38712 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 15, 2017 / Notices 

1Since the pages in GX 3 are not consecutively 

paginated, this Decision and Order identifies the 

relevant document in GX 3 and the relevant page 

number of that document. 

2For the same reasons the Division of 

Professional Regulation of the Illinois Department 

of Financial and Professional Regulation suspended 

Registrant’s Illinois Physician and Surgeon License 

and Illinois Controlled Substance License, I find 

that the public interest necessitates that this Order 

be effective immediately. 21 CFR 1316.67. 

Findings of Fact 

Registrant’s DEA Registration 

Registrant currently holds DEA 

practitioner registration BP7189067 

authorizing him to dispense controlled 

substances in Schedules II through V. 

GX 2. This registration expires on March 

31, 2019. Id. 

DEA practitioner registration 

BP7189067 is assigned to Registrant at 

‘‘Dr Raman Popli and Associates, Ltd, 

5415 Bull Valley Road, McHenry, IL 

60050.’’ Id. 

The Status of Registrant’s State Licenses 

On March 13, 2017, the Director of the 

Division of Professional Regulation of 

the Illinois Department of Financial and 

Professional Regulation issued an Order 

suspending Registrant’s Illinois 

Physician and Surgeon License No. 

036–104035 and Illinois Controlled 

Substance License No. 336–064820 

pending proceedings before an 

Administrative Law Judge at the 

Department of Financial and 

Professional Regulation and the Medical 

Disciplinary Board of the State of 

Illinois. GX 3 (Order, at 1–2).1

According to the Order, ‘‘the public 

interest, safety and welfare imperatively 

require emergency action to prevent the 

continued practice of Raman Popli, 

M.D., Respondent, in that Respondent’s 

actions constitute an immediate danger 

to the public.’’ Id. (Order, at 1). 

Discussion 

Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3), the 

Attorney General is authorized to 

suspend or revoke a registration issued 

under section 823 of the Controlled 

Substances Act (hereinafter, CSA), 

‘‘upon a finding that the registrant . . . 

has had his State License . . . 

suspended [or] . . . revoked by 

competent State authority and is no 

longer authorized by State law to engage 

in the . . . dispensing of controlled 

substances.’’ With respect to a 

practitioner, the DEA has also long held 

that the possession of authority to 

dispense controlled substances under 

the laws of the State in which a 

practitioner engages in professional 

practice is a fundamental condition for 

obtaining and maintaining a 

practitioner’s registration. See, e.g., 

James L. Hooper, 76 FR 71,371 (2011), 

pet. for rev. denied, 481 Fed. Appx. 826 

(4th Cir. 2012); Frederick Marsh 

Blanton, 43 FR 27,616 (1978). 

This rule derives from the text of two 

provisions of the CSA. First, Congress 

defined the term ‘‘ ‘practitioner’ [to] 

mean[ ] a . . . physician, dentist, . . . 

or other person licensed, registered, or 

otherwise permitted, by . . . the 

jurisdiction in which he practices . . ., 

to distribute, dispense, [or] administer 

. . . a controlled substance in the 

course of professional practice . . . .’’ 

21 U.S.C. 801(21). Second, in setting the 

requirements for obtaining a 

practitioner’s registration, Congress 

directed that ‘‘[t]he Attorney General 

shall register practitioners . . . if the 

applicant is authorized to dispense . . . 

controlled substances under the laws of 

the State in which he practices.’’ 21 

U.S.C. 823(f). Because Congress has 

clearly mandated that a practitioner 

possess state authority in order to be 

deemed a practitioner under the CSA, 

the DEA has held repeatedly that 

revocation of a practitioner’s registration 

is the appropriate sanction whenever he 

is no longer authorized to dispense 

controlled substances under the laws of 

the State in which he practices. See, 

e.g., Hooper, 76 FR at 71,371–72; Sheran 

Arden Yeates, 71 FR 39,130, 39,131 

(2006); Dominick A. Ricci, 58 FR 51,104, 

51,105 (1993); Bobby Watts, 53 FR 

11,919, 11,920 (1988); Blanton, 43 FR at 

27,616. 

