[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5012-5013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2198]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0038; FRL-9328-7]

Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Agriculture; Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Genetically Engineered Plants

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that pesticide-related information submitted to EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), including information that may have been claimed as Confidential Business Information (CBI) by submitters in accordance with 40 CFR 2.309(c) and 2.308(h)(2) will be shared with the Department of Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). HHS's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will perform work for OPP under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will support and encourage cooperation and communication between USDA, FDA, and EPA in the regulatory oversight over genetically engineered plants and the foods derived from such plants.
Under the MOU, USDA's office of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service/Biotechnology Regulatory Services (APHIS/BRS) and EPA agree to share with each other information about genetically engineered plants and the foods derived from such plants, including non-public information exempt from public disclosure usually referred to as ``confidential business information'' and/or ``trade secrets.''

Full notice

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Published: February 1, 2012