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Notices Federal Register

10472 

Vol. 77, No. 35 

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 

1To view the notice, supporting documents, and 

any comments we have received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2010-0103. 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0103] 

Dow AgroScience LLC; Availability of 

Petition, Plant Pest Risk Assessment, 

and Environmental Assessment for 

Determination of Nonregulated Status 

of Corn Genetically Engineered for 

Herbicide Tolerance 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: We are extending the 

comment period for a petition received 

from Dow AgroScience LLC seeking a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

corn designated as DAS–40278–9, 

which has been genetically engineered 

for increased resistance to broadleaf 

herbicides in the phenoxy auxin group 

(such as the herbicide 2,4-D) and 

resistance to grass herbicides in the 

aryloxyphenoxypropionate acetyl 

coenzyme A carboxylase inhibitor group 

(such as quizalofop herbicides). This 

action will allow interested persons 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments on the petition, our plant 

pest risk assessment, and our draft 

environmental assessment for the 

proposed determination of nonregulated 

status. 

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before April 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0103- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2010–0103, 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-2010-0103 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) 690–2817 

before coming. 

The petition, draft environmental 

assessment, and plant pest risk 

assessment are also available on the 

APHIS Web site at http:// 

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

09_23301p.pdf, http:// 

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

09_23301p_dea.pdf, and http:// 

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

09_23301p_dpra.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Evan Chestnut, Policy Analyst, 

Biotechnology Regulatory Services, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301) 851– 

3910, email: 

evan.a.chestnut@aphis.usda.gov. To 

obtain copies of the petition, draft 

environmental assessment, or plant pest 

risk assessment, contact Ms. Cindy Eck 

at (301) 851–3892, email: 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 27, 2011, we published in the 

Federal Register (76 FR 80872–80873, 

Docket No. APHIS–2010–0103) a 

notice 1 advising the public that the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) has received a petition 

from Dow AgroScience LLC seeking a 

determination of nonregulated status of 

corn (Zea mays) designated as event 

DAS–40278–9, which has been 

genetically engineered for increased 

resistance to broadleaf herbicides in the 

phenoxy auxin group (such as the 

herbicide 2,4-D) and resistance to grass 

herbicides in the 

aryloxyphenoxypropionate acetyl 

coenzyme A carboxylase inhibitor group 

(such as quizalofop herbicides). 

Comments on the Dow petition, our 

plant pest risk assessment, and our draft 

environmental assessment for the 

proposed determination of nonregulated 

status were required to be received on 

or before February 27, 2012. We are 

extending the comment period on 

Docket No. APHIS–2010–0103 for an 

additional 60 days, ending April 27, 

2012. This action will allow interested 

persons additional time to prepare and 

submit comments on the Dow petition, 

our plant pest risk assessment, and our 

draft environmental assessment for the 

proposed determination of nonregulated 

status. 

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 15th day of 

February 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4081 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

San Bernardino National Forest, 

Mountaintop Ranger District, 

California, Mitsubishi South Quarry 

Expansion Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: Mitsubishi Cement 

Corporation is submitting to the San 

Bernardino National Forest and San 

Bernardino County, for permitting, a 

Plan of Operations and Reclamation 

Plan for the South Quarry. The South 

Quarry will total approximately 153.6 

acres consisting of a 128-acre quarry, a 

2.7 acre landscape berm, a 22.2-acre 

haul road 1.8 miles in length, and a 

temporary construction road of 0.7 

acres. The South Quarry and haul road 

will be located almost entirely (147.0 

acres) on 440 acres of unpatented claims 

owned by Mitsubishi Cement 

Corporation on the San Bernardino 

National Forest with approximately 6.6 

acres of the haul road located on 

Mitsubishi Cement Corporation fee land 

where it enters the existing East Pit. 


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