October 19, 2004
[Federal Register: October 19,
2004 (Volume 69, Number 201)]
[Notices]
[Page 61466-61467]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-075-1]
Monsanto Co. and KWS SAAT AG; Availability of Petition and
Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated
Status for Sugar Beet Genetically Engineered for Tolerance to
the Herbicide Glyphosate
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Monsanto
Company and KWS SAAT AG seeking a determination of nonregulated
status for sugar beet designated as event H7-1, which has been
genetically engineered for tolerance to the herbicide
glyphosate. 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, we are soliciting public comments on
whether this sugar beet presents a plant pest risk. We are also
making available for public comment an environmental assessment
for the proposed determination of nonregulated status.
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