[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17467-17468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8659]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration

    By Notice dated December 18, 2001, and published in the Federal 
Register on December 27, 2001, (66 FR 66939), Chattem Chemicals, Inc., 
3801 St. Elmo Avenue, Building 18, Chatanooga, Tennessee 37409, made 
application by letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to 
be registered as a bulk manufacturer of dextropropoxyphene (9273), a 
basic class of controlled substance listed Schedule II.
    The firm plans to bulk manufacture dextropropoxyphene to produce 
products for distribution to its customers.

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    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 Chattem Chemicals, Inc. to 
manufacture dextropropoxyphene is consistent with the public interest 
at this time. DEA has investigated the firm 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, 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: March 27, 2002.
Laura M. Nagel,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-8659 Filed 4-9-02; 8:45 am]
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