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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 79, No. 183 

Monday, September 22, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Document No. AMS–FV–14–0025, FV–14– 

327] 

United States Standard of Identity for 

Honey; Extension of Comment Period 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) of the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is extending the 

comment period for the solicitation of 

comments on how a Federal standard of 

identity for honey would be in the 

interest of consumers, the honey 

industry, and U.S. agriculture. 

DATES: AMS is extending the comment 

period on the notice published August 

20, 2014 (79 FR 49279). Comments must 

be received by October 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments via 

the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov or to Brian E. 

Griffin, Standardization Branch, 

Specialty Crops Inspection Division, 

Fruit and Vegetable Program, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., Room 

0709–South Building; STOP 0247, 

Washington, DC 20250; telephone (202) 

720–5021; fax (202) 690–1527, email 

brian.griffin@ams.usda.gov. Comments 

should make reference to the date and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register and will be made available for 

public inspection at the above office 

during regular business hours. 

Please be advised that all comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be included in the record and will be 

made available to the public on the 

Internet via http://www.regulations.gov. 

Also, the identity of the individuals or 

entities submitting the comments will 

be made public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brian E. Griffin, Standardization 

Branch, Specialty Crops Inspection 

Division, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

telephone (202) 720–5021or fax (202) 

690–1527. 

Background 

In the Federal Register of August 20, 

2014 (79 FR 49279), AMS published a 

notice requesting comment on how a 

Federal standard of identity for honey 

would be in the interest of consumers, 

the honey industry, and U.S. agriculture 

with a 30-day comment period. 

Comments received from this notice 

will be utilized in the preparation of a 

report from the Secretary of Agriculture 

to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs 

describing how a Federal standard of 

identity for honey would be in the 

interest of consumers, the honey 

industry, and U.S. agriculture. 

AMS has received correspondence 

from an interested person requesting a 

30-day extension of the comment period 

for the notice. Concern was expressed 

that the initial 30-day comment period 

does not allow sufficient time for 

meaningful public participation. AMS 

believes that a 30-day extension will 

allow adequate time for interested 

persons to submit comments without 

causing a significant delay. 

Authority: Section 10012 of the 

Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113–79). 

Dated: September 16, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22406 Filed 9–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0042] 

Dow AgroSciences LLC; Determination 

of Nonregulated Status of Herbicide 

Resistant Corn and Soybeans 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public of 

our determination that three varieties of 

herbicide resistant corn and soybeans 

produced by Dow AgroSciences LLC are 

no longer considered regulated articles 

under our regulations governing the 

introduction of certain genetically 

engineered organisms. Our 

determination is based on our 

evaluation of data submitted by the Dow 

AgroSciences LLC in its three petitions 

for a determination of nonregulated 

status, our analysis of publically 

available scientific data, and comments 

received from the public on the petition 

for nonregulated status and its 

associated environmental impact 

statement and plant pest risk 

assessments. This notice also announces 

the availability of our written 

determination and record of decision. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 22, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may read the 

documents referenced in this notice and 

any comments we received 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) 799–7039 before 

coming. Those documents are also 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.aphis.usda.gov/biotechnology/ 

petitions_table_pending.shtml under 

APHIS Petition Numbers 09–233–01p, 

09–349–01p, and 11–234–01p and are 

posted with the comments we received 

on the Regulations.gov Web site at 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0042. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Turner, Director, Environmental 

Risk Analysis Programs, Biotechnology 

Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River 

Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737– 

1236; (301) 851–3954, email: 

john.t.turner@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain 

copies of the documents referenced in 

this notice, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at 

(301) 851–3892, email: cynthia.a.eck@

aphis.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 7 CFR part 340, 

‘‘Introduction of Organisms and 

Products Altered or Produced Through 

Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant 


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