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Notices Federal Register

10537

Vol. 60, No. 38

Monday, February 27, 1995

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. TB–95–07]

National Advisory Committee for

Tobacco Inspection Services; Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)

announcement is made of the following

committee meeting:

Name: National Advisory Committee for

Tobacco Inspection Services.

Date: April 6, 1995.

Time: 1:00 p.m.

Place: United States Department of

Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing

Service (AMS), Tobacco Division, Flue-Cured

Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization

Corporation Building, Room 223, 1306

Annapolis Drive, Raleigh, North Carolina

27608.

Purpose: Review various regulations issued

pursuant to the Tobacco Inspection Act (7

U.S.C. 511 et seq.) and to discuss the level

of tobacco inspection services currently

provided to producers by AMS. The

Committee will recommend the desired level

of services to be provided to producers by

AMS and an appropriate fee structure to fund

the recommended services.

The meeting is open to the public. Persons,

other than members, who wish to address the

Committee at the meeting should contact

John P. Duncan, III, Director, Tobacco

Division, AMS, USDA, Room 502 Annex

Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, D.C.

20090–6456, (202) 205–0567, prior to the

meeting. Written statements may be

submitted to the Committee before, at, or

after the meeting.

Dated: February 8, 1995.

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–4738 Filed 2–24–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 95–011–1]

Receipt of Petition for Determination of

Nonregulated Status for Genetically

Engineered Corn

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 received a

petition from AgrEvo USA Company

seeking a determination of nonregulated

status for corn designated as

‘‘Glufosinate Resistant Corn

Transformation Events T14 and T25’’

genetically engineered for tolerance to

the herbicide glufosinate. The petition

has been submitted in accordance with

our regulations concerning the

introduction of certain genetically

engineered organisms and products. In

accordance with those regulations, we

are soliciting public comments on

whether this corn presents a plant pest

risk.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before April 28, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Please send an original and

three copies of your comments to

Docket No. 95–011–1, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service, Policy and

Program Development, Regulatory

Analysis and Development, 4700 River

Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1238. Please state that your comments

refer to Docket No. 95–011–01. A copy

of the petition and any comments

received may be inspected at USDA,

room 1141, South Building, 14th Street

and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing access

to that room to inspect the petition or

comments are asked to call in advance

of visiting at (202) 690–2817.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. David Heron, Biotechnologist,

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service, Biotechnology, Biologics, and

Environmental Protection,

Biotechnology Permits, 4700 River Road

Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1237;

(301) 734–7612. To obtain a copy of the

petition, contact Ms. Kay Peterson at

(301) 734–7601.

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,’’ 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 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.

Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 340.6

describe the form that a petition for

determination of nonregulated status

must take and the information that must

be included in the petition.

On December 23, 1994, APHIS

received a petition (APHIS Petition No.

94–357–01p) from AgrEvo Company

USA (AgrEvo) of Wilmington, DE,

requesting a determination of

nonregulated status under 7 CFR part

340 for herbicide-tolerant corn designed

as ‘‘Gulfosinate Resistant Corn (GRC)

Transformation Events T14 and T25.’’

As described in the petition, GRC

Events T14 and T25 are yellow dent

corn plants genetically engineered with

a stably integrated gene that encodes the

enzyme phosphinothricin-Naceyltransferase (PAT). The PAT

enzyme catalyzes the conversion of Lphosphinothricin, the active ingredient

in gulfosinate-ammonium, to an inactive

form, thereby conferring resistance to

herbicides in the phosphinothricin

class. The PAT gene in GRC Events T14

and T25 is a synthetic version of the

gene isolated from the bacterium

Streptomyces viridochromogenes.

Expression of the pat gene is regulated

by the 35S promoter and the 35S

terminator derived from the plant

pathogen cauliflower mosaic virus.

The subject of corn is currently

considered a regulated article under the

regulations in 7 CFR part 340 because it

contains gene sequences (promoters,

and terminators) derived from a plant

pathogen. GRC Events T14 and T25