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