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[FR Doc No: 94-31105]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPP-50803; FRL-4925-4]

 

Receipt of an Application for an Experimental Use Permit 
Amendment for a Transgenic Plant Pesticide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On October 20, 1994, EPA received an application from Ciba 
Geigy, Seed Division to amend their experimental use permit (EUP) for a 
transgenic plant pesticide by adding test sites in Texas. The Agency 
has determined that this application may be of regional and national 
significance. Therefore in accordance with 40 CFR 172.11(a), the Agency 
is soliciting public comments on this application.

DATES: Written comments must be received by January 18, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, in triplicate, should bear the docket control 
number OPP-50803 and be submitted to: Public Response and Program 
Resources Branch, Field Operations Division (7506C), Office of 
Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., 
Washington, DC 20460. In person bring comments to: Rm. 1128, Crystal 
Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal City, VA 22202
    Information submitted in any comment concerning this notice may be 
claimed confidential by marking any part or all of that information as 
``Confidential Business Information'' (CBI). Information so marked will 
not be disclosed except in accordance with procedures set forth in 40 
CFR Part 2. A copy of the comment that does not contain CBI must be 
submitted for inclusion in the public record. Information not marked 
confidential may be disclosed publicly by EPA without prior notice to 
the submitter. Written comments will be available for public inspection 
in Rm. 1128 at the address given above, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail: Janet L. Andersen, Acting 
Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (7501W), 
Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M 
St., SW., Washington, DC 20460 Office location and telephone number: 
Rm. CS51B6, Westfield Building North Tower, 2800 Crystal Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22202 (703)308-8712

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 20, 1994, EPA received an 
application to amend an EUP from Ciba-Geigy Corporation, Seed Division 
(Ciba Seeds), P.O. Box 12257, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 
27709-2257. The EUP application is assigned EPA File Symbol 66736-EUP-
1. In the Federal Register of November 2, 1994 (59 FR 54904), EPA 
announced issuance of an extension for this EUP. The approved EUP 
extension allows the use of 197.1 grams of the Bacillus thuringiensis 
-endotoxin (produced by a bacterially derived CryIA(b) gene in 
corn plants) in seeds planted on 190 acres of corn to evaluate the 
control of the European corn borer and other lepidopteran pests. The 
program is currently authorized only in the States of California, 
Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 
Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North 
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The experimental use permit 
extension is effective for plantings from April 12, 1994 to March 31, 
1995, and associated activities such as collection of field data and 
harvesting and processing of seed after last planting. Corn grown under 
this permit is not permitted to enter commerce. Ciba Seeds has applied 
to amend the EUP by diverting plantings of up to 45 acres of transgenic 
Bt corn from previously authorized plantings in Hawaii and Illinois to 
Texas. Thus, the additional test sites will not increase the total 
acreage authorized under the current EUP.
    Upon review of the Ciba Seeds application, any comments received in 
response to this notice and any other relevant information, the U.S. 
EPA will set conditions under which the experiments will be conducted. 
Any issuance of an EUP amendment approval will be announced in the 
Federal Register.

    Dated: December 9, 1994.
Flora Chow,
Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division, 
Office of Pesticide Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-31105 Filed 12-16-94; 8:45 am]
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