Invitation to comment on
a Consultation Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan
(RARMP) for Commercial Release of Genetically Modified (GM)
Herbicide Tolerant Cotton: DIR 062/2005
Australia’s gene technology regulatory system is designed to
protect the health & safety of people & the environment by
identifying risks posed by, or as a result of, gene
technology & managing those risks.
The Gene
Technology Regulator is currently assessing licence
application DIR 062/2005 from Bayer CropScience Pty Ltd for
the unrestricted, commercial release of a genetically
modified (GM) herbicide tolerant cotton in Australia.
The
Regulator has prepared a Risk Assessment & Risk Management
Plan (RARMP) for the proposed release.
The
Regulator welcomes written submissions in order to finalise
the RARMP. The RARMP will then form the basis of the
Regulator’s decision on whether or not to issue the licence.
The consultation RARMP & related documents can be obtained
from website www.ogtr.gov.au under ‘What’s New’ or by
contacting the Office. Please quote application DIR 62
in any correspondence.
Submissions should be forwarded by 21
July 2006 to:
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator
PO Box 100
WODEN, ACT 2606
www.ogtr.gov.au
Telephone: 1 800 181 030
Facsimile: 02 6271 4202
E-mail:
ogtr@health.gov.au
Original document in PDF
format:
http://www.ogtr.gov.au/pdf/ir/dir062notifcon.pdf
RELATED DOCUMENTS
(PDF format)
Questions & Answers on Licence Application DIR 062/2005:
Commercial Release of GM Herbicide Tolerant Cotton
DIR 062/2005 - GM Cotton Consultation RARMP Executive
Summary
DIR 062/2005 - GM Cotton Consultation RARMP Technical
Summary
DIR 062/2005 - GM Cotton Consultation RARMP for Commercial
Release of Herbicide Tolerant Cotton
DIR
062/2005 - GM Cotton Licence Application Summary
Related document - The Biology and Ecology of Cotton
Map of Local Government Areas where cotton is grown
Risk Analysis Framework for Licence Applications to the
Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (2nd Edition) 2005
