99-8276. Regulatory Requirements for Genetically Engineered Organisms; Customer Service Meeting  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
    [Proposed Rules]
    [Page 16364]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-8276]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
    
    7 CFR Part 340
    
    [Docket No. 99-025-1]
    
    
    Regulatory Requirements for Genetically Engineered Organisms; 
    Customer Service Meeting
    
    AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
    
    ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
    
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    SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health 
    Inspection Service will hold a meeting to discuss the current and 
    future status of the regulatory requirements pertaining to the 
    introduction of genetically engineered organisms and products. The 
    meeting, which is open to the public, will be operated as a customer 
    service workshop. We request that interested persons register and 
    submit agenda items two weeks before the meeting date.
    
    PLACE, DATES, AND TIME OF MEETING: The meeting will be held in the 
    Conference Center at the USDA Center at Riverside, 4700 River Road, 
    Riverdale, MD, on Tuesday, May 11, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 
    p.m., and Wednesday, May 12, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the agenda, 
    contact Dr. Sivramiah Shantharam, Biotechnology and Biological 
    Analysis, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-
    1236; (301) 734-4882; e-mail: shanthu.shantharam@usda.gov. To register 
    for the meeting and to submit suggested agenda items, contact Ms. Kay 
    Peterson at (301) 734-4885; fax: (301) 734-8910; e-mail: 
    k.peterson@usda.gov. Information is also available on the Internet at 
    the APHIS World Wide Web site: http://www.aphis.usda.gov/biotech.
    
    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.'' Before introducing a 
    regulated article, a person is required under Sec. 340.0 of the 
    regulations to either notify the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 
    Service (APHIS) in accordance with Sec. 340.3 or obtain a permit in 
    accordance with Sec. 340.4. The regulations in Sec. 340.6 provide that 
    any person may submit a petition to APHIS seeking a determination that 
    an article should not be regulated under 7 CFR part 340 and allow the 
    extension of a previously issued determination of nonregulated status 
    to certain additional regulated articles.
    
        To provide an opportunity for a general discussion of the 
    requirements for the preparation of notifications, permits, petitions, 
    and requests for extensions of determinations of nonregulated status, 
    APHIS has scheduled a workshop to be held in Riverdale, MD, on May 11 
    and 12, 1999. Additional items for consideration include the status of 
    a pilot program designed to reduce the paperwork burden for the 
    regulated public, proposals to simplify the existing regulations, and 
    the movement of commodities containing genetically engineered organisms 
    in international trade.
    
        The tentative agenda for the meeting is as follows: Day 1, 
    morning--notifications and permits; afternoon--petitions and 
    extensions; Day 2, morning--international harmonization.
    
        To register, submit your name, address, telephone number, and e-
    mail address to the person indicated under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
    CONTACT. We request that you register and submit suggested agenda items 
    by April 28, 1999.
    
        Done in Washington, DC, this 29th day of March 1999.
    Craig A. Reed,
    Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
    [FR Doc. 99-8276 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3410-34-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
04/05/1999
Department:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Entry Type:
Proposed Rule
Action:
Notice of public meeting.
Document Number:
99-8276
Pages:
16364-16364 (1 pages)
Docket Numbers:
Docket No. 99-025-1
PDF File:
99-8276.pdf
CFR: (1)
7 CFR 340