[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 246 (Friday, December 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 75670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30782]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration


Importer of Controlled Substances, Notice of Application, Hospira

    Pursuant to Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations 1301.34(a), this 
is notice that on September 20, 2012, Hospira, 1776 North Centennial 
Drive, McPherson, Kansas 67460-1247, made application by renewal to the 
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for registration as an importer 
of Remifentanil (9739), a basic class of controlled substance listed in 
schedule II.
    The company plans to import Remifentanil for use in dosage form 
manufacturing.
    Any bulk manufacturer who is presently, or is applying to be, 
registered with DEA to manufacture such basic class of controlled 
substance may file comments or objections to the issuance of the 
proposed registration and may, at the same time, file a written request 
for a hearing on such application pursuant to 21 CFR 1301.43, and in 
such form as prescribed by 21 CFR 1316.47.
    Any such written comments or objections should be addressed, in 
quintuplicate, to the Drug Enforcement Administration, Office of 
Diversion Control, Federal Register Representative (ODL), 8701 
Morrissette Drive, Springfield, Virginia 22152; and must be filed no 
later than January 22, 2013.
    This procedure is to be conducted simultaneously with, and 
independent of, the procedures described in 21 CFR 1301.34(b), (c), 
(d), (e), and (f). As noted in a previous notice published in the 
Federal Register on September 23, 1975, 40 FR 43745-46, all applicants 
for registration to import a basic class of any controlled substance in 
schedules 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: December 14, 2012.
Joseph T. Rannazzisi,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug 
Enforcement Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-30782 Filed 12-20-12; 8:45 am]
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