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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2013–0043]
Monsanto Co.; Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for Determination of
Nonregulated Status of Herbicide
Resistant Soybeans and Cotton;
Comment Period
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The comment period for a
draft environmental impact statement
(EIS) on environmental impacts that
may result from the potential approval
of petitions seeking a determination of
nonregulated status of cultivars of
dicamba herbicide resistant soybeans
and cotton produced by the Monsanto
Company will remain open until
October 10, 2014. This action will allow
interested persons additional time to
prepare and submit comments.
DATES: The comment period for the draft
EIS announced in the notice published
August 11, 2014 (79 FR 46799) will
remain open until October 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0043.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2013–0043, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0043 or
in our reading room, which is located in
Room 1141 of the USDA South
Building, 14th Street and Independence
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August
11, 2014, the Environmental Protection
Agency published in the Federal
Register (79 FR 46799) a notice
announcing the availability of a draft
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the potential determinations of
nonregulated status of cultivars
soybeans and cotton produced by the
Monsanto Company that are resistant to
the herbicide dicamba.
Comments on the draft EIS were
required to be received on or before
September 25, 2014. We will now
accept all comments on the draft EIS
received through October 10, 2014. This
action will allow interested persons
additional time to prepare and submit
comments.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of
September 2014.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0043]
Monsanto Co.; Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
Determination of Nonregulated Status of Herbicide Resistant Soybeans
and Cotton; Comment Period
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The comment period for a draft environmental impact statement
(EIS) on environmental impacts that may result from the potential
approval of petitions seeking a determination of nonregulated status of
cultivars of dicamba herbicide resistant soybeans and cotton produced
by the Monsanto Company will remain open until October 10, 2014. This
action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and
submit comments.
DATES: The comment period for the draft EIS announced in the notice
published August 11, 2014 (79 FR 46799) will remain open until October
10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0043.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0043, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-
0043 or in our reading room, which is located in Room 1141 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) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Sid Abel, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 147, Riverdale, MD 20737-1238;
(301) 851-3896.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 11, 2014, the Environmental
Protection Agency published in the Federal Register (79 FR 46799) a
notice announcing the availability of a draft environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the potential determinations of nonregulated status
of cultivars soybeans and cotton produced by the Monsanto Company that
are resistant to the herbicide dicamba.
Comments on the draft EIS were required to be received on or before
September 25, 2014. We will now accept all comments on the draft EIS
received through October 10, 2014. This action will allow interested
persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701-7772 and 7781-7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7
CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 24th day of September 2014.
Michael C. Gregoire,
Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-23180 Filed 9-29-14; 8:45 am]
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