Washington, DC, USA
August 28, 2014
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2014)] [Notices] [Pages 51299-51300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2014-20496]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2014–0056]
Availability of an Environmental Assessment for the Field Release of Genetically Engineered Diamondback Moths
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is making available for public comment our environmental assessment for the field release of diamondback moths which have been genetically engineered for repressible female lethality and to express red fluorescence as a marker. The purpose of the field release is to assess the feasibility and efficacy of these moths in reducing populations of non-genetically engineered diamondback moths.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before September 29, 2014.
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