[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 2845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-762]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059]


ArborGen, LLC; Availability of an Environmental Assessment for 
Controlled Release of a Genetically Engineered Eucalyptus Hybrid

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for an environmental 
assessment for a proposed controlled field release of a genetically 
engineered clone of a Eucalyptus hybrid. This action will allow 
interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments on 
the revised environmental assessment.

DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before 
February 18, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to (http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0059) to submit or view comments 
and to view supporting and related materials available electronically.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send two copies of 
your comment to Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059, Regulatory Analysis and 
Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 
Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state that your comment refers to 
Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059.
    Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on the 
environmental assessment 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: Additional information about APHIS and its 
programs is available on the Internet at (http://www.aphis.usda.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Biotechnology Regulatory Services, 
APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236; (301) 734-
7324. To obtain copies of the environmental assessment, contact Ms. 
Cynthia Eck at (301) 734-0667; email: ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 3, 2009, APHIS published a notice\1\ 
in the Federal Register (74 FR 26648-26649, Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059) 
announcing the availability of an environmental assessment for public 
review and comment for a proposed controlled field release of a 
genetically engineered clone of a Eucalyptus hybrid.
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    \1\ To view the notice, the environmental assessment, and the 
comments we have received, go to (http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APHIS-2008-0059).
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    Comments on the environmental assessment were required to be 
received on or before July 6, 2009. Commenters noted that one of the 
documents cited in the environmental assessment, a U.S. Forest Service 
assessment of hydrological impacts from Eucalyptus, was not available 
for review and requested that the document be made available and the 
comment period for the environmental assessment extended. APHIS has 
amended the environmental assessment to include the Forest Service 
document and other relevant information, and is reopening the comment 
period on Docket No. APHIS-2008-0059 for an additional 30 days. This 
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and 
submit comments. We will also consider all comments received between 
July 7, 2009 (the day after the close of the original comment period), 
and the date of this notice.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
    Done in Washington, DC, this 6\th\ day of January 2010.

Cindy Smith
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-762 Filed 1-15-10; 2:16 pm]
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