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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 28 / Tuesday, February 11, 1997 / Proposed Rules6163of the machine when it comes out, asyou will need the farecard to re-enterthe station for the return trip. If youneed help passing through the exit gate,please ask the station attendant forassistance. After exiting the exit gate,ride the second set of escalators to theplaza. Enter the U.S. DOT buildingthrough the Southwest Entrance(farthest entrance to the right across theplaza as you get off the escalator). Amap on a column at the top of theescalator will also indicate theSouthwest corner of the DOT building.When you are ready to return to theRFK Stadium parking lot, re-enter theL’Enfant Plaza metrorail station at theDOT building. Purchase an additionalfarecard, enter the station and go downto the platform on the lowest level.Board a blue or orange train headedtoward New Carrollton or AddisonRoad. When you get off the escalator,the correct train track will be to yourleft. Take the train five (5) stops to theStadium/Armory station and walk backto the RFK Stadium parking lots bygoing around the D.C. Armory.The FHWA is providing thisopportunity to listen particularly todrivers who must live with, and follow,these regulations on a daily basis. TheFHWA is specifically interested inhearing about problems drivers havewith any aspect of the hours-of-serviceissue.The FHWA will not have developedany proposals for this rulemaking by thetime these listening sessions are held.These sessions are being held to obtainadditional information that may assistus in formulating proposals that wouldminimize crashes, minimize regulatoryburdens, are cost-effective, and are easyto understand. The FHWA would like todevelop new proposals based uponsupportable scientific data or, ifscientific data is not supportable, by thebest available professional judgment.The FHWA does not intend to base newproposals upon anecdotal informationor intuitive opinion.Anecdotal information or intuitiveopinions from drivers and othermembers of the public, however, mayassist us in developing proposals thatare easy to understand, comply with,and are enforceable.At all listening sessions, except inWashington, D.C., FHWA officials willrecognize and listen to all persons withan interest in the hours-of-serviceregulations. An individual will not berequired to make a formal statement atthese listening sessions. It is notnecessary to request time to be heard atthe sessions, except for the Washington,D.C. session. All persons will be givenan opportunity to participate. Alldiscussions and comments made at thelistening sessions will be recorded andtranscribed and will be placed in therulemaking docket.For Washington, D.C. Participants OnlyAll persons who would like toparticipate at the Washington, D.C.session must request notice of theirdesire to participate by telephoning Mr.Stan Hamilton at (202) 366–0665 by4:00 p.m. eastern standard time onFriday, March 28, 1997.All persons participating at theWashington, D.C. session will be subjectto Federal and DOT workplace securitymeasures. All persons will needidentification with their picture on itand must display the identification toDOT Security officers. The DOT’sSecurity office will search all non-Government personnel. Please leaveknives, guns, and other weapons athome. These weapons may beconfiscated by DOT Security officers orthe Metropolitan Police Department.All persons will be required to signinat the guard’s desk, walk-throughmetal detection devices (and possibly besearched with a hand-held metaldetection device). All handbags andpackages will be X-rayed by detectionequipment. All visitors to DOT will berequired to wear a ‘‘Visitor’’ badge at alltimes while in the DOT building.The DOT’s Security office will limitand monitor the public’s access andmovement through the DOT building.All persons requesting to participate inthe session, but failing to satisfy DOTSecurity requirements, will be deniedentry into the building and will forfeittheir opportunity to participate in theWashington, D.C. listening session.Such persons will be allowed to submitwritten comments to the docket, at theabove address, by the close of businesson March 31, 1997.Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315 and 49 CFR 1.48.Issued on: February 6, 1997.George L. Reagle,Associate Administrator for Motor Carriers.[FR Doc. 97–3387 Filed 2–10–97; 8:45 am]BILLING CODE 4910–22–P
6164NoticesFederal RegisterVol. 62, No. 28Tuesday, February 11, 1997This section of the FEDERAL REGISTERcontains documents other than rules orproposed rules that are applicable to thepublic. Notices of hearings and investigations,committee meetings, agency decisions andrulings, delegations of authority, filing ofpetitions and applications and agencystatements of organization and functions areexamples of documents appearing in thissection.EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THEPRESIDENTOffice of National Drug Control PolicyAdministration Response to ArizonaProposition 200 and CaliforniaProposition 215AGENCY: Office of National Drug ControlPolicy, Executive Office of thePresident.ACTION: Notice.SUMMARY: This notice lists the Federalgovernment response to the recentpassage of propositions which makedangerous drugs more available inCalifornia and Arizona. These measurespose a threat to the National DrugControl Strategy goal of reducing drugabuse