Washington, DC, USA
December 8, 2015
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 235 (Tuesday, December 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76261-76263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30878]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2015-0088]
J.R. Simplot Company; Availability of Preliminary Finding of No
Significant Impact, Similarity Assessment, and Preliminary Decision for
an Extension of a Determination of Nonregulated Status to V11 Snowden
Potatoes With Low Acrylamide Potential and Reduced Black Spot Bruise
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has reached a preliminary decision to extend our
determination of nonregulated status of InnateTM potato to Snowden
potato variety event SPS-00V11-6 (hereinafter V11 potato) in response
to a request from the J.R. Simplot Company. V11 potato has been
genetically engineered to exhibit low acrylamide potential in cooked
potatoes and reduced black spot bruise. We are making available for
public comment our preliminary finding of no significant impact, our
similarity assessment, and our preliminary extended determination of
nonregulated status.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
January 7, 2016.
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