98-13319. Importer of Controlled Substances Notice of Registration

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13319]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Importer of Controlled Substances Notice of Registration

    By Notice dated February 13, 1998, and published in the Federal 
Register on March 5, 1998 (62 FR 10944), Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc., 
Mallinckrodt & Second Streets, St. Louis, Missouri 63147, 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 to 
manufacture bulk finished products.
    No comments or objections have been received. DEA has considered 
the factors in Title 21, United States Code, Section 823(a) and 
determined that the registration of Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc. to 
import listed controlled substances is consistent with the public 
interest and with United States obligations under international 
treaties, conventions, or protocols in effect on May 1, 1971, at this 
time. Therefore, pursuant to Section 1008(a) of the Controlled 
Substances Import and Export Act and in accordance with Title 21, Code 
of Federal Regulations, Section 1301.34, the above firm is granted 
registration as an importer of the basic classes of controlled 
substances listed above.

    Dated: May 6, 1998.
John H. King,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-13319 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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