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[FR Doc No: 94-11487]
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[Federal Register: May 12, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 94-037-1]
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 two 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 4:40 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
Application No. Applicant received Organisms Field test location
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94-076-01.............. Rutgers University..... 03-17-94 Agrostis palustris plants New Jersey.
genetically engineered to
express tolerance to the
phosphinothricin class of
herbicides.
94-081-01.............. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco 03-22-94 Tobacco mosaic virus North Carolina.
Company. genetically engineered to
express a carotenoid
biosynthetic gene.
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Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of May 1994.
Lonnie J. King,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11487 Filed 5-11-94; 8:45 am]
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