[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12297]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
Importation of Controlled Substances; Application
Pursuant to section 1008 of the Controlled Substances Import and
Export Act (12 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 of 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 Sec. 1311.42 of Title 21, Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), notice is hereby given that on February 21,
1997, Penick Corporation, 158 Mount Olivet Avenue, Newark, New Jersey
07114, made application by renewal to the Drug Enforcement
Administration to be registered as an importer of the basic classes of
controlled substances listed below:
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Drug Schedule
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Coca Leaves (9040)......................... II
Opium, raw (9600).......................... II
Opium poppy (9650)......................... II
Poppy Straw Concentrate (9670)............. II
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The firm plans to import the listed controlled substances for the
manufacture of bulk pharmaceutical controlled substances.
Any manufacturer holding, or applying for, registration as a bulk
manufacturer of these basis classes of controlled substances 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 June 11, 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 basic
classes of any controlled substances 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.
Dated: April 10, 1997.
Terrance W. Woodworth,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control,
Drug Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-12297 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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