideline amendments were promulgated in the 1999 amendment cycle, the Commission does not plan to publish a 1999 edition of the Guidelines Manual at this time.

With respect to the Guidelines Manual, please take note of an error relating to the precursor chemical isosafrole in the chemical quantity table in §2D1.11. That error is explained in greater detail in the enclosed letter from the Commission’s general counsel.

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