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U.S. Federal Register: Importation, interstate movement, and release into the environment of certain genetically engineered organisms

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Washington, DC
April 13, 2009

[Federal Register: April 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 69)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 16797-16798]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr13ap09-17]

[[Page 16797]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 340
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023]
RIN 0579-AC31

Importation, interstate movement, and release into the environment of certain genetically engineered organisms

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public meeting and extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is holding an issue-focused public meeting on April 29 and 30, 2009, on its proposed rule, ``Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release Into the Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms.'' The April 2009 issue meeting will provide an opportunity for interested persons to discuss in a collaborative forum the key concerns that were raised during the comment period on the proposed rule with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials and with
one another.

DATES: The comment period of the proposed rule published at 73 FR 60007, Oct. 9, 2008, reopened and extended at 74 FR 2907, Jan. 16, 2009, is reopened and extended until June 29, 2009. The public meeting
will be held on April 29 and 30, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. We will consider all comments that we receive on the proposed rule on or before June 29, 2009.

Full notice: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-8352.pdf
 

 

 

 

 

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