[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-17419]


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[Federal Register: July 19, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 

Proposed 1994 Aggregate Production Quota for a Schedule I 
Controlled Substance

AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration.

ACTION: Notice of a proposed 1994 aggregate production quota.

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SUMMARY: This notice proposed a 1994 aggregate production quota for 
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine (MDEA), a controlled substance in 
Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA).

DATES: Comments or objections must be received on or before August 18, 
1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments or objections to the Administrator, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 20537, Attn: DEA Federal 
Register Representative/CCR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Howard McClain, Jr., Chief, Drug & Chemical Evaluation Section, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 20537, Telephone: (202) 307-
7183.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 306 of the Controlled Substances Act 
(CSA) (21 U.S.C. 826) requires that the Attorney General establish 
aggregate production quotas for controlled substances in Schedules I 
and II each year. This responsibility has been delegated to the 
Administrator of the DEA pursuant to Sec. 0.100 of Title 28 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations. The Administrator, in turn, has redelegated 
this function to the Deputy Administrator pursuant to 59 FR 23637 (May 
6, 1994).
    A company submitted an application for a manufacturing quota for 
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine, a Schedule I controlled 
substance. Based on the review of this application and other 
information available to the DEA, the Deputy Administrator of the DEA, 
under the authority vested in the Attorney General by Section 306 of 
the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 826), delegated to the 
Administrator by Sec. 0.100 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, and redelegated to the Deputy Administrator pursuant to 59 
FR 23637 (May 6, 1994), hereby proposes the 1994 aggregate production 
quota for the following controlled substance, expressed in grams of 
anhydrous base, be established as follows:

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                                                               Proposed 
                                                                 1994   
                                                              aggregate 
                        Basic class                           production
                                                                quota   
                                                               (grams)  
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3,4-Methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine......................            5
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    All interested persons are invited to submit comments or 
objections, in writing, regarding this proposal. If a person believes 
that one or more of these issues warrant a hearing, the individual 
should so state and summarize the reasons for this belief.
    In the event that comments or objections to this proposal raise one 
or more issues which the Administrator finds warrant a hearing, the 
Administrator shall order a public hearing by notice in the Federal 
Register, summarizing the issues to be heard and setting the time for 
the hearing.
    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 the 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 within the meaning of 
and intent of the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C., 601, et seq. 
The establishment of annual aggregate production quotas for Schedules I 
and II controlled substances is mandated by law and by international 
treaty obligations. While aggregate production quotas are of primary 
importance to large manufacturers, their impact upon small entities is 
neither negative nor beneficial. Accordingly, the Deputy Administrator 
has determined that this action does not require a regulatory 
flexibility analysis.

    Dated: July 13, 1994.
Stephen H. Greene,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-17419 Filed 7-18-94; 8:45 am]
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