Comment submitted by Una Greenaway, Hawaii GEAN

Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0516-0006
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Received Date: August 31 2007, at 10:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: September 18 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: August 1 2007, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: August 31 2007, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 8027d612
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Experimental Use Permit; Receipt of Application

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We are extremely concerned about the posible issuance of a permit for Syngenta to grow a Bt cotton in Hawaii. Hawaii has an endemic cotton, also known as mao. In the past the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture refused to give concurrence on gmo cotton, because of its ability to cross with endemic varieties. The Bt cotton of the gossypium genus, can cross pollinate with its close relatives in the kokia genus, which are federally endangered and protected. Please do not issue this permit for the Bt cotton in Hawaii. Thank you

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