[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 60 (Friday, March 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14943-14944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7878]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration

    By Notice dated August 21, 1996, and published in the Federal 
Register on September 3, 1996, (61 FR 46488), Calbiochem-Novabiochem 
Corporation, 10394 Pacific Center Court, Attn: Receiving Inspector, San 
Diego, California 92121-4340, made application to the Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA) to renew its registration to import small 
quantities of the listed controlled substances to make reagents for 
distribution to the biomedical research community as an importer of the 
basic classes of controlled substances listed below:

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                    Drug                               Schedule         
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Tetrahydrocannabinols (7370)...............  I                          
Mescaline (7381)...........................  I                          
Amphetamine (1100).........................  II                         
Phencyclidine (7471).......................  II                         
Phenylacetone (8501).......................  II                         
Cocaine (9041).............................  II                         
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    No request for a hearing was filed concerning Calbiochem-
Novabiochem Corporation's 1996 application for renewal of its 
registration. However, by Notice dated July 5, 1995, Calbiochem-
Novabiochem Corporation made application to the Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA) to renew its registration as an importer of the 
basic classes of controlled substances listed above. Notice of this 
application was published in the Federal Register on July 13, 1995 (60 
FR 36165). A registered manufacturer filed a request for a hearing with 
respect to amphetamine for the 1995 application.

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The action on Calbiochem-Novabiochem Corporation's 1995 application to 
import amphetamine was docketed before Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) 
Mary Ellen Bittner.
    By letter to the ALJ, dated August 31, 1995, the registered 
manufacturer withdrew its request for a hearing based on Calbiochem-
Novabiochem Corporation's agreement to withdraw its application to be 
registered with DEA to manufacture amphetamine. The ALJ terminated the 
administrative proceeding on October 2, 1995. As of October 1, 1996, 
Calbiochem-Novabiochem Corporation has not filed a request for 
withdrawal of its 1995 application for registration as a bulk 
manufacturer of amphetamine and, therefore, DEA did not process that 
application. By letter dated October 25, 1996, Calbiochem-Novabiochem 
Corporation's request that amphetamine be deleted from its 1996 renewal 
application for registration.
    DEA has considered the factors in Title 21, United States Code, 
Section 823(a) and determined that the registration of Calbiochem-
Novabiochem Corporation 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 
1311.42, the above firm is granted registration as an importer of the 
basic classes of controlled substances listed above with the exception 
of amphetamine (1100).

    Dated: February 26, 1997.
Gene R. Haislip,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 97-7878 Filed 3-27-97; 8:45 am]
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