[Federal Register: January 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 6)]
[Notices]
[Page 1212-1214]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2006-0157]

Syngenta - Availability of petition and environmental assessment for determination of nonregulated status for corn genetically engineered for insect resistance, event MIR604

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 received a petition from Syngenta Seeds, Inc., seeking a determination of nonregulated status for corn rootworm-resistant corn derived from a transformation event designated as MIR604. The petition has been submitted in accordance with our regulations concerning the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms and products. In accordance with those regulations, we are soliciting comments on whether this corn presents a plant pest risk. We are also making available for public comment a draft environmental assessment for the proposed determination of nonregulated status.

DATES: We will consider all comments on the petition that are received on or before March 12, 2007. We will consider all comments on the draft environmental assessment that are received on or before February 9, 2007.

Full notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-194.pdf