44924 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 143 / Thursday, July 25, 2013 / Notices 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by September 23, 2013 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this notice to Tara Smith, 

USDA, Agriculture Research Service, 

National Agricultural Library, 10301 

Baltimore Avenue, Room 108–B, 

Beltsville, Maryland 20705. Comments 

may be sent by fax to (301) 504–6409, 

or by email to tara.smith@ars.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara 

Smith, telephone (301) 504–5515. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Food Safety Education and 

Training Materials Sharing Form 

Authority: Pub. L. 104–13; 5 CFR Part 

1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995) 

OMB Number: OMB control number 

is 0518–0046. 

Expiration Date: Three years from the 

date of approval. 

Type of Request: Approval for data 

collection from individuals working in 

the areas of food safety education and 

training. 

Abstract: The Food Safety Education 

and Training Materials Sharing form 

contains three sections and is used to 

collect information about materials 

developed to support food safety 

education (e.g. DVDs, posters, 

curriculum, kits) for inclusion in NAL’s 

Food Safety Education and Training 

Materials Database. The questionnaire 

collects the name and email address of 

the person submitting the form, 

information on the resource/education 

material developed (e.g. title, target 

audience focus, a description, 

publisher/distributor information and 

information on the author) to determine 

if a readability formula was used or if 

the project is associated with a grant or 

other funded mechanism. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 15 minutes per 

respondent. 

Respondents: Individuals working in 

the areas of food safety education and 

training. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 35 

per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 525 minutes or 8.75 

hours. 

Comments are invited on (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Agency, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of 

the Agency’s estimate of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and the assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who respond, including the 

use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technology. Comments should be sent to 

the address in the preamble. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Dated: July 16, 2013. 

Caird E. Rexroad, Jr., 

Associate Administrator, ARS. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17887 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0035] 

Monsanto Co.; Availability of Plant 

Pest Risk Assessment, Environmental 

Assessment, Preliminary Finding of No 

Significant Impact, and Preliminary 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

of Canola Genetically Engineered for 

Herbicide Resistance 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared a 

preliminary determination regarding a 

request from the Monsanto Company 

seeking a determination of nonregulated 

status of canola designated as MON 

88302, which has been genetically 

engineered for resistance to the 

herbicide glyphosate with more 

flexibility in the timing of herbicide 

application. We are also making 

available for public review our plant 

pest risk assessment, environmental 

assessment, and preliminary finding of 

no significant impact for the 

preliminary determination of 

nonregulated status. 

DATES: We will consider any 

information that we receive on or before 

August 26, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit any 

information by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0035. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0035, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents for this 

petition and any other information we 

receive on this docket may be viewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0035 or 

in our reading room, which 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

Supporting documents for this 

petition are also available on the APHIS 

Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

biotechnology/ 

petitions_table_pending.shtml under 

APHIS Petition Number 11–188–01p. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Rebecca Stankiewicz Gabel, Chief, 

Biotechnology Environmental Analysis 

Branch, Environmental Risk Analysis 

Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 

851–3927, email: rebecca.l.stankiewiczgabel@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain copies 

of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3892, email: 

cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the authority of the plant pest 

provisions of the Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the regulations in 

7 CFR part 340, ‘‘Introduction of 

Organisms and Products Altered or 

Produced Through Genetic Engineering 

Which Are Plant Pests or Which There 

Is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ 

regulate, among other things, the 

introduction (importation, interstate 

movement, or release into the 

environment) of organisms and products 

altered or produced through genetic 

engineering that are plant pests or that 

there is reason to believe are plant pests. 

Such genetically engineered (GE) 

organisms and products are considered 

‘‘regulated articles.’’ 

The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide 

that any person may submit a petition 

to the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a 

determination that an article should not 

be regulated under 7 CFR part 340. 

APHIS received a petition (APHIS 

Petition Number 11–188–01p) from the 

Monsanto Company (Monsanto) of St. 

Louis, MO, seeking a determination of 

nonregulated status of canola (Brassica 

napus) designated as event MON 88302, 


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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 143 / Thursday, July 25, 2013 / Notices 44925 

1On March 6, 2012, APHIS published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 13258–13260, Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0129) a notice describing our public 

review process for soliciting public comments and 

information when considering petitions for 

determinations of nonregulated status for GE 

organisms. To view the notice, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2011-0129. 

2To view the notice, the petition, and the 

comments we received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2012-0035. 

which has been genetically engineered 

for resistance to the herbicide 

glyphosate with more flexibility in the 

timing of herbicide application. The 

petition stated that this canola is 

unlikely to pose a plant pest risk and, 

therefore, should not be a regulated 

article under APHIS’ regulations in 7 

CFR part 340. 

According to our process 1 for 

soliciting public comment when 

considering petitions for determinations 

of nonregulated status of GE organisms, 

APHIS accepts written comments 

regarding a petition once APHIS deems 

it complete. In a notice 2 published in 

the Federal Register on July 13, 2012, 

(77 FR 41357–41358, Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0035), APHIS announced 

the availability of the Monsanto petition 

for public comment. APHIS solicited 

comments on the petition for 60 days 

ending on September 11, 2012, in order 

to help identify potential environmental 

and interrelated economic issues and 

impacts that APHIS may determine 

should be considered in our evaluation 

of the petition. 

