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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 94-089-1]

 

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 six 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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94-200-01...........  University of Georgia....     7/19/94  Canola plants             Georgia.                 
                                                              genetically engineered                            
                                                              to express a gene from                            
                                                              Bacillus thuringiensis                            
                                                              (Bt) for resistance to                            
                                                              coleopteran insects.                              
94-207-01, renewal    Calgene, Incorporated....     7/26/94  Canola plants             Alabama, South Carolina. 
 of permit 93-190-                                            genetically engineered                            
 01, issued on 10/05/                                         to express oil                                    
 93.                                                          modification genes.                               
94-207-02...........  University of Wisconsin..     7/26/94  Antibiotic producing      Wisconsin.               
                                                              Rhizobium strain to                               
                                                              inhibit the growth of                             
                                                              closely related                                   
                                                              bacteria in the soil.                             
94-213-01...........  University of Wisconsin..     8/01/94  Cranberry plants          Wisconsin.               
                                                              genetically engineered                            
                                                              to express a gene from                            
                                                              Bacillus thuringiensis                            
                                                              (Bt strain k) for                                 
                                                              resistance to                                     
                                                              coleopteran insects.                              
94-213-02, renewal    Calgene, Incorporated....     8/01/94  Canola plants             Georgia.                 
 of permit 92-156-                                            genetically engineered                            
 01, issued on 9/23/                                          to express oil                                    
 92.                                                          modification genes.                               
94-217-02...........  Monsanto Agricultural         8/05/94  Potato plants             California, Florida.     
                       Company.                               genetically engineered                            
                                                              to express a gene from                            
                                                              Bacillus thuringiensis                            
                                                              (Bt strain t) for                                 
                                                              resistance to                                     
                                                              coleopteran insects,                              
                                                              and express a gene for                            
                                                              resistance to potato                              
                                                              leaf roll virus.                                  
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of August 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-21350 Filed 8-29-94; 8:45 am]
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