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[FR Doc No: 94-2602]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. 93-169-1]

 

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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 Application                                  Date                                                              
   number              Applicant           received              Organisms                Field test location   
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              U.S. Department of             12-08-93  Tomato plants genetically       Alabama, Florida,        
               Agriculture, Agricultural                engineered to express a         Maryland                
               Research Service.                        satellite of cucumber mosaic                            
                                                        virus (CMV) for resistance to                           
                                                        CMV.                                                    
              DNA Plant Technology           12-17-93  Sugar snap pea plants           California               
               Corporation.                             genetically engineered to                               
                                                        express reduced starch levels.                          
93-362-01...  Monsanto Agricultural          12-28-93  Potato plants genetically       Idaho, Oregon, Washington
               Company.                                 engineered to express                                   
                                                        resistance to potato leaf                               
                                                        roll virus.                                             
93-364-01...  Washington University.....     12-30-93  Arabidopsis tha-liana plants    Missouri                 
                                                        genetically engineered to                               
                                                        express tolerance to the                                
                                                        herbicide chlorsulfuron.                                
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of February, 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-2602 Filed 2-3-94; 8:45 am]
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