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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
notifications-petitions/petitions/
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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Ms.
Cindy Eck, Biotechnology Regulatory Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 207371236; 301
8513892, email: cynthia.a.eck@
usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the plant pest provisions of the Plant Protection Act 7 U.S.C. 7701
et seq., the regulations in 7 CFR part 340, Movement of Organisms Modified or Produced Through Genetic Engineering, regulate, among other things, the importation, interstate movement, or release into the environment of organisms modified or produced through genetic engineering that are plant pests or pose a plausible plant pest risk.
The petition for nonregulated status described in this notice is being evaluated under the version of the regulations effective at the time that it was received. The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APHIS
issued a final rule, published in the Federal Register on May 18, 2020 85
FR 2979029838, Docket No. APHIS
20180034,1 revising 7 CFR part 340;
however, the final rule is being implemented in phases. The new Regulatory Status Review RSR process, which replaces the petition for determination of nonregulated status process, became effective on April 5, 2021 for corn, soybean, cotton, potato, tomato, and alfalfa. The RSR process is effective for all crops as of October 1, 2021. However, until RSR is available for a particular crop . . . APHIS will continue to receive petitions for determination of nonregulated status for the crop in accordance with the legacy regulations at 7 CFR 340.6. 85 FR
29815. This petition for a determination of nonregulated status is being evaluated in accordance with the regulations at 7 CFR 340.6 2020 as it was received by APHIS on November 13, 2019.
BASF Corporation BASF has submitted a petition APHIS Petition Number 1931701p to APHIS seeking a determination of nonregulated status under 7 CFR part 340, for soybean event GMB151 which has been developed using genetic engineering for resistance to the plant-parasitic nematode, soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines, and for tolerance to 4hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase HPPD-4 inhibitor herbicides. The petition states that GMB151 soybean is
Docket No. APHIS20200023
BASF Corporation; Availability of a Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Draft Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Plant-Parasitic Nematode-Protected and Herbicide Tolerant Soybean Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has prepared a draft plant pest risk assessment and draft environmental assessment regarding a request from BASF Corporation seeking a determination of nonregulated status for soybean event GMB151, which has been developed using genetic engineering for resistance to the plantparasitic nematode, soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines, and for tolerance to 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase HPPD-4 inhibitor herbicides. We are making these documents available for public review and comment.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before September 16, 2021
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS
20200023 in the Search field. Select the Documents tab, then select the Comment button in the list of documents.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS20200023, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 3A03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 207371238.
The petition, draft environmental assessment, draft plant pest risk assessment, and any comments we receive on this docket may be viewed at www.regulations.gov, or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1620 of the USDA South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call 202 7997039 before coming.
Supporting documents for this petition are also available on the APHIS
website at https www.aphis.usda.gov/
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
1 To view the final rule, go to www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS20180034
in the Search field.
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