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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 94-094-1]

 

Receipt of a Permit Application 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 an application for a permit to 
release genetically engineered organisms into the environment is being 
reviewed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The 
application has been submitted in accordance with 7 CFR part 340, which 
regulates the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms 
and products.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the application 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 
application for a permit 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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94-221-01..  Monsanto Agricultural Company......      8/09/94  Wheat plants genetically            Arizona.     
                                                                engineered to express marker                    
                                                                genes.                                          
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of September 1994.
Terry L. Medley,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-22853 Filed 9-14-94; 8:45 am]
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