Under Illinois law, ‘‘[n]o person shall 

practice medicine . . . without a valid, 

active license to do so . . . .’’ 225 ILCS 

60/3 (2017). Further, ‘‘[e]very person 

who . . . dispenses any controlled 

substances . . . must obtain a 

registration issued by the [Illinois] 

Department of Financial and 

Professional Regulation in accordance 

with its rules.’’ 720 ILCS 570/302(a). 

In this case, the Division of 

Professional Regulation of the Illinois 

Department of Financial and 

Professional Regulation took emergency 

action to suspend Registrant’s Physician 

and Surgeon License and Illinois 

Controlled Substance License. Supra. 

Consequently, Registrant is not 

currently authorized to handle 

controlled substances in the State of 

Illinois, the State in which he is 

registered, and he is not entitled to 

maintain his registration. Blanton, 

supra. Accordingly, I will order this his 

registration be revoked and that any 

pending application for the renewal or 

modification of his registration be 

denied. 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3) and 823(f). 

Order 

Pursuant to the authority vested in me 

by 21 U.S.C. 824(a), as well as 28 CFR 

0.100(b), I order that DEA Certificate of 

Registration BP7189067 issued to 

Raman I. Popli, M.D., as well as DATAWaiver Identification No. XP7189067, 

be, and they hereby are, revoked. I 

further order that any pending 

application of Raman I. Popli, M.D., to 

renew or modify this registration, as 

well as any other pending application 

by him for registration in the State of 

Illinois, be, and it hereby is, denied. 

This order is effective immediately.2

Dated: August 4, 2017. 

Chuck Rosenberg, 

Acting Administrator. 

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1The motion was filed under docket number 16– 

CRB–0014 DART–SRF (CO) (2015). CO stands for 

Copyright Owners subfund. The motion should 

have included a second docket number because it 

includes a request regarding both the CO subfund 

and another subfund (the Featured Recording 

Artists (FRA) subfund). An additional docket 

number, 16–CRB–0022–DART–SRF (FRA) (2015), 

has been assigned to the motion. (Note that the 

docket number for the Copyright Owners fund has 

been revised to add an F after SR to bring it into 

conformity with eCRB docket numbering protocols.) 

4. Discussion regarding 

recommendations for LSC’s Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2019 budget request 

5. Public comment regarding FY 2019 

budget request 

6. Consider and act on FY 2019 Budget 

Request Resolution 2017–XXX 

7. Additional public comment 

8. Consider and act on other business 

9. Consider and act on adjournment of 

meeting 

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION: 

Katherine Ward, Executive Assistant to 

the Vice President & General Counsel, at 

(202) 295–1500. Questions may be sent 

by electronic mail to FR_NOTICE_

QUESTIONS@lsc.gov. 

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Americans with Disabilities Act and 

Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation 

Act. Upon request, meeting notices and 

materials will be made available in 

alternative formats to accommodate 

individuals with disabilities. 

Individuals needing other 

accommodations due to disability in 

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Ward, at (202) 295–1500 or FR_

NOTICE_QUESTIONS@lsc.gov, at least 

2 business days in advance of the 

meeting. If a request is made without 

advance notice, LSC will make every 

effort to accommodate the request but 

cannot guarantee that all requests can be 

fulfilled. 

Dated: August 11, 2017. 

Katherine Ward, 

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Legal Affairs and General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17300 Filed 8–11–17; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket Nos. 16–CRB–0014 DART–SRF 

(CO) (2015) and 16–CRB–0022–DART–SRF 

(FRA) (2015)] 

Distribution of 2015 DART Sound 

Recordings Fund Royalties (Copyright 

Owners and Featured Artists 

Subfunds) 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice soliciting comments on 

motion for partial distribution. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

solicit comments on a motion for partial 

distribution in connection with 2015 

DART Sound Recordings Fund 

royalties. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 14, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

identified by both docket numbers 16– 

CRB–0014 DART–SRF (CO) (2015) and 

16–CRB–0022–DART–SRF (FRA) 

(2015),1 by any of the following 

methods: 

CRB’s electronic filing application: 

Submit comments online in eCRB at 

https://app.crb.gov/. 

