Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 204 / Wednesday, October 22, 1997 / Notices 54857

Enforcement Administration, United

States Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20537, Attention: DEA

Federal Register Representative (CCR),

and must be filed no later than

December 22, 1997.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–27895 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

Manufacture of Controlled Substances;

Notice of Application

Pursuant to Section 1301.33(a) of Title

21 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR), this is notice that on August 4,

1997, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.,

Attn: Compliance, East Hanover, 556

Morris Avenue, Summit, New Jersey

07901, made application by renewal to

the Drug Enforcement Administration

(DEA) for registration as a bulk

manufacturer of the Schedule II

controlled substance methylphenidate

(1724).

The firm plans to manufacture the

finished product for distribution to its

customers.

Any other such applicant and any

person who is presently registered with

DEA to manufacture such substances

may file comments or objections to the

issuance of the proposed registration.

Any such comments or objections

may be addressed, in quintuplicate, to

the Deputy Assistant Administrator,

Office of Diversion Control, Drug

Enforcement Administration, United

States Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20537, Attention: DEA

Federal Register Representative (CCR),

and must be filed no later than

December 22, 1997.

Dated: October 6, 1997.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–27896 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

Manufacturer of Controlled

Substances; Notice of Application

Pursuant to Section 1301.33(a) of Title

21 of the Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR), this is notice that on September

10, 1997, Nycomed, Inc., 33 Riverside

Avenue, Rensselaer, New York 12144,

made application to the Drug

Enforcement Administration (DEA) for

registration as a bulk manufacturer of

meperidine (9230) a basic class of

controlled substance listed in Schedule

II.

The firm plans to manufacture bulk

product for distribution to its customers.

Any other such applicant and any

person who is presently registered with

DEA to manufacture such substance

may file comments or objections to the

issuance of the proposed registration.

Any such comments or objections

may be addressed, in quintuplicate, to

the Deputy Assistant Administrator,

Office of Diversion Control, Drug

Enforcement Administration, United

States Department of Justice,

Washington, D.C. 20537, Attention: DEA

Federal Register Representative (CCR),

and must be filed no later than

December 22, 1997.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

John H. King,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–27897 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Advisory Council on Employee Welfare

and Pension Benefit Plans; Reopening

and Extending the Time for Receipt of

Nominations for Vacancies Until

November 7, 1997

Section 512 of the Employee

Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

(ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142,

provides for an ‘‘Advisory Council on

Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit

Plans’’ (the Council), to consist of 15

members to be appointed by the

Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) as

follows: Three representatives of

employee organizations (at least one of

whom shall be representative of an

organization whose members are

participants in a multiemployer plan);

three representatives of employers (at

least one of whom shall be

representative of employers maintaining

or contributing to multiemployer plans);

one representative each from the fields

of insurance, corporate trust, actuarial

counseling, investment counseling,

investment management and

accounting; and three representatives

from the general public (one of whom

shall be a person representing those

receiving benefits from a pension plan).

No more than eight members of the

Council shall be members of the same

political party.

Members shall be qualified to

appraise the programs instituted under

ERISA. Appointments are for terms of

three years. The prescribed duties of the

Council are to advise the Secretary with

respect to the carrying out of his or her

functions under ERISA, and to submit to

the Secretary, or his or her designee,

recommendations with respect thereto.

The Council will meet at least four

times each year, and recommendations

of the Council to the Secretary will be

included in the Secretary’s annual

report to the Congress on ERISA.

The terms of five members of the

Council expire Friday, November 14,

1997. The groups or fields represented

are as follows: employee organizations

(multiemployer plans), investment

counseling, actuarial counseling,

employers and the general public

(pensioners). In addition, this year

nominations also are being sought for

individuals interested in an

appointment to fill one year of an

unexpired three-year term of a council

member who died while serving on the

Council. That unexpired term calls for

naming an employee organization

(multiemployer) representative.

Accordingly, notice is hereby given

that any person or organization desiring

to recommend one or more individuals

for appointment to the Advisory

Council on Employee Welfare and

Pension Benefit Plans to represent any

of the groups or fields specified in the

preceding paragraph, may submit

recommendations to Sharon Morrissey,

Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory

Council, Frances Perkins Building, U.S.

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW, Suite N–5677,

Washington, D.C. 20210. This notice is

being issued to reopen and further

extend the period in which

recommendations can be delivered or

mailed. The new date for receipt of

recommendations is on or before

November 7, 1997. Nominations for a

particular category of membership

should come from organizations or

individuals within that category. A

summary of the candidate’s

qualifications should be included with

the nomination.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16 day of

October, 1997.

Olena Berg,

Assistant Secretary of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–27958 Filed 10–21–97; 8:45 am]

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