94-3887. Receipt of Permit Applications for Release Into the Environment of Genetically Engineered Organisms  

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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    [Docket No. 94-002-1]
    
     
    
    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, 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, 
    Biotechnology Permits, Biotechnology, Biologics, and Environmental 
    Protection, APHIS, USDA, room 850, Federal Building, 6505 Belcrest 
    Road, Hyattsville, MD 20782, (301) 436-7612.
    
    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 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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     Application                                         Date                                          Field test   
         No.                  Applicant               received               Organisms                  location    
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    94-006-01....  U.S. Department of Agriculture,      01-06-94  Fusarium graminearum genetically  Illinois.       
                    Agricultural Research Service.                 engineered to block synthesis                    
                                                                   of trichothecene toxins.                         
    94-006-02,     Upjohn Company..................     01-06-94  Cantaloupe and squash plants      Florida.        
     renewal of                                                    genetically engineered to                        
     permit 92-                                                    express the coat protein genes                   
     037-07,                                                       of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV),                  
     issued on 05-                                                 watermelon virus 2 (WMV2), and                   
     18-92.                                                        zucchini yellow mosaic virus                     
                                                                   (ZYMV) for resistance to these                   
                                                                   viruses.                                         
    94-010-01....  Connecticut Agricultural             01-10-94  Cryphonectria parasitica, a       Connecticut,    
                    Experiment Station.                            causal agent of chestnut          West Virginia. 
                                                                   blight, genetically engineered                   
                                                                   to be hypovirulent.                              
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        Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of February 1994.
    Lonnie J. King,
    Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
    [FR Doc. 94-3887 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
02/22/1994
Department:
Agriculture Department
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
94-3887
Pages:
0-0 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: February 22, 1994, Docket No. 94-002-1