U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, 

P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024– 

0977; or 

Overnight service (only USPS Express 

Mail is acceptable): Copyright Royalty 

Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 

20024–0977; or 

Commercial courier: Address package 

to: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of 

Congress, James Madison Memorial 

Building, LM–403, 101 Independence 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559– 

6000. Deliver to: Congressional Courier 

Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE., and D 

Street NE., Washington, DC; or 

Hand delivery: Library of Congress, 

James Madison Memorial Building, LM– 

401, 101 Independence Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. 

Instructions: Unless submitting 

online, commenters must submit an 

original, five paper copies, and an 

electronic version on a CD. All 

submissions must include the Copyright 

Royalty Board name and docket 

number(s). All submissions received 

and accepted will be filed and posted to 

eCRB on https://www.crb.gov without 

change, including any personal 

information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to eCRB, the 

Copyright Royalty Board’s electronic 

filing and case management system, at 

https://app.crb.gov/ and search for 

docket number 16–CRB–0014 DART– 

SRF (CO) (2015) or docket number 16– 

CRB–0022–DART–SRF (FRA) (2015). 

For documents not yet uploaded to 

eCRB (because it is a new system), go to 

the CRB Web site at https://

www.crb.gov/ or contact the CRB 

Program Specialist. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Brown-Blaine, Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email 

at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

23, 2017, the Alliance of Artists and 

Recording Companies (AARC), on 

behalf of itself and claimants with 

which it has reached settlements 

(Settling Claimants) filed with the 

Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) a 

Notice of Settlement and Request for 

Partial Distribution of the 2015 DART 

Sound Recordings Fund Featured 

Recording Artists and Copyright Owners 

Subfunds Royalties (Notice and 

Request). In the Notice and Request, 

AARC states that the Settling Claimants 

have agreed among themselves 

concerning distribution of the 2015 

DART Sound Recordings Fund royalties 

from two subfunds: Copyright Owners 

and Featured Recording Artists. 

With respect to the Featured 

Recording Artists Subfund, AARC 

represents that it has reached 

settlements with all but one claimant 

(Herman Kelly). AARC contends that 

Mr. Kelly had sales of approximately 

157,000 out of a total of 1 billion sold 

for the year. Notice and Request at 2. 

With respect to the Copyright Owners 

Subfund, AARC represents that it has 

reached settlements with all but four 

claimants (Herman Kelly, Eugene Curry, 

George Clinton, and C. KunspyruhzyGeorge Clinton). AARC contends that 

the combined sales of the non-settling 

copyright owners is approximately 

192,000 units out of approximately 1 

billion sold for the year. Id. at 3. 

AARC requests a partial distribution 

of 98% from the Copyright Owners 

Subfund and an equal percentage from 

the Featured Recording Artists Subfund 

pursuant to Section 801(b)(3)(C) of the 

Copyright Act. Under that section of the 

Copyright Act, before ruling on a partial 

distribution motion the Judges must 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

seeking responses to the motion to 

ascertain whether any claimant entitled 

to receive such royalty fees has a 

reasonable objection to the proposed 

distribution. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). 

Consequently, this Notice seeks 

comments from interested claimants on 

whether any reasonable objection exists 

that would preclude the distribution 

from the 2015 DART Sound Recordings 

Fund of 98% of the royalties in the 

Featured Recording Artists Subfund and 

98% of the royalties in the Copyright 

Owners Subfund to the Settling 

Claimants. Any party wishing to advise 

the Judges of the existence and extent of 

an objection must do so, in writing, by 

the end of the comment period. The 

Judges will not consider any objections 

to the partial distribution motion that 

are raised after the close of that period. 

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