Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 86 / Friday, May 3, 2013 / Notices 25941 

1The terms ‘‘corn’’ and ‘‘maize’’ both refer to Zea 

mays. In this notice, we refer to ‘‘maize line 

HCEM485’’ as this is the name used by Stine Seed 

in its extension request to identify its GE corn. 

Otherwise, we use the more common term ‘‘corn’’ 

when referring to Zea mays. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Title: Rural Micro-Entrepreneur 

Assistance Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0062. 

Summary of Collection: Section 6022 

of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

Act of 2008 (2008 Farm Bill) authorizes 

the Rural Micro-entrepreneur Assistance 

Program (RMAP). The Secretary makes 

direct loans to rural microenterprise 

development organizations (MDOs) that 

are participating in the program (who 

are referred to as ‘‘micro-lenders’’) for 

the purpose of capitalizing microloan 

revolving funds to provide fixed interest 

rate business loans of $50,000 or less to 

micro-entrepreneurs, as defined in the 

2008 Farm Bill. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

program provides rural microentrepreneurs with the skills necessary 

to establish new rural microenterprises; 

to provide continuing technical and 

financial assistance related to the 

successful operation of rural 

microenterprises; and to assist with the 

cost of providing other activities and 

services related to the successful 

operation of MDOs and rural 

microenterprises. Micro-lenders seeking 

loans and/or grants will have to submit 

applications that include specified 

information, certifications, and 

agreements to the Agency. This 

information will be used to determine 

applicant eligibility and to ensure that 

funds are used for authorized purposes. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; 

Number of Respondents: 73. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Quarterly, Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 3,327. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–XT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0033] 

Stine Seed Farm, Inc.; Extension of a 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

of Corn 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 is extending to maize 

line HCEM485, which has been 

genetically engineered to be resistant to 

the herbicide glyphosate, our 

determination of nonregulated status of 

Roundup Ready® corn line GA21. 

Therefore, APHIS no longer considers 

maize line HCEM485 to be a regulated 

article under Agency regulations 

governing the introduction of certain 

genetically engineered organisms. Our 

decision is based on our evaluation of 

data submitted by Stine Seed Farm, Inc., 

in its request for an extension of a 

determination of nonregulated status, an 

analysis of other scientific data, and 

comments received from the public in 

response to a previous notice 

announcing our preliminary 

determination. This notice also 

announces the availability of our 

written determination, final 

environmental assessment, plant pest 

risk assessment, and our finding of no 

significant impact. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 3, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Supporting documents, 

comments we received on our previous 

notice announcing our preliminary 

determination, and our responses to 

those comments may be viewed at http: 

//www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0033 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 

are also available on the APHIS Web site 

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

biotechnology/ 

petitions_table_pending.shtml under 

APHIS Petition Number 09–063–01p 

Extension of 97–099–01p. 

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 supporting documents, contact 

Ms. Cindy Eck at (301) 851–3885, email: 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

Under the authority of the plant pest 

provisions of the Plant Protection Act 

(PPA) (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. 

Further, the regulations in § 340.6(e)(2) 

provide that a person may request that 

APHIS extend a determination of 

nonregulated status to other organisms. 

Such a request must include 

information to establish the similarity of 

the antecedent organism and the 

regulated article in question. 

In a notice published in the Federal 

Register on December 5, 1997 (62 FR 

64350–64351, Docket No. 97–052–2), 

APHIS announced our determination of 

nonregulated status of Roundup Ready®

corn line GA21. APHIS received a 

request for an extension of a 

determination of nonregulated status 

(APHIS Number 09–063–01p) of 

Roundup Ready® corn line GA21 to 

maize line HCEM485 1 from Stine Seed 

Farm, Inc., (Stine Seed) of Research 

Triangle Park, NC. In its request, Stine 

Seed stated that this corn is similar to 

Roundup Ready® corn line GA21 and, 

based on the similarity to the antecedent 

organism, is unlikely to pose a plant 

pest risk and, therefore, should not be 


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25942 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 86 / Friday, May 3, 2013 / Notices 

2To view the notice, petition, draft EA, the PPRA, 

and the comments we received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS– 

2012–0033. 

a regulated article under APHIS’ 

regulations in 7 CFR part 340. 

On February 27, 2013, APHIS 

published a notice 2 in the Federal 

Register (78 FR 13303–13304, Docket 

No. APHIS–2012–0033) announcing the 

availability of a draft environmental 

assessment (EA) and plant pest risk 

assessment (PPRA) for public comment 

for the Stine Seed extension request. 

The extension request and APHIS’ 

preliminary decision were also 

published with that notice. APHIS 

received three comments on the subject 

EA and PPRA during the designated 30- 

day public comment period, which 

ended March 29, 2013. Issues raised 

during the comment period included 

effects of glyphosate, pollen drift, crop 

diversity, and human health concerns. 

APHIS has addressed the issues raised 

during the comment period and has 

provided responses to these comments 

as an attachment to the finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI). 

National Environmental Policy Act 

To provide the public with 

documentation of APHIS’ review and 

analysis of any potential environmental 

impacts associated with the 

determination of nonregulated status of 

maize line HCEM485, an EA has been 

prepared. The EA was prepared in 

accordance with: (1) The National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(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, the response to 

public comments, and other pertinent 

scientific data, APHIS has reached a 

FONSI with regard to the preferred 

alternative identified in the EA. 

Determination 

Based on APHIS’ analysis of field and 

laboratory data submitted by Stine Seed, 

references provided in the extension 

request, peer-reviewed publications, 

information analyzed in the EA, the 

similarity of maize line HCEM485 to the 

antecedent organism, Roundup Ready®

corn line GA21, comments provided by 

the public, and information provided in 

APHIS’ response to those public 

comments, APHIS has determined that 

maize line HCEM485 is unlikely to pose 

a plant pest risk. We are therefore 

extending the determination of 

nonregulated status of Roundup Ready®

corn line GA21 to maize line HCEM485, 

whereby maize line HCEM485 is no 

longer subject to our regulations 

governing the introduction of certain 

genetically engineered organisms. 

Copies of the signed determination 

document, as well as copies of the 

extension request, PPRA, EA, and 

FONSI and response to comments, are 

available as indicated in the ADDRESSES

and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

sections 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 29th day of 

April 2013. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0067] 

J.R. Simplot Co.; Availability of 

Petition for Determination of 

Nonregulated Status of Potato 

Genetically Engineered for Low 

Acrylamide Potential and Reduced 

Black Spot Bruise 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that the Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) has received 

a petition from the J.R. Simplot 

Company (Simplot) seeking a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

potatoes designated as InnateTM

potatoes (events E12, E24, F10, F37, J3, 

J55, J78, G11, H37, and H50), which 

have been genetically engineered for 

low acrylamide potential (acrylamide is 

a human neurotoxicant and potential 

carcinogen that may form in potatoes 

and other starchy foods under certain 

cooking conditions) and reduced black 

spot bruise. The petition has been 

submitted in accordance with our 

regulations concerning the introduction 

of certain genetically engineered 

organisms and products. We are making 

the Simplot petition available for review 

and comment to help us identify 

potential environmental and 

interrelated economic issues and 

impacts that APHIS may determine 

should be considered in our evaluation 

of the petition. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before July 2, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0067- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2012–0067, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0067 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. 

The petition is also available on the 

APHIS Web site at http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/ 

13_02201p.pdf. 

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 


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