[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 34 (Tuesday, February 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9657-9658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4181]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
[Docket No. 95-010-1]


Receipt of Permit Applications for Release Into the Environment 
of Genetically Engineered Organisms

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are advising the public that seven applications for permits 
to release genetically engineered organisms into the environment are 
being reviewed by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. The 
applications have been submitted in accordance with 7 CFR part 340, 
which regulates the introduction of certain genetically engineered 
organisms and products.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the applications referenced in this notice, with 
any confidential business information deleted, are available for public 
inspection in room 1141, South Building, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC, 
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. 
Persons wishing to inspect an application are requested to call ahead 
on (202) 690-2817 to facilitate entry into the reading room. You may 
obtain copies of the documents by writing to the person listed under 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Arnold Foudin, Deputy Director, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
Service, Biotechnology, Biologics, and Environmental Protection, 
Biotechnology Permits, 4700 River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1237. The telephone number for the agency contact will change when 
agency offices in Hyattsville, MD, move to Riverdale, MD, during 
February. Telephone: (301) 436-7612 (Riverdale).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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,'' require a person to obtain a permit before 
introducing (importing, moving [[Page 9658]] interstate, or releasing 
into the environment) into the United States certain genetically 
engineered organisms and products that are considered ``regulated 
articles.'' The regulations set forth procedures for obtaining a permit 
for the release into the environment of a regulated article, and for 
obtaining a limited permit for the importation or interstate movement 
of a regulated article.
    Pursuant to these regulations, the Animal and Plant Health 
Inspection Service has received and is reviewing the following 
applications for permits to release genetically engineered organisms 
into the environment:

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                                                    Date                                                        
  Application No.            Applicant            received         Organisms             Field test location    
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94-355-01.........  Betaseed Incorporated.....     12/21/94  Sugar beet plants      California, Idaho.          
                                                              genetically                                       
                                                              engineered to                                     
                                                              express resistance                                
                                                              to the rhizomania                                 
                                                              virus and tolerance                               
                                                              to the herbicide                                  
                                                              glufosinate.                                      
94-362-01.........  Betaseed Incorporated.....     12/28/94  Sugar beet plants      Idaho.                      
                                                              genetically                                       
                                                              engineered to                                     
                                                              express tolerance to                              
                                                              the herbicide                                     
                                                              glufosinate.                                      
94-362-02.........  University of Wisconsin...     12/28/94  Alfalfa plants         Oregon, Wisconsin.          
                                                              genetically                                       
                                                              engineered to                                     
                                                              express either a                                  
                                                              lignin peroxidase or                              
                                                              an alpha amylase,                                 
                                                              and marker genes                                  
                                                              encoding neomycin                                 
                                                              phosphotransferase                                
                                                              or beta                                           
                                                              glucuronidase.                                    
95-003-01.........  U.S. Department of              1/03/95  Fusarium graminearum   Illinois, Indiana.          
                     Agriculture, Agricultural                genetically                                       
                     Research Service.                        engineered to                                     
                                                              express altered                                   
                                                              levels of mycotoxin                               
                                                              production.                                       
95-010-01.........  Monsanto Company..........      1/10/95  Wheat plants           Illinois.                   
                                                              genetically                                       
                                                              engineered to                                     
                                                              express genes for                                 
                                                              fungal resistance.                                
95-010-02.........  Monsanto Company..........      1/10/95  Wheat plants           Illinois, Montana.          
                                                              genetically                                       
                                                              engineered to                                     
                                                              express various                                   
                                                              marker genes.                                     
95-019-01.........  Asgrow Seed Company.......      1/19/95  Carrot plants          Michigan.                   
                                                              genetically                                       
                                                              engineered to                                     
                                                              express genes for                                 
                                                              fungal resistance.                                
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 13th day of February 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-4181 Filed 2-17-95; 8:45 am]
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