APHIS received 67 comments on the 

petition. Several of these comments 

included electronic attachments 

consisting of a document of identical or 

nearly identical letters, for a total of 

4,670 comments on the petition. Issues 

raised during the comment period 

include effects of herbicide use, such as 

the development of herbicide-resistant 

weeds and effects on non-target 

organisms, gene flow, and effects on 

organic crop production. APHIS has 

evaluated the issues raised during the 

comment period and, where 

appropriate, has provided a discussion 

of these issues in our environmental 

assessment (EA). 

After public comments are received 

on a completed petition, APHIS 

evaluates those comments and then 

provides a second opportunity for 

public involvement in our 

decisionmaking process. According to 

our public review process (see footnote 

1), the second opportunity for public 

involvement follows one of two 

approaches, as described below. 

If APHIS decides, based on its review 

of the petition and its evaluation and 

analysis of comments received during 

the 60-day public comment period on 

the petition, that the petition involves a 

GE organism that raises no substantive 

new issues, APHIS will follow 

Approach 1 for public involvement. 

Under Approach 1, APHIS announces in 

the Federal Register the availability of 

APHIS’ preliminary regulatory 

determination along with its EA, 

preliminary finding of no significant 

impact (FONSI), and its plant pest risk 

assessment (PPRA) for a 30-day public 

review period. APHIS will evaluate any 

information received related to the 

petition and its supporting documents 

during the 30-day public review period. 

For this petition, we are using Approach 

1. 

If APHIS decides, based on its review 

of the petition and its evaluation and 

analysis of comments received during 

the 60-day public comment period on 

the petition, that the petition involves a 

GE organism that raises substantive new 

issues, APHIS will follow Approach 2. 

Under Approach 2, APHIS first solicits 

written comments from the public on a 

draft EA and PPRA for a 30-day 

comment period through the 

publication of a Federal Register notice. 

Then, after reviewing and evaluating the 

comments on the draft EA and PPRA 

and other information, APHIS will 

revise the PPRA as necessary and 

prepare a final EA and, based on the 

final EA, a National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) decision document 

(either a FONSI or a notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement). 

As part of our decisionmaking process 

regarding a GE organism’s regulatory 

status, APHIS prepares a PPRA to assess 

the plant pest risk of the article. APHIS 

also prepares the appropriate 

environmental documentation—either 

an EA or an environmental impact 

statement—in accordance with NEPA, 

to provide the Agency and the public 

with a review and analysis of any 

potential environmental impacts that 

may result if the petition request is 

approved. 

APHIS has prepared a PPRA and has 

concluded that canola event MON 

88302 is unlikely to pose a plant pest 

risk. In section 403 of the Plant 

Protection Act, ‘‘plant pest’’ is defined 

as any living stage of any of the 

following that can directly or indirectly 

injure, cause damage to, or cause 

disease in any plant or plant product: A 

protozoan, a nonhuman animal, a 

parasitic plant, a bacterium, a fungus, a 

virus or viroid, an infectious agent or 

other pathogen, or any article similar to 

or allied with any of the foregoing. 

APHIS has prepared an EA in which 

we present two alternatives based on 

our analysis of data submitted by 

Monsanto, a review of other scientific 

data, field tests conducted under APHIS 

oversight, and comments received on 

the petition. APHIS is considering the 

following alternatives: (1) Take no 

action, i.e., APHIS would not change the 

regulatory status of canola event MON 

88302 and it would continue to be a 

regulated article, or (2) make a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

canola event MON 88302. 

The EA was prepared in accordance 

with (1) NEPA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), (2) regulations of the 

Council on Environmental Quality for 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3) 

USDA regulations implementing NEPA 

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA 

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part 

372). Based on our EA and other 

pertinent scientific data, APHIS has 

reached a preliminary FONSI with 

regard to the preferred alternative 

identified in the EA. 

Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and 

laboratory data submitted by Monsanto, 

references provided in the petition, 

peer-reviewed publications, information 

analyzed in the EA, the PPRA, 

comments provided by the public on the 

petition, and discussion of issues in the 

EA, APHIS has determined that canola 

event MON 88302 is unlikely to pose a 

plant pest risk. We have therefore 

reached a preliminary decision to make 

a determination of nonregulated status 

of canola event MON 88302, whereby 

canola event MON 88302 would no 

longer be subject to our regulations 

governing the introduction of certain GE 

organisms. 

We are making available for a 30-day 

review period APHIS’ preliminary 

regulatory determination of canola event 

MON 88302, along with our PPRA, EA, 

and preliminary FONSI for the 

preliminary determination of 

nonregulated status. The EA, 

preliminary FONSI, PPRA, and our 

preliminary determination for canola 

event MON 88302, as well as the 

Monsanto petition and the comments 

received on the petition, are available as 

indicated under ADDRESSES and FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above. 

