[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 44486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17027]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. 04-044-2]


Availability of Environmental Assessment for Field Test of 
Genetically Engineered Organisms

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period for our notice that 
advises the public about the environmental assessment the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared for a confined field of 
corn plants genetically engineered to express the protein aprotinin. 
This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare 
and submit comments.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
August 10, 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. 04-044-1, 
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. 04-044-1.
     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. 04-044-1'' 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.
    Reading Room: You may read the environmental assessment and any 
comments that we receive 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: Dr. James White, BRS, APHIS, 4700 
River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-5940. To 
obtain a copy of the environmental assessment, contact Ms. Kay Peterson 
at (301) 734-4885; e-mail: [email protected]. The 
environmental assessment is also available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/04_12101r_ea.pdf.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 25, 2004, we published in the 
Federal Register (69 FR 35574-35575, Docket No. 04-044-1) a notice 
advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 
has prepared an environmental assessment for a confined field of corn 
plants genetically engineered to express the protein aprotinin.
    Comments on the notice were required to be received on or before 
July 26, 2004. We are extending the comment period on Docket No. 04-
044-1 for an additional 15 days, ending August 10, 2004. This action 
will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit 
comments.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622n and 7701-7772; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 
2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 22nd day of July, 2004.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 04-17027 Filed 7-23-04; 8:45 am]
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