in the United States. At thedirection of the President, the Office ofNational Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)developed a coordinated administrationstrategy to respond to the actions inArizona and California with the otheragencies of the Federal Government tominimize the tragedy of drug abuse inAmerica.FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Comments and questions regarding thisnotice should be directed to Mr. DanSchecter, Office of Demand Reduction,ONDCP, Executive Office of thePresident, 750 17th Street N.W.,Washington, D.C. 20503, (202) 395–6733.SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Federalinteragency working group chaired byONDCP met four times in Novemberand December. In developing thisstrategy, the inter-agency group gavedue consideration to two key principles:federal authority vis a vis that of thestates, and the requirement to ensureAmerican citizens are provided safe andeffective medicine. The President hasapproved this strategy, and Federal drugcontrol agencies will undertake thefollowing coordinated courses of action:A. Objective 1—Maintain EffectiveEnforcement Efforts Within theFramework Created by the FederalControlled Substances Act and theFood, Drug, and Cosmetic ActDepartment of Justice’s (DOJ) positionis that a practitioner’s action ofrecommending or prescribing ScheduleI controlled substances is not consistentwith the ‘‘public interest’’ (as thatphrase is used in the federal ControlledSubstances Act) and will lead toadministrative action by the DrugEnforcement Administration (DEA) torevoke the practitioner’s registration.DOJ and Department of Health andHuman Services (HHS) will send a letterto national, state, and local practitionerassociations and licensing boards whichstates unequivocally that DEA will seekto revoke the DEA registrations ofphysicians who recommend or prescribeSchedule I controlled substances. Thisletter will outline the authority of theInspector General for HHS to excludespecified individuals or entities fromparticipation in the Medicare andMedicaid programs.DOJ will continue existingenforcement programs using thefollowing criteria: (a) the absence of abona fide doctor-patient relationship; (b)a high volume of prescriptions orrecommendations of Schedule Icontrolled substances; (c) theaccumulation of significant profits orassets from the prescription orrecommendation of Schedule Icontrolled substances; (d) Schedule Icontrolled substances being provided tominors; and/or (e) specialcircumstances, such as when death orserious bodily injury results fromdrugged driving. The five U.S. Attorneysin California and Arizona will continueto review cases for prosecution usingthese criteria.DEA will adopt seizures of ScheduleI controlled substances made by stateand local law enforcement officialsfollowing an arrest where state and localprosecutors must decline prosecutionbecause of the Propositions. Once inDEA’s possession the drugs can besummarily forfeited and destroyed byDEA. State and local law enforcementofficials will be encouraged to continueto execute state law to the fullest extentby having officers continue to makearrests and seizures under state law,leaving defendants to raise the medicaluse provisions of the Propositions onlyas a defense to state prosecution.Department of the Treasury (Treasury)and the Customs Service will continueto protect the nation’s borders and takestrong and appropriate enforcementaction against imported or exportedmarijuana and other illegal drugs. TheCustoms Service will continue to: (a)seize unlawfully imported or exportedmarijuana and other illegal drugs; (b)assess civil penalties against personsviolating federal drug laws; (c) seizeconveyances facilitating the illegalimport or export of marijuana and otherillegal drugs; and (d) arrest personscommitting Federal drug offenses andrefer cases for prosecution to theappropriate Federal or state prosecutor.Treasury and the Internal RevenueService (IRS) will continue theenforcement of existing Federal tax lawswhich discourage illegal drug activities.IRS will enforce existing Federal taxlaw as it relates to the requirement toreport gross income from whateversource derived, including income fromactivities prohibited under Federal orstate law.Treasury will recommend that the IRSissue a revenue ruling, to the extentpermissible under existing law, thatwould deny a medical expensededuction for amounts expended forillegal operations or treatments and fordrugs, including Schedule I controlledsubstances, that are illegally procuredunder Federal or state law.IRS will enforce existing Federal taxlaw as it relates to the disallowance ofexpenditures in connection with theillegal sale of drugs. To the extent thatstate laws result in efforts to conductsales of controlled substancesprohibited by Federal law, the IRS willdisallow expenditures in connectionwith such sales to the fullest extentpermissible under existing Federal taxlaw.U.S. Postal Service will continue topursue aggressively the detection andseizure of Schedule I controlledsubstances mailed through the USmails, particularly in California andArizona, and the arrest of those usingthe mail to distribute Schedule Icontrolled substances.DEA together with other Federal, stateand local law enforcement agencies willwork with private mail, parcel andfreight services to ensure continuingcompliance with internal company
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