[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14947-14948]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7876]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Importation of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application
Pursuant to Section 1008 of the Controlled Substances Import and
Export Act (21 U.S.C. 958(i)), the Attorney General shall, prior to
issuing a registration under this Section to a bulk manufacturer of a
controlled substance in Schedule I or II and prior to issuing a
regulation under Section 1002(a) authorizing the importation of such a
substance, provide manufacturers holding registrations for the bulk
manufacture of the substance an opportunity for a hearing.
Therefore, in accordance with Section 1311.42 of Title 21, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), notice is hereby given that on February 19,
1997, Stepan Company, Natural Products Department, 100 W. Hunter
Avenue, Maywood, New Jersey 07607, made application by renewal to the
Drug Enforcement Administration to be registered as an importer of coca
leaves (9040) a basic class of controlled substance in Schedule II.
The firm plans to import coca leaves to manufacture bulk controlled
substances.
Any manufacturer holding, or applying for, registration as a bulk
manufacturer of this basic class of controlled substance may file
written comments on or objections to the application described above
and may, at the same time, file a written request for a hearing on such
application in accordance with 21 CFR 1301.54 in such form as
prescribed by 21 CFR 1316.47.
Any such comments, objections, or requests for a hearing may be
addressed, in quintuplicate, to the Acting Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement
Administration, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
20537, Attention: DEA Federal Register Representative (CCR), and must
be filed no later than April 28, 1997.
This procedure is to be conducted simultaneously with and
independent of the procedures described in 21 CFR 1311.42 (b), (c),
(d), (e), and (f). As noted in a previous notice at 40 FR 43745-46
(September 23, 1975), all applicants for registration to import a basic
class of any controlled substance in Schedule I or II are and will
continue to be required to demonstrate to the Acting Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement
Administration that the requirements for such registration pursuant to
21 U.S.C. 958(a), 21 U.S.C. 823(a), and 21 CFR 1311.42 (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e), and (f) are satisfied.
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Dated: March 14, 1997.
Terrance W. Woodworth,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control,
Drug Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-7876 Filed 3-27-97; 8:45 am]
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