Washington, DC
April 13, 2009
[Federal Register: April 13, 2009
(Volume 74, Number 69)]
[Proposed Rules]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
7 CFR Part 340
[Docket No. APHIS-2008-0023]
RIN 0579-AC31
Importation, interstate movement, and release into the
environment of certain genetically engineered organisms
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public meeting and extension of
comment period.
SUMMARY: We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service is holding an issue-focused public
meeting on April 29 and 30, 2009, on its proposed rule,
``Importation, Interstate Movement, and Release Into the
Environment of Certain Genetically Engineered Organisms.'' The
April 2009 issue meeting will provide an opportunity for
interested persons to discuss in a collaborative forum the key
concerns that were raised during the comment period on the
proposed rule with U.S. Department of Agriculture officials and
with
one another.
DATES: The comment period of the proposed rule published at 73
FR 60007, Oct. 9, 2008, reopened and extended at 74 FR 2907,
Jan. 16, 2009, is reopened and extended until June 29, 2009. The
public meeting
will be held on April 29 and 30, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
each day. We will consider all comments that we receive on the
proposed rule on or before June 29, 2009.
Full notice:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-8352.pdf
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