[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 186 (Monday, September 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24561]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration

    By Notice dated April 21, 2000, and published in the Federal 
Registeron April 28, 2000, (65 FR 24986), Lonza Riverside, 900 River 
Road, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428, made application by letter to 
the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to be registered ax a bulk 
manufacturer of gamma hydroxybutyric acid (2010), a basic class of 
controlled substance listed in Schedule I.
    The firm plans to bulk manufacture gamma hydroxybutyric acid for 
distribution to its customers.
    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 Lonza Riverside to manufacture the 
listed controlled substances is consistent with the public interest at 
this time. DEA has investigated Lonza Riverside 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 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: September 1, 2000.
John H. King,
Deputy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-24561 Filed 9-22-00; 8:45 am]
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