[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 20042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8537]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[Docket No. 08-16]


Four Seasons Distributors, Inc.; Order Accepting Settlement 
Agreement and Terminating Proceeding

    On October 31, 2007, the Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, issued an Order to 
Show Cause to Four Seasons Distributors, Inc. (Respondent), of 
Belleville, Illinois. The Show Cause Order proposed the revocation of 
Respondent's Certificate of Registration, which authorizes it to 
distribute listed chemicals, and the denial of any pending applications 
to renew or modify the registration, on the ground that Respondent's 
registration is ``inconsistent with the public interest.'' ALJ Ex. 1 
(citing 21 U.S.C. 823(h) & 824(d)).
    Respondent, through its counsel, requested a hearing on the 
allegations and the matter was assigned to an agency Administrative Law 
Judge (ALJ), who conducted a hearing on April 21, 2008. Thereafter, on 
October 30, 2009, the ALJ issued her recommended decision. Therein, the 
ALJ found that the Government ``ha[d] not met its burden of proof in 
showing that the Respondent's continued registration would be against 
the public interest'' and recommended that its registration be 
continued. ALJ at 37. The Government apparently agreed as it did not 
file exceptions to the ALJ's decision. The ALJ then forwarded the 
record to me for final agency action.
    Thereafter, the parties ``reached a settlement of all 
administrative matters pending before'' me and filed a joint motion 
which requests that I terminate the proceedings. Motion to Terminate 
Administrative Proceedings. The parties also included a copy of the 
Memorandum of Agreement, setting forth the terms of their settlement.
    Having reviewed the ALJ's decision and the terms of the settlement 
agreement, I find that the settlement is appropriate and consistent 
with the public interest. Accordingly, the parties' motion to terminate 
the proceeding is hereby granted and the Order to Show Cause is 
dismissed.
    It is so ordered.

    Dated: April 1, 2011.
Michele M. Leonhart,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-8537 Filed 4-8-11; 8:45 am]
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