[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 34682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16266]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Importer of Controlled Substances; Registration

    By Notice dated April 9, 1999, and published in the Federal 
Register on April 27, 1999, (64 FR 22646), Stepan Company, Natural 
Products Department, 100 W. Hunter Avenue, Maywood, New Jersey 07607, 
made application by renewal to the Drug Enforcement Administration 
(DEA) to be registered as an importer of coca leaves (9040), a basic 
class of controlled substance listed in Schedule II.
    The firm plans to import coca leaves to manufacture bulk controlled 
substances.
    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 Stepan Company to import coca 
leaves 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. DEA has investigated Stepan 
Company on a regular basis to ensure that the company's continued 
registration is consistent with the public interest. These 
investigations have included inspection and testing of the company's 
physical security systems, audits of the company's records, 
verification of the company's compliance with state and local laws, and 
a review of the company's background and history. 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 
1301.34, the above firm is granted registration as an importer of the 
basic class of controlled substance listed above.

    Dated: June 15, 1999.
John H. King,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-16266 Filed 6-25-99; 8:45 am]
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