[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 145 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20178]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Registration

    By Notice dated April 3, 1998, and published in the Federal 
Register on April 14, 1998, (63 FR 18227), Lilly del Caribe, Inc., 
Chemical Plant, Kilometer 146.7, State Road 2, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 
00680, made application to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to 
be registered as a bulk manufacturer of dextropropoxyphene (9273), a 
basic class of controlled substance listed in Schedule II.
    The firm plans to manufacture bulk product for distribution to its 
customers.
    DEA has considered the factors in Title 21, United States Code, 
Section 823(a) and determined that the registration of Lilly del 
Caribe, Inc. to manufacture dextropropoxyphene is consistent with the 
public interest at this time. Therefore, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 823 and 
28 CFR 0.100 and 0.104, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Diversion Control, hereby orders that the application submitted by the 
above firm for registration as a bulk manufacturer of the basic class 
of controlled substance listed above is granted.

    Dated: July 13, 1998.
John H. King.
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-20178 Filed 7-28-98; 8:45 am]
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