[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 31295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14651]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


Drug Enforcement Administration; Manufacturer of Controlled 
Substances; Notice of Registration

    By Notice dated December 14, 1998, and published in the Federal 
Register on December 23, 1998, (63 FR 71155), Chattem Chemicals, Inc., 
3801 St. Elmo Avenue, Building 18, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37409, made 
application to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be 
registered as a bulk manufacturer of methamphetamine (1105), a basic 
class of controlled substance listed in Schedule II.
    The firm plans to bulk manufacture methamphetamine to produce 
products 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 Chattem 
Chemicals, Inc. to manufacture the listed controlled substance is 
consistent with the public interest at this time. DEA has investigated 
Chattem Chemicals, Inc. to ensure that the company's registration is 
consistent with the public interest. 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: May 25, 1999.
John H. King,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-14651 Filed 6-9-99; 8:45 am]
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