[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 45566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21582]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Drug Enforcement Administration
[DEA #179S2]
Controlled Substances: 1999 Aggregate Production Quota
AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA), Justice.
ACTION: Final interim notice establishing a revised 1999 aggregate
production quota.
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SUMMARY: The interim notice 64 FR 29358, June 1, 1999, which revised
the 1999 aggregate production quota for secobarbital, a Schedule II
controlled substance in the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), is adopted
without change.
DATES: This is effective on August 20, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank L. Sapienza, Chief, Drug and
Chemical Evaluation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration,
Washington, D.C. 20537, Telephone: (202) 307-7183.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 306 of the CSA (21 U.S.C. 826)
requires that the Attorney General establish aggregate production
quotas for each basic class of controlled substance listed in Schedules
I and II each year. This responsibility has been delegated to the
Administrator of the DEA by Section 0.100 of Title 28 of the Code of
Federal Regulations. The Administrator, in turn, has redelagated this
function to the Deputy Administrator of the DEA pursuant to Section
0.104 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
On June 1, 1999, an interim notice establishing a revised 1999
aggregate production quota for secobarbital was published in the
Federal Register (64 FR 29358). All interested persons were invited to
comment on or before July 1, 1999. No comments or objections were
received and the interim notice is adopted without change.
Therefore, under the authority vested in the Attorney General by
Section 306 of the CSA (21 U.S.C. 826), delegated to the Administrator
of the DEA by Section 0.100 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, and redelegated to the Deputy Administrator, pursuant to
Sec. 0.104 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the Deputy
Administration hereby establishes the following revised 1999 aggregate
production quota for the listed controlled substances, expressed in
grams of anhydrous acid:
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Revised
Basic class 1999 quota
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Secobarbital............................................... 1,011,000
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The Office of Management and Budget has determined that notices of
aggregate production quotas are not subject to centralized review under
Executive Order 12866. This action has been analyzed in accordance with
the principles and criteria contained in Executive Order 12612, and it
has been determined that this matter does not have sufficient
federalism implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism
Assessment.
The Deputy Administrator hereby certifies that this action will
have no significant impact upon small entities whose interests must be
considered under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.
The establishment of aggregate production quotas for Schedules I and II
controlled substances is mandated by law and by international treaty
obligations. The quotas are necessary to provide for the estimated
medical, scientific, research and industrial needs of the United
States, for export requirements and the establishment and maintenance
of reserve stocks. While aggregate production quotas are of primarily
importance to large manufacturers, their impact upon small entities is
neither negative nor beneficial. Further, this action involves only one
basic class of controlled substance. Accordingly, the Deputy
Administrator has determined that this action does not require a
regulatory flexibility analysis.
Dated: August 11, 1999.
Donnie R. Marshall,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-21582 Filed 8-19-99; 8:45 am]
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