Copies of these documents may also be 

obtained from the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

After the 30-day review period closes, 

APHIS will review and evaluate any 

information received during the 30-day 

review period. If, after evaluating the 

information received, APHIS determines 

that we have not received substantive 

new information that would warrant 


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44926 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 143 / Thursday, July 25, 2013 / Notices 

1On March 6, 2012, APHIS published in the 

Federal Register (77 FR 13258–13260, Docket No. 

APHIS–2011–0129) a notice describing our public 

review process for soliciting public comments and 

information when considering petitions for 

determinations of nonregulated status for GE 

organisms. To view the notice, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2011-0129. 

2To view the notice, the petition, and the 

comments we received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2012-0027. 

APHIS altering our preliminary 

regulatory determination or FONSI, 

substantially changing the proposed 

action identified in the EA, or 

substantially changing the analysis of 

impacts in the EA, APHIS will notify 

the public through an announcement on 

our Web site of our final regulatory 

determination. If, however, APHIS 

determines that we have received 

substantive new information that would 

warrant APHIS altering our preliminary 

regulatory determination or FONSI, 

substantially changing the proposed 

action identified in the EA, or 

substantially changing the analysis of 

impacts in the EA, then APHIS will 

notify the public of our intent to 

conduct additional analysis and to 

prepare an amended EA, a new FONSI, 

and/or a revised PPRA, which would be 

made available for public review 

through the publication of a notice of 

availability in the Federal Register. 

APHIS will also notify the petitioner. 

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 19th day of 

July 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–17933 Filed 7–24–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0027] 

Monsanto Co.; Availability of Plant 

Pest Risk Assessment, Environmental 

Assessment, Preliminary Finding of No 

Significant Impact, and Preliminary 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

of Maize Genetically Engineered With 

Tissue-Selective Glyphosate 

Resistance Facilitating the Production 

of Hybrid Maize Seed 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service has prepared a 

preliminary determination regarding a 

request from the Monsanto Company 

seeking a determination of nonregulated 

status of maize designated as MON 

87427, which has been genetically 

engineered with tissue-selective 

resistance to glyphosate in order to 

facilitate the production of hybrid maize 

seed. We are also making available for 

public review our plant pest risk 

assessment, environmental assessment, 

and preliminary finding of no 

significant impact for the preliminary 

determination of nonregulated status. 

DATES: We will consider any 

information that we receive on or before 

August 26, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit any 

information by either of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0027. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your information to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0027, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents for this 

petition and any other information we 

receive on this docket may be viewed at 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0027 or 

in our reading room, which 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) 799–7039 

before coming. 

Supporting documents for this 

petition are also available on the APHIS 

Web site at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ 

biotechnology/ 

petitions_table_pending.shtml under 

APHIS Petition Number 10–281–01p. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Rebecca Stankiewicz Gabel, Chief, 

Biotechnology Environmental Analysis 

Branch, Environmental Risk Analysis 

Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory 

Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 

147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 

851–3927, email: rebecca.l.stankiewiczgabel@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain copies 

of the petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3892, email: 

cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the authority of the plant pest 

provisions of the Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), the regulations in 

7 CFR part 340, ‘‘Introduction of 

Organisms and Products Altered or 

Produced Through Genetic Engineering 

Which Are Plant Pests or Which There 

Is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,’’ 

regulate, among other things, the 

introduction (importation, interstate 

movement, or release into the 

environment) of organisms and products 

altered or produced through genetic 

engineering that are plant pests or that 

there is reason to believe are plant pests. 

Such genetically engineered (GE) 

organisms and products are considered 

‘‘regulated articles.’’ 

The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide 

that any person may submit a petition 

to the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a 

determination that an article should not 

be regulated under 7 CFR part 340. 

APHIS received a petition (APHIS 

Petition Number 10–281–01p) from the 

Monsanto Company (Monsanto) of St. 

Louis, MO, seeking a determination of 

nonregulated status of maize (Zea mays 

L.) designated as event MON 87427, 

which has been genetically engineered 

for tissue-selective resistance to 

glyphosate in order to facilitate the 

production of hybrid maize seed. The 

petition stated that this maize is 

unlikely to pose a plant pest risk and, 

therefore, should not be a regulated 

article under APHIS’ regulations in 7 

CFR part 340. 

According to our process 1 for 

soliciting public comment when 

considering petitions for determinations 

of nonregulated status of GE organisms, 

APHIS accepts written comments 

regarding a petition once APHIS deems 

it complete. In a notice 2 published in 

the Federal Register on July 13, 2012, 

(77 FR 41359–41361, Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0027), APHIS announced 

the availability of the Monsanto petition 

for public comment. APHIS solicited 

comments on the petition for 60 days 

ending on September 11, 2012, in order 

to help identify potential environmental 

and interrelated economic issues and 

impacts that APHIS may determine 

should be considered in our evaluation 

of the petition. 

APHIS received 82 comments on the 

petition: Several of these comments 

included electronic attachments 

consisting of a consolidated document 

of many identical or nearly identical 

letters, for a total of 23,698 comments. 

Issues raised during the comment 

period include effects of herbicide use, 

such as the development of herbicideresistant weeds and effects on non-target 

organisms, gene flow, effects on organic 

corn production, and health concerns. 


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