[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 3 (Friday, January 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22638]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0126]


Request for Information; Potential Sites for a Sterile Fruit Fly 
Production Facility or Potential Alternate Sources of Sterile Fruit 
Flies

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; extension of submission period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the submission period for our notice that 
requests information from interested persons regarding potential sites 
for the production of sterile fruit flies or alternates sources of 
those flies. This action will allow interested persons additional time 
to prepare and submit information.

DATES: We will consider all submissions of information that we receive 
on or before February 1, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Any information should be submitted, in writing, to the 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Michael B. Stefan, Director, Fruit 
Fly Exclusion and Detection Programs, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 
137, Riverdale, MD 20737-1229; (301) 734-4387.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 1, 2006, we published in the 
Federal Register (71 FR 69530-69531, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0126) a 
notice \1\ requesting the submission of information from interested 
persons regarding potential sites for the production of sterile fruit 
flies or alternate sources of those flies.
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    \1\ To view the notice, go to http://www.regulations.gov, click 
on the ``Advanced Search'' tab, and select ``Docket Search.'' In the 
Docket ID field, enter APHIS-2006-0126, then click on ``Submit.'' 
Clicking on the Docket ID link in the search results page will 
produce a list of all documents in the docket.
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    Submissions of information in response to the notice were required 
to be received on or before January 2, 2007. We are extending the 
submission period on Docket No. APHIS-2006-0126 for an additional 30 
days. This action will allow interested persons additional time to 
prepare and submit information.

    Done in Washington, DC this 28th day of December 2006.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E6-22638 Filed 1-4-07; 8:45 am]
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