Washington, DC
June 20, 2006
[Federal Register: June 20, 2006
(Volume 71, Number 118)]
[Notices]
[Page 35408-35409]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
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[DOCID:fr20jn06-20]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0015]
Availability of an addendum to an environmental assessment
for field release of genetically engineered pink bollworm
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public that we have supplemented
with an addendum the environmental assessment for a proposed
field trial of pink bollworm genetically engineered to express
green fluorescence as a
marker. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
proposes to use this marked strain to assess the effectiveness
of lower doses of radiation to create sterile insects for its
pink bollworm sterile insect program. This program, using
sterile insect technique, has been conducted by APHIS, with
State and grower cooperation, since 1968. Data gained from this
field experiment will be used to improve the current program.
APHIS has supplemented its environmental assessment in order to
evaluate a new location and new conditions for the field test.
The addendum is available to the public for review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or
before July 5, 2006.
Full notice in PDF format:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-9661.pdf
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