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Syngenta; Availability of Petition and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Corn Genetically Engineered for Insect Resistance

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 [Federal Register: February 22, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 35)]
[Notices]
[Page 7952]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22fe07-18]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0157]

Syngenta; Availability of Petition and Environmental Assessment
for Determination of Nonregulated Status for Corn Genetically
Engineered for Insect Resistance

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period for draft environmental
assessment.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period for a draft environmental
assessment prepared with respect to a petition from Syngenta Seeds,
Inc., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for corn rootworm-
resistant corn derived from a transformation event designated as
MIR604. This action will allow interested persons additional time to
prepare and submit comments on the draft environmental assessment.

DATES: We will consider all comments on the draft environmental
assessment that are received on or before March 9, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
    ? Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov,
select ``Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'' from the agency
drop-down menu, then click ``Submit.'' In the Docket ID column, select
APHIS-2006-0157 to submit or view public comments and to view supporting
and related materials available electronically. Information on using
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket after the close of the
comment period, is available through the site's ``User Tips'' link.
    ? Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Please send four copies
of your comment (an original and three copies) to Docket No. APHIS-
2006-0157, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A-
03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238. Please state
that your comment refers to Docket No. APHIS-2006-0157.
    Reading Room: You may read any comments that we receive on this
docket in our reading room. The reading room is located in room 1141 of
the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 690-2817 before coming.
    Other Information: Additional information about APHIS and its
programs is available on the Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Catherine Preston, Biotechnology
Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD
20737-1236; (301) 734-5874, e-mail: catherine.a.preston@aphis.usda.gov.
To obtain copies of the petition or the environmental assessment,
contact Ms. Cynthia Eck at (301) 734-0667, e-mail: 
cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov. The petition and the environmental
assessment are also available on the Internet at 
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/04_36201p.pdf and
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/04_36201p_ea.pdf

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 10, 2007, we published in the
Federal Register (72 FR 1212-1214, Docket No. APHIS-2006-0157) a notice
advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
has received a petition from Syngenta Seeds, Inc., seeking a
determination of nonregulated status for corn rootworm-resistant corn
derived from a transformation event designated as MIR604. The petition
has been submitted in accordance with our regulations concerning the
introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms and products.
In accordance with those regulations, our notice solicited comments on
whether this corn presents a plant pest risk. We also made available
for public comment a draft environmental assessment for the proposed
determination of nonregulated status.
    In our notice, we stated that we will consider comments on the
petition that are received on or before March 12, 2007, and comments on
the draft environmental assessment that are received on or before
February 9, 2007. We are reopening the comment period for the draft
environmental assessment for an additional 15 days from the date of
publication of this notice. This action will allow interested persons
additional time to prepare and submit comments on the draft
environmental assessment. We will also consider all comments on the
draft environmental assessment we receive between February 10, 2007,
and the date of this notice.

(Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.)

    Done in Washington, DC, this 16th day of February 2007.
W. Ron DeHaven,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E7-3119 Filed 2-21-07; 8:45 am]
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