Washington, DC
May 16, 2007
[Federal Register: May 16, 2007
(Volume 72, Number 94)]
[Notices]
[Page 27539-27540]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr16my07-40]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2007-0006]
Availability of an environmental assessment and finding of no
significant impact for a proposed field release of rice
genetically engineered to express lactoferrin, lysozyme, or
serum albumin
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 confined field release of rice plants genetically
engineered to express the human proteins lactoferrin, lysozyme,
or serum albumin. After assessment of the application, review of
pertinent scientific information, and consideration of comments
provided by the public, we have concluded that these field
releases will not present a risk of introducing or disseminating
a plant pest. We have completed the
environmental assessment and concluded that this field release
will not have a significant impact on the quality of the human
environment. Based on its finding of no significant impact, the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has determined
that an environmental impact statement need not be prepared for
these field releases.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2007.
Full notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-9432.pdf
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