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- Federal Register
- Vol. 59, No. 149
- Thursday, August 4, 1994
-
- Drug Enforcement Administration Controlled Substances: Proposed Aggregate
- Production Quotas for 1995
-
- AGENCY: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Justice.
-
- ACTION: Notice of proposed aggregate production goals for 1995.
-
- SUMMARY: This notice proposes initial 1995 aggregate production quotas for
- controlled substances in Schedules I and II of the Controlled Substances Act.
-
- DATES: Comments or objections should be received on or before September 6,
- 1994.
-
- ADDRESSES: Send comments or objections to the Administrator, Drug Enforcement
- Administration, Washington, DC 20537, Attn: DEA Federal Register
- Representative (CCR).
-
- FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard McClain, Jr., Chief, Drug & Chemical
- Evaluation Section, Drug Enforcement Administration, Washington, DC 20537,
- Telephone: (202) 307─7183.
-
- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 306 of the Controlled Substances Act (21
- U.S.C. 826) requires that the Attorney General establish aggregate production
- quotas for each basic class of controlled substance listed in Schedules I and
- II. This responsibility has been delegated to the Administrator of the DEA by
- Section 0.100 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The
- Administrator, in turn, has redelegated this function to the Deputy
- Administrator pursuant to 59 FR 23637 (May 6, 1994).
-
- The quotas are to provide adequate supplies of each substance for: (1) The
- estimated medical, scientific, research, and industrial needs of the United
- States; (2) lawful export requirements; and (3) the establishment and
- maintenance of reserve stocks.
-
- In determining the below listed proposed 1995 aggregate production quotas, the
- Deputy Administrator considered the following factors: (1) Total actual 1993
- and estimated 1994 and 1995 net disposals of each substance by all
- manufacturers; (2) estimates of 1994 year end inventories of each substance
- and of any substance manufactured from it and trends in accumulation of such
- inventories; and (3) projected demand as indicated by procurement quota
- applications filed pursuant to 1303.12 of Title 21 of the Code of Federal
- Regulations.
-
- Pursuant to 1303.23(c) of Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the
- Deputy Administrator of the DEA will, in early 1995, adjust aggregate
- production quotas and individual manufacturing quotas allocated for the year
- based upon 1994 year-end inventory and actual 1994 disposition data supplied
- by quota recipients for each basic class of Schedule I or II controlled
- substance.
-
- Therefore, under the authority vested in the Attorney General by Section 306
- of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 826), delegated to the
- Administrator of the DEA by Section 0.100 of Title 28 of the Code of Federal
- Regulations, and redelegated to the Deputy Administrator pursuant to 59 FR
- 23637 (May 6, 1994), the Deputy Administrator hereby proposes that the
- aggregate production quotas for 1995 for the following controlled substances,
- expressed in grams of anhydrous acid or base, be established as follows:
-
- c2,L2,tp0,i1,s25,10
-
- [col head 1] Basic class [col head 1] Proposed 1995 quotas
-
- s1
-
- Schedule I s0rs
-
- Acetylmethadol 2
-
- Aminorex 2
-
- Bufotenine 10
-
- Cathinone 4
-
- Difenoxin 14,000
-
- 2, 5-Dimethoxyamphetamine 15,650,000
-
- Dimethylamphetamine 2
-
- N-Ethylamphetamine 4
-
- Lysergic acid diethylamide 41
-
- Mescaline 2
-
- 4-Methoxyamphetamine 12
-
- 4-Methylaminorex 2
-
- 3-Methylfentanyl 12
-
- Methaqualone 2
-
- Methcathinone 9
-
- 3, 4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine 12
-
- 3, 4-Methylenedioxy-N-ethylamphetamine 2
-
- 3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine 12
-
- Normorphine 2
-
- Tetrahydrocannibinols 35,000
-
- Thiophene Analog of Phencyclidine 10rs
-
- s1
-
- Schedule IIs0rs
-
- Alfentanil 7,000
-
- Amobarbital 5
-
- Amphetamine 635,000
-
- Cocaine 550,000
-
- Codeine (for sale) 67,312,000
-
- Codeine (for conversion) 16,181,000
-
- Desoxyephedrine 900,000 grams of levodesoxyephedrine for use in a
- noncontrolled, nonprescription product and 20 grams for methamphetamine
- 900,020
-
- Dextropropoxyphene 124,012,000
-
- Dihydrocodeine 202,000
-
- Diphenoxylate 688,000
-
- Ecgonine (for conversion) 650,000
-
- Fentanyl 76,000
-
- Hydrocodone 8,474,000
-
- Hydromorphone 393,000
-
- Levo-alpha-acetylmethadol 200,000
-
- Levorphanol 8,000
-
- Meperidine 8,637,000
-
- Methadone 3,779,000
-
- Methadone (for conversion) 364,000
-
- Methadone Intermediate (for sale) 300,000
-
- Methadone Intermediate (for conversion) 4,393,000
-
- Methylphenidate 7,935,000
-
- Morphine (for sale) 7,612,000
-
- Morphine (for conversion) 78,105,000
-
- Noroxymorphone (for sale) 21,000
-
- Noroxymorphone (for conversion) 3,500,000
-
- Opium 1,118,000
-
- Oxycodone (for sale) 3,613,000
-
- Oxycodone (for conversion) 6,200
-
- Oxymorphone 2,500
-
- Pentobarbital 15,706,000
-
- Phencyclidine 52
-
- Phenylacetone (for conversion) 3,528,000
-
- Secobarbital 480,000
-
- Sufentanil 700
-
- Thebaine 9,383,000
-
- Aggregate production quotas for all other Schedules I and II controlled
- substances included in 1308.11 and 1308.12 of Title 21 of the Code of
- Federal Regulations are established at zero.
-
- All interested persons are invited to submit their comments and objections in
- writing regarding this proposal. A person may object to or comment on the
- proposal relating to any of the above-mentioned substances without filing
- comments or objections regarding the others. If a person believes that one or
- more of these issues warrant a hearing, the individual should so state and
- summarize the reasons for this belief.
-
- In the event that comments or objections to this proposal raise one or more
- issues which the Deputy Administrator finds warrant a hearing, the Deputy
- Administrator shall order a public hearing by notice in the Federal Register,
- summarizing the issues to be heard and setting the time for the hearing.
-
- The Office of Management and Budget has determined that notices of aggregate
- production quotas are not subject to centralized review under Executive Order
- 12866. This action has been analyzed in accordance with the principles and
- criteria contained in Executive Order 12612, and it has been determined that
- this matter does not have sufficient federalism implications to warrant the
- preparation of a Federalism Assessment.
-
- The Deputy Administrator hereby certifies that this action will have no
- significant impact upon small entities whose interests must be considered
- under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C., 601, et seq. The establishment
- of annual aggregate production quotas for Schedules I and II controlled
- substances is mandated by law and by international treaty obligations. While
- aggregate production quotas are of primary importance to large manufacturers,
- their impact upon small entities is neither negative nor beneficial.
- Accordingly, the Deputy Administrator has determined that this action does not
- require a regulatory flexibility analysis.
-
- Dated: July 28, 1994.
-
- Stephen H. Greene,
-
- Deputy Administrator.
-
- [FR Doc. 94─19054 Filed 8─3─94; 8:45 am]
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