33898 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 127 / Monday, July 1, 1996 / Notices

the permit numbers listed below when

ordering documents.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

regulations in 7 CFR part 340 (referred

to below as the regulations) regulate the

introduction (importation, interstate

movement, and release into the

environment) of genetically engineered

organisms and products that are plant

pests or that there is reason to believe

are plant pests (regulated articles). A

permit must be obtained or a

notification acknowledged before a

regulated article may be introduced into

the United States. The regulations set

forth the permit application

requirements and the notification

procedures for the importation,

interstate movement, and release into

the environment of a regulated article.

In the course of reviewing each permit

application, APHIS assessed the impact

on the environment that releasing the

organisms under the conditions

described in the permit application

would have. APHIS has issued permits

for the field testing of the organisms

listed below after concluding that the

organisms will not present a risk of

plant pest introduction or dissemination

and will not have a significant impact

on the quality of the human

environment. The environmental

assessments and findings of no

significant impact, which are based on

data submitted by the applicants and on

a review of other relevant literature,

provide the public with documentation

of APHIS’ review and analysis of the

environmental impacts associated with

conducting the field tests.

Environmental assessments and

findings of no significant impact have

been prepared by APHIS relative to the

issuance of permits to allow the field

testing of the following genetically

engineered organisms:

Permit No. Permittee Date

issued Organisms Field testlocation

96–017–02 ........ Monsanto Company .......... 5–2–96 Potato plants genetically engineered to express

glyphosate herbicide tolerance and altered carbohydrate metabolism.

Idaho, Maine, and

Missouri.

96–071–02 ........ VanderHave USA .............. 5–3–96 Sunflower plants USA genetically engineered to contain novel genes for insect resistance.North Dakota.

96–099–02 ........ Calgene, Inc. ..................... 5–16–96 Tomato plants genetically engineered for virus resistance.California and Florida.

96–064–01 ........ S.R. Noble Foundation,

Inc..

5–20–96 Barrel medic plants genetically engineered to express

tolerance to phosphinothricin herbicides.

Oklahoma.

The environmental assessments and

findings of no significant impact have

been prepared in accordance with: (1)

The National Environmental Policy Act

of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.),

(2) Regulations of the Council on

Environmental Quality for

implementing the procedural provisions

of NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), (3)

USDA regulations implementing NEPA

(7 CFR part 1b), and (4) APHIS’ NEPA

Implementing Procedures (7 CFR part

372).

Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of

June 1996.

Donald W. Luchsinger,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 96–16709 Filed 6–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

Commodity Credit Corporation

Methodology for Evaluating

Applications for Participation in the

Market Access Program

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In an effort to improve

administration of the Market Access

Program (MAP), formerly the Market

Promotion Program, authorized by

section 203 of the Agricultural Trade

Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5623), the

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

invites suggestions regarding the

methodology to be used by CCC to

evaluate and allocate funding among

applicants. Criteria for the approval of

MAP applications and for allocating

MAP resources appears at 7 CFR

1485.14. Specifically, CCC is interested

in suggestions as to weights or scores

that should be assigned to the

individual criteria or other ways to

effectively assess the individual criteria.

CCC does not intend at this time to

change the actual approval criteria or

allocation factors it considers when

evaluating applications and, therefore,

any comment should be limited to

methods to evaluate existing criteria.

DATES: In order to be considered,

written comments must be received by

July 31, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Foreign

Agricultural Service, Marketing

Operations Staff, STOP 1042, 1400

Independence Ave., S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20250–1042.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon McClure or Denise Fetters at

(202) 720–5521.

Signed at Washington, D.C. on June 21,

1996.

Timothy J. Galvin,

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural

Service, and Vice President, Commodity

Credit Corporation.

[FR Doc. 96–16633 Filed 6–28–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Graben Livestock Auction Sales,

Tisgah, AL

Correction

On June 6, 1996, a notice was

published in the Federal Register (61

FR 28837) of the proposed posting for

certain stockyards listing their facility

number, name, and location.

This notice is to correct the posting

number and the location assigned to

Graben Livestock Auction Sales.

The notice should have read:

AL–189 Graben Livestock Auction Sales,

Pisgah, Alabama

Done at Washington, DC, this 24th day of

June 1996.

Daniel L. Van Ackeren,

Director, Livestock Marketing Division.

[FR Doc. 96–16632 Filed 6–28–96; 8:45 am]

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