Opinion ID: 700502
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Heading: Application of U.S.S.G. Sec. 2D1.1

Text: 42 Basinger argues that because the sentencing court could not calculate the amount of methamphetamine the lab could produce with any certainty, the court should have applied U.S.S.G. Sec. 2D1.11 rather than section 2D1.1. Section 2D1.11 applies to convictions for possession of a chemical listed in 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(d), while section 2D1.1 covers manufacture of a controlled substance under 21 U.S.C. Sec. 841(a). Basinger was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine, rather than of possessing a listed precursor chemical. Where, as we have held here, the district court was able to estimate drug quantity, there is no reason to depart from 2D1.1. See United States v. Myers, 993 F.2d 713, 715-16 (9th Cir.1993). 6