Notification of decision
to issue a licence on application - DIR 063/2005 - for a
Field trial of GM Cotton expressing natural plant genes for
fungal control
Source:
http://www.ogtr.gov.au/pdf/ir/dir063notific.pdf
The Gene
Technology Regulator (the Regulator) has made a decision to
issue a licence in respect of application DIR 063/2005 from
Hexima Ltd. The applicant has received approval for the
limited and controlled release of a
GM cotton
line with enhanced resistance to three major fungal diseases
of cotton. The release may take place
over a maximum total area of one hectare
on up to three sites in the shires of Pittsworth (QLD),
Narrabri or Moree Plains (NSW) during each of the three
summer growing seasons between 2006 and 2009.
The decision to
issue the licence was made after extensive consultation on
the Risk Assessment and Risk Management Plan (RARMP) with
the public, State and Territory governments, Australian
Government agencies, the Minister for the Environment and
Heritage, the Gene Technology Technical Advisory Committee
and the relevant local councils, as required by the
Gene Technology Act 2000.
Issues relating
to the health and safety of people and the protection of the
environment raised during the consultation process on this
application were considered in finalising the RARMP and in
making the decision to issue the licence.
The Executive
Summary, Technical Summary, the complete finalised RARMP,
together with the licence conditions and a set of Questions
and Answers on this decision can be obtained on-line from
the Office of the Gene Technology Regulator’s website or
requested via the contacts detailed below.
