[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 60 (Monday, March 29, 2004)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7008]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 340
[Docket No. 03-031-3]
Environmental Impact Statement; Introduction of Genetically
Engineered Organisms
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement
and proposed scope of study; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for a notice of intent to
prepare an environmental impact statement that we published in
connection with potential changes to the regulations regarding the
importation, interstate movement, and environmental release of certain
genetically engineered organisms. The earlier notice identified
potential issues and alternatives that will be studied in the
environmental impact statement and requested public comment to further
delineate the scope of the issues and alternatives. We are reopening
the comment period to allow interested persons additional time to
prepare and submit comments.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before April
13, 2004.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send
four copies of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket
No. 03-031-2, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3C71, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. 03-031-2.
E-mail: Address your comment to
[email protected]. Your comment must be contained in the body
of your message; do not send attached files. Please include your name
and address in your message and ``Docket No. 03-031-2'' on the subject
line.
Agency Web Site: Go to http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/cominst.html for a form you can use to
submit an e-mail comment through the APHIS Web site.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for locating this
docket and submitting comments.
Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on Docket
No. 03-031-2 in our reading room. The reading room is located in room
1141 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
Other Information: You may view APHIS documents published in the
Federal Register and related information, including the names of groups
and individuals who have commented on APHIS dockets, on the Internet at
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppd/rad/webrepor.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Stephanie Stephens, Environmental
Services, PPD, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 149, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238; (301) 734-4836.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 23, 2004, we published in the Federal Register (69 FR
3271-3272, Docket No. 03-031-2) a notice that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service intends to prepare an environmental impact
statement in connection with potential changes to the regulations
regarding the importation, interstate movement, and environmental
release of certain genetically engineered organisms.
Comments on that notice were required to be received on or before
March 23, 2004. To provide interested persons additional time to
prepare and submit comments, we are reopening the comment period on the
notice until April 13, 2004. We will also consider all comments
received between March 24, 2004 (the day after the close of the
original comment period), and the date of this notice.
Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of March, 2004.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-7008 Filed 3-26-04; 8:45 am]
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