[Federal Register: August 12, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 155)]
[Notices]              
[Page 47170-47171]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. 05-053-1]

University of Wisconsin-Madison - Availability of environmental assessment for field tests of genetically engineered Erwinia carotovora, the causal agent of tuber soft rot disease in potato

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 prepared an environmental assessment for a field trial of genetically engineered strains of a bacterium, Erwinia carotovora, the causal agent of tuber soft rot disease in potato. The bacteria have been genetically engineered to disrupt the disease causing pathway. This field trial will allow researchers to better understand the function of each mutated gene under field conditions. This environmental assessment is available for public review and comment.

DATES: We will consider all comments we receive on or before September 12, 2005.

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