[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2940-2941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-809]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 95-001-1]
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, 14 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 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, P.O. Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD 20783. The telephone number for
the agency contact will change when agency offices in Hyattsville, MD,
move to Riverdale, MD, during February. Telephone: (301) 436-7612
(Hyattsville); (301) 734-7612 (Riverdale).
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 Pets,'' 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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94-342-01....................... Monsanto Company.......... 12/12/94 Potato plants genetically engineered to Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana,
express a gene from Bacillus North Dakota, Oregon,
thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis for Washington, Wisconsin.
resistance to Colorado potato beetle, and
to express a gene from potato leaf roll
virus (PLRV) for resistance to PLRV.
94-347-01, renewal of permit 93- AgrEvo.................... 12/13/94 Sugar beet plants genetically engineered California, Colorado, Idaho,
090-01, issued on 06/14/93. to express tolerance to the herbicide Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
glufosinate. North Dakota, Oregon.
94-348-01....................... Upjohn Company............ 12/14/94 Watermelon plants genetically engineered Georgia.
to express resistance to watermelon
mosaic virus 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic
virus.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of January 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-809 Filed 1-11-95; 8:45 am]
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