94-8218. Receipt of Permit Applications for Release Into the Environment of Genetically Engineered Organisms  

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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
    [Docket No. 94-026-1] 
     
    
    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 four 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, BBEP, 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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                                                            Date                                       Field test   
        Application No.              Applicant           received              Organisms                location    
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    94-067-01, renewal of     Harris Moran Seed            03-09-94  Cantaloupe and tomato plants   California.     
     permit 91-077-01,         Company.                               genetically engineered to                     
     issued on 06-18-91.                                              express resistance to                         
                                                                      cucumber mosaic virus.                        
    94-069-01 renewal of      Michigan State               03-10-94  Cantaloupe plants genetically  Michigan.       
     permit 93-105-04,         University.                            engineered to express                         
     issued on 06-17-93.                                              resistance to zucchini                        
                                                                      yellow mosaic virus.                          
    94-069-02 renewal of      Calgene, Incorporated...     03-10-94  Canola plants genetically      Michigan.       
     permit 91-346-01,                                                engineered to express oil                     
     issued on 04-16-92.                                              modification genes.                           
    94-070-01 renewal of      Betaseed, Incorporated..     03-11-93  Sugar beet plants genetically  California.     
     permit 93-165-03,                                                engineered to express the                     
     issued on 09-28-93.                                              coat protein from beet                        
                                                                      necrotic yellow vein virus.                   
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        Done in Washington, DC, this 1st day of April 1994.
    Lonnie J. King,
    Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
    [FR Doc. 94-8340 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    Federal Grain Inspection Service
    
    Opportunity for Designation in the Southern Illinois (IL) Area
    
    AGENCY: Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS).
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: The United States Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act), 
    provides that official agency designations shall end not later than 
    triennially and may be renewed. The designation of Southern Illinois 
    Grain Inspection Service, Inc. (Southern Illinois), will end September 
    30, 1994, according to the Act, and FGIS is asking persons interested 
    in providing official services in the specified geographic area to 
    submit an application for designation.
    
    DATES: Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on 
    or before May 4, 1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Applications must be submitted to Neil E. Porter, Director, 
    Compliance Division, FGIS, USDA, Room 1647 South Building, P.O. Box 
    96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454. Telecopier (FAX) users may send 
    applications to the automatic telecopier machine at 202-720-1015, 
    attention: Neil E. Porter. If an application is submitted by 
    telecopier, FGIS reserves the right to request an original application. 
    All applications will be made available for public inspection at this 
    address located at 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., during regular 
    business hours.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil E. Porter, telephone 202-720-
    8262.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
        This action has been reviewed and determined not to be a rule or 
    regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and Departmental 
    Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and Departmental 
    Regulation do not apply to this action.
        Section 7(f)(1) of the Act authorizes FGIS' Administrator to 
    designate a qualified applicant to provide official services in a 
    specified area after determining that the applicant is better able than 
    any other applicant to provide such official services.
        FGIS designated Southern Illinois, main office located in O'Fallon, 
    Illinois, to provide official inspection services under the Act on 
    October, 1, 1993.
        Section 7(g)(1) of the Act provides that designations of official 
    agencies shall end not later than triennially and may be renewed 
    according to the criteria and procedures prescribed in Section 7(f) of 
    the Act. The designation of Southern Illinois ends on September 30, 
    1994. The geographic area presently assigned to Southern Illinois, in 
    the State of Illinois, pursuant to Section 7(f)(2) of the Act, which 
    may be assigned to the applicant selected for designation is as 
    follows:
        Bounded on the East by the eastern Cumberland County line; the 
    eastern Jasper County line south to State Route 33; State Route 33 
    east-southeast to the Indiana-Illinois State line; the Indiana-Illinois 
    State line south to the southern Gallatin County line;
        Bounded on the South by the southern Gallatin, Saline, and 
    Williamson County lines; the southern Jackson County line west to U.S. 
    Route 51; U.S. Route 51 north to State Route 13; State Route 13 
    northwest to State Route 149; State Route 149 west to State Route 3; 
    State Route 3 northwest to State Route 51; State Route 51 south to the 
    Mississippi River;
        Bounded on the West by the Mississippi River north to Interstate 
    270; Interstate 270 east to Interstate 70; Interstate 70 east to State 
    Route 4; State Route 4 north to Macoupin County; the southern Macoupin 
    County line; the eastern Macoupin County line north to a point on this 
    line which intersects with a straight line, from the junction of State 
    Route 111 and the northern Macoupin County line to the junction of 
    Interstate 55 and State Route 16 (in Montgomery County); and
        Bounded on the North from this point southeast along the straight 
    line to the junction of Interstate 55 and State Route 16; State Route 
    16 east-northeast to a point approximately 1 mile northeast of Irving; 
    a straight line from this point to the northern Fayette County line; 
    the northern Fayette, Effingham, and Cumberland County lines.
        Interested persons, including Southern Illinois are hereby given 
    the opportunity to apply for designation to provide official services 
    in the geographic area specified above under the provisions of Section 
    7(f) of the Act and section 800.196(d) of the regulations issued 
    thereunder. Designation in the specified geographic area is for the 
    period beginning October 1, 1994, and ending September 30, 1997. 
    Persons wishing to apply for designation should contact the Compliance 
    Division at the address listed above for forms and information.
        Applications and other available information will be considered in 
    determining which applicant will be designated.
    
        Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
    71 et seq.)
    
        Dated: March 31, 1994.
    Sidney U. Allen,
    Acting Director, Compliance Division.
    [FR Doc. 94-8217 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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    DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    Inadequate Demand for Official Services in Wyoming
    
    AGENCY: Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS).
    
    ACTION: Notice.
    
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    SUMMARY: FGIS has determined there is inadequate demand for official 
    services to designate any organization to provide official services in 
    the State of Wyoming.
    
    EFFECTIVE DATE: April 1, 1994.
    
    ADDRESSES: Neil E. Porter, Director, Compliance Division, FGIS, USDA, 
    Room 1647 South Building, P.O. Box 96454, Washington, DC 20090-6454.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Neil E. Porter, telephone 202-720-
    8262.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
        This action has been reviewed and determined not to be a rule or 
    regulation as defined in Executive Order 12866 and Departmental 
    Regulation 1512-1; therefore, the Executive Order and Departmental 
    Regulation do not apply to this action.
        In the September 30, 1993, Federal Register (58 FR 51047), FGIS 
    announced that the designation of Wyoming ends on March 31, 1994, and 
    asked persons interested in providing official services in the 
    geographic area assigned to Wyoming to submit an application for 
    designation. Applications were due by October 29, 1993. Wyoming applied 
    for designation in the entire area currently assigned to it. FGIS 
    requested comments on the applicant in the December 1, 1993, Federal 
    Register (58 FR 63331). Comments were due by December 31, 1993. FGIS 
    received no comments by the deadline.
        FGIS then contacted the major applicants for grain inspection 
    services in the Wyoming area and determined that, pursuant to the 
    provisions of the Act, there is an insufficient need for official 
    services to designate an official agency. Therefore, FGIS is not 
    designating an official agency to provide services in the area 
    currently assigned to Wyoming. Any firms which may require official 
    inspection services after March 31, 1994, should contact FGIS' Wichita 
    Office at 316-269-7171 (FAX: 316-269-6163).
    
        Authority: Pub. L. 94-582, 90 Stat. 2867, as amended (7 U.S.C. 
    71 et seq.)
    
        Dated: March 31, 1994.
    Sidney U. Allen,
    Acting Director, Compliance Division.
    [FR Doc. 94-8218 Filed 4-6-94; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
04/07/1994
Department:
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Entry Type:
Uncategorized Document
Action:
Notice.
Document Number:
94-8218
Dates:
Applications must be postmarked or sent by telecopier (FAX) on or before May 4, 1994.
Pages:
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Docket Numbers:
Federal Register: April 7, 1994, Docket No. 94-026-1