[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 30, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34714-34715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13904]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

[Docket No. APHIS-2020-0021]


Bayer; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact 
Statement for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Maize Developed 
Using Genetic Engineering for Dicamba, Glufosinate, Quizalofop, and 
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Resistance, With Tissue-Specific 
Glyphosate Resistance Facilitating the Production of Hybrid Maize Seed; 
Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement; 
reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for our notice of intent 
to prepare an environmental impact statement regarding a request from 
Bayer seeking a determination of nonregulated status for maize 
developed using genetic engineering for dicamba, glufosinate, 
quizalofop, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid resistance with tissue-
specific glyphosate resistance facilitating the production of hybrid 
maize seed. This action will allow interested persons additional time 
to prepare and submit comments.

DATES: The comment period for the notice of intent published on April 
28,

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2021 (86 FR 22384) is reopened. We will consider all comments that we 
receive on or before July 30, 2021.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS-2020-0021 in the Search field. 
Select the Documents tab, then select the Comment button in the list of 
documents.
     Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to 
Docket No. APHIS-2020-0021, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, 
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
    The petition and any comments we receive on this docket may be 
viewed at www.regulations.gov or in our reading room, which is located 
in room 1620 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) 799-7039 before coming.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Cindy Eck, Biotechnology 
Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 
20737-1236; phone (301)851-3892; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 28, 2021, we published in the 
Federal Register (86 FR 22384-22386, Docket No. APHIS-2020-0021) \1\ a 
notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement regarding 
a request from Bayer seeking a determination of nonregulated status for 
maize developed using genetic engineering for dicamba, glufosinate, 
quizalofop, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid resistance with tissue-
specific glyphosate resistance facilitating the production of hybrid 
maize seed.
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    \1\ To view the notice, go to www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS-
2020-0021 in the Search field.
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    Comments on the notice of intent were required to be received on or 
before May 28, 2021. We are reopening the comment period on Docket No. 
APHIS-2020-0021 for an additional 30 days from the date of publication 
of this notice. This action will allow interested persons additional 
time to prepare and submit comments. We will also consider all comments 
received between May 29, 2021 (the day after the close of the original 
comment period) and the date of this notice.

    Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of June 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-13904 Filed 6-29-21; 8:45 am]
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