Washington, DC
March 23, 2007
[Federal Register: March 23, 2007
(Volume 72, Number 56)]
[Notices]
[Page 13735-13736]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr23mr07-28]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 04-085-4]
Return to regulated status of alfalfa 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 United States
District Court for the Northern District of California has
vacated the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's
(APHIS') June 2005 determination of nonregulated status with
respect to the Monsanto Company and
Forage Genetics
International alfalfa lines designated as events J101 and J163,
which have been genetically engineered for tolerance to the
herbicide glyphosate. The effect of this action is that those
alfalfa events, known as Roundup Ready alfalfa, are once again
considered
regulated articles under APHIS' regulations in 7 CFR part 340
and the requirements pertaining to regulated articles under
those regulations will once again apply to the subject alfalfa
and its progeny. This notice also advises Roundup Ready alfalfa
sellers and growers that no Roundup Ready alfalfa seed may be
planted after March 30, 2007; that only seed purchased by
growers before March 12, 2007, may be planted by March 30, 2007;
and that all sales of Roundup Ready alfalfa seed are prohibited
pending the Court's issuance of permanent injunctive relief.
DATES: Effective Date: March 12, 2007.
Full notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-5344.pdf
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