[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67473-67474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29974]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Manufacturer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Registration

    By Notice dated August 19, 2003, and published in the Federal 
Register on September 2, 2003, (68 FR 52224), Cambrex Charles City, 
Inc., 1205 11th Street, Charles City, Iowa 50616, made application by 
letter to the Drug Enforcement Administration for registration as a 
bulk manufacturer of Dextropropoxyphene (9273), a basic class of 
Schedule II controlled substance.
    The firm plans to manufacture bulk controlled substances 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 regulation of Cambrex Charles City, Inc. to 
manufacture the listed controlled substance is consistent with the 
public interest at this time. DEA has investigated Cambrex Charles 
City, Inc. to ensure that the company's registration is consistent with 
the public interest. This investigation has included inspection and 
testing of the company's physical security systems, verification of the 
company's compliance with state

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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 is granted.

    Dated: November 19, 2003.
Laura M. Nagel,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-29974 Filed 12-1-03; 8:45 am]
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