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[FR Doc No: 94-3887]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. 94-002-1]

 

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 three 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 requested 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                                          Field test   
     No.                  Applicant               received               Organisms                  location    
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94-006-01....  U.S. Department of Agriculture,      01-06-94  Fusarium graminearum genetically  Illinois.       
                Agricultural Research Service.                 engineered to block synthesis                    
                                                               of trichothecene toxins.                         
94-006-02,     Upjohn Company..................     01-06-94  Cantaloupe and squash plants      Florida.        
 renewal of                                                    genetically engineered to                        
 permit 92-                                                    express the coat protein genes                   
 037-07,                                                       of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV),                  
 issued on 05-                                                 watermelon virus 2 (WMV2), and                   
 18-92.                                                        zucchini yellow mosaic virus                     
                                                               (ZYMV) for resistance to these                   
                                                               viruses.                                         
94-010-01....  Connecticut Agricultural             01-10-94  Cryphonectria parasitica, a       Connecticut,    
                Experiment Station.                            causal agent of chestnut          West Virginia. 
                                                               blight, genetically engineered                   
                                                               to be hypovirulent.                              
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of February 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-3887 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]
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