[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 71160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33887]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration

    By Notice dated June 15, 1998, and published in the Federal 
Register on September 3, 1998, (63 FR 47040), Organix, Inc., 240 Salem 
Street, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, made application to the Drug 
Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be registered as a bulk 
manufacturer of cocaine, a basic class of controlled substance listed 
in Schedule II.
    The firms plans to manufacture a derivative of cocaine in grant 
quantities for validation of synthetic procedures.
    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 Organix, Inc. to manufacture 
cocaine is consistent with the public interest at this time. Therefore, 
pursuant to 21 U.S.C. Sec. 823 and 28 C.F.R. Secs. 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: December 11, 1998.
John H. King,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-33887 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]
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