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[FR Doc No: 94-7819]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. 94-021-1]

 

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 14 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, BBEP, 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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94-054-01, renewal of    Upjohn Company........    02-23-94  Squash plants genetically    Maryland.             
 permit 93-165-01,                                            engineered to express                             
 issued on 07-12-93.                                          resistance to zucchini                            
                                                              yellow mosaic virus and                           
                                                              watermelon mosaic virus 2.                        
94-054-02..............  Upjohn Company........    02-23-94  Squash plants genetically    Delaware, New Jersey, 
                                                              engineered to express        Pennsylvania,        
                                                              resistance to cucumber       Virginia.            
                                                              mosaic virus, watermelon                          
                                                              mosaic virus 2, and                               
                                                              zucchini yellow mosaic                            
                                                              virus.                                            
94-054-03, renewal of    Upjohn Company........    02-23-94  Squash plants genetically    North Carolina.       
 permit 93-165-02,                                            engineered to express                             
 issued on 08-12-93.                                          resistance to cucumber                            
                                                              mosaic virus, watermelon                          
                                                              mosaic virus 2, and                               
                                                              zucchini yellow mosaic                            
                                                              virus.                                            
94-054-05..............  AgrEvo................    02-23-94  Wheat plants genetically     Illinois, North       
                                                              engineered to express        Dakota.              
                                                              tolerance to the                                  
                                                              phosphinothricin class of                         
                                                              herbicides.                                       
94-054-06, renewal of    AgrEvo................    02-23-94  Sugar beet plants            California, Illinois, 
 permit 93-090-01,                                            genetically engineered to    North Dakota.        
 issued on 06-14-93.                                          express tolerance to the                          
                                                              phosphinothricin class of                         
                                                              herbicides.                                       
93-054-07, renewal of     University of Idaho..    02-23-94  Canola plants genetically    Idaho.                
 permit 93-049-02,                                            engineered to express male                        
 issued on 05-04-93.                                          sterility, male fertility,                        
                                                              and tolerance to the                              
                                                              phosphino-thricin class of                        
                                                              herbicides.                                       
94-055-01..............  Upjohn Company........    02-24-94  Tomato plants genetically    Georgia.              
                                                              engineered to express the                         
                                                              nucleocapsid protein from                         
                                                              tomato spotted wilt virus                         
                                                              (TSWV) for resistance to                          
                                                              TSWV.                                             
94-055-02..............  Upjohn Company........    02-24-94  Cucumber plants genetically  Michigan.             
                                                              engineered to express                             
                                                              resistance to cucumber                            
                                                              mosaic virus, watermelon                          
                                                              mosaic virus 2, and                               
                                                              zucchini yellow mosaic                            
                                                              virus.                                            
94-055-03..............  Upjohn Company........    02-24-94  Watermelon plants            Michigan.             
                                                              genetically engineered to                         
                                                              express resistance to                             
                                                              watermelon mosaic virus 2                         
                                                              and zucchini yellow mosaic                        
                                                              virus.                                            
94-055-04, renewal of    InterMountain Canola..    02-24-94  Canola plants genetically    Idaho.                
 permit 92-049-02,                                            engineered to express                             
 issued on 06-05-92.                                          resistance to the                                 
                                                              herbicide glyphosate.                             
94-055-05..............  DuPont Agricultural       02-24-94  Canola plants genetically    Idaho.                
                          Products.                           engineered to express a                           
                                                              gene encoding                                     
                                                              dihydrodipicolinic acid                           
                                                              synthase derived from                             
                                                              Coryne-bacterim glutamicum.                       
94-060-01..............  Upjohn Company........    03-01-94  Lettuce plants genetically   Georgia.              
                                                              engineered to express the                         
                                                              nucleocapsid protein from                         
                                                              tomato spotted wilt virus                         
                                                              (TSWV) for resistance to                          
                                                              TSWV.                                             
94-060-02, renewal of    Upjohn Company........    03-01-94  Cucumber plants genetically  Georgia.              
 permit 93-074-03,                                            engineered to express                             
 issued on 07-12-93.                                          resistance to cucumber                            
                                                              mosaic virus, watermelon                          
                                                              mosaic virus 2, and                               
                                                              zucchini yellow mosaic                            
                                                              virus.                                            
94-063-01..............  Agracetus,                03-04-94  Peanut plants genetically    Hawaii.               
                          Incorporated.                       engineered to express                             
                                                              resistance to tomato                              
                                                              spotted wilt virus.                               
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of March 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-7819 Filed 3-31-94; 8:45 am]
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