[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 231 (Thursday, December 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 63411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28826]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Importer of Controlled Substances; Notice of Application

    This is notice that on July 16, 2009, Noramco, Inc., Division of 
Ortho-McNeil, Inc., 500 Swedes Landing Road, Wilmington, Delaware 
19801, made application by renewal to the Drug Enforcement 
Administration (DEA) for registration as an importer of the basic 
classes of controlled substances listed in schedule II:

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                    Drug                               Schedule
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Opium, raw (9600)..........................  II
Poppy Straw Concentrate (9670).............  II
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    The company plans to import the listed controlled substances to 
manufacture other controlled substances.
    As explained in the Correction to Notice of Application pertaining 
to Rhodes Technologies, 72 FR 3417 (2007), comments and requests for 
hearings on applications to import narcotic raw material are not 
appropriate.
    As noted in a previous notice published in the Federal Register on 
September 23, 1975 (40 FR 43745), all applicants for registration to 
import a basic class of any controlled substances in schedule I or II 
are, and will continue to be, required to demonstrate to the Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement 
Administration, that the requirements for such registration pursuant to 
21 U.S.C. 958(a); 21 U.S.C. 823(a); and 21 CFR 1301.34(b), (c), (d), 
(e), and (f) are satisfied.

    Dated: November 23, 2009.
Joseph T. Rannazzisi,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-28826 Filed 12-2-09; 8:45 am]
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