[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2940-2941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-809]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 95-001-1]


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 three 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, 14 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 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, Biotechnology Permits, BBEP, APHIS, 
USDA, P.O. Drawer 810, Riverdale, MD 20783. 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 
(Hyattsville); (301) 734-7612 (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 Pets,'' require a person to obtain a permit before 
introducing (importing, moving 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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94-342-01.......................  Monsanto Company..........     12/12/94  Potato plants genetically engineered to     Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Montana, 
                                                                            express a gene from Bacillus                North Dakota, Oregon,           
                                                                            thuringiensis subsp. tenebrionis for        Washington, Wisconsin.          
                                                                            resistance to Colorado potato beetle, and                                   
                                                                            to express a gene from potato leaf roll                                     
                                                                            virus (PLRV) for resistance to PLRV.                                        
94-347-01, renewal of permit 93-  AgrEvo....................     12/13/94  Sugar beet plants genetically engineered    California, Colorado, Idaho,     
 090-01, issued on 06/14/93.                                                to express tolerance to the herbicide       Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,  
                                                                            glufosinate.                                North Dakota, Oregon.           
94-348-01.......................  Upjohn Company............     12/14/94  Watermelon plants genetically engineered    Georgia.                         
                                                                            to express resistance to watermelon                                         
                                                                            mosaic virus 2 and zucchini yellow mosaic                                   
                                                                            virus.                                                                      
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    Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of January 1995.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 95-809 Filed 1-11-95; 8:45 am]
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