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[FR Doc No: 94-673]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. 93-161-1]

 

Receipt of Permit Applications for Release Into the Environment 
of Genetically Engineered Organisms

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that four applications for permits 
to release genetically engineered organisms into the environment are 
being reviewed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The 
applications have been submitted in accordance with 7 CFR part 340, 
which regulates the introduction of certain genetically engineered 
organisms and products.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the applications referenced in this notice, with 
any confidential business information deleted, are available for public 
inspection in room 1141, South Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
Persons wishing to inspect an application are encouraged to call ahead 
on (202) 690-2817 to facilitate entry into the reading room. You may 
obtain copies of the documents by writing to the person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Arnold Foudin, Deputy Director, 
Biotechnology Permits, Biotechnology, Biologics, and Environmental 
Protection, APHIS, USDA, room 850, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest 
Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-7612.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations in 7 CFR part 340, 
``Introduction of Organisms and Products Altered or Produced Through 
Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant Pests or Which There Is Reason to 
Believe Are Plant Pests,'' require a person to obtain a permit before 
introducing (importing, moving interstate, or releasing into the 
environment) into the United States certain genetically engineered 
organisms and products that are considered ``regulated articles.'' The 
regulations set forth procedures for obtaining a permit for the release 
into the environment of a regulated article, and for obtaining a 
limited permit for the importation or interstate movement of a 
regulated article.
    Pursuant to these regulations, the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service has received and is reviewing the following 
applications for permits to release genetically engineered organisms 
into the environment: 

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                                                    Date                                                        
    Application No.            Applicant          received            Organisms            Field test location  
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93-320-01..............  U.S. Department of        11-16-93  Barley plants genetically    California, Idaho,    
                          Agriculture,                        engineered to express        Illinois.            
                          Agricultural Research               resistance to barley                              
                          Service.                            yellow dwarf virus.                               
93-340-01, renewal of    PanAmerican Seed......    12-06-93  Carrot plants genetically    Illinois.             
 permit 93-214-01,                                            engineered to express                             
 issued on 09-10-93.                                          modified nutritional value.                       
93-340-02..............  PetoSeed Company          12-06-93  Carrot plants genetically    Idaho.                
                          Incorporated.                       engineered to express                             
                                                              modified nutritional value.                       
93-341-01..............  University of             12-07-93  A strain of the bacterium    California.           
                          California, Berkeley.               Erwinia herbicola                                 
                                                              genetically engineered to                         
                                                              inhibit production of 3-                          
                                                              indole acetic acid.                               
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of January 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Actng Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-673 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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