Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License, 47272 [2013-18847]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 150 / Monday, August 5, 2013 / Notices
Dated: July 23, 2013.
Edward B. Knipling,
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service.
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Monsanto Co.; Availability of Plant
Pest Risk Assessment and
Environmental Assessment for
Determination of Nonregulated Status
of Soybean Genetically Engineered for
Increased Yield
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive
License
Agricultural Research Service,
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Agricultural Research Service, intends
to grant to Central Washington Grain
Growers, Inc. of Waterville, Washington,
an exclusive license to the pea variety
named ‘‘Lynx’’.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received on
or before September 4, 2013.
ADDRESS: Send comments to: USDA,
ARS, Office of Technology Transfer,
5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.
DATES:
June
Blalock of the Office of Technology
Transfer at the Beltsville address given
above; telephone: 301–504–5989.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Federal Government’s rights in this
plant variety are assigned to the United
States of America, as represented by the
Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the
public interest to so license this plant
variety as Central Washington Grain
Growers, Inc. of Waterville, Washington
has submitted a complete and sufficient
application for a license. The
prospective exclusive license will be
royalty-bearing and will comply with
the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C.
209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective
exclusive license may be granted unless,
within thirty (30) days from the date of
this published Notice, the Agricultural
Research Service receives written
evidence and argument which
establishes that the grant of the license
would not be consistent with the
requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Robert Griesbach,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service is making available
for public comment our plant pest risk
assessment and our draft environmental
assessment regarding a request from the
Monsanto Company seeking a
determination of nonregulated status of
soybean designated as MON 87712,
which has been genetically engineered
for increased yield. We are soliciting
comments on whether this genetically
engineered soybean is likely to pose a
plant pest risk.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before September
4, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/
#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0020.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0020, 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-2012-0020 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.
Supporting documents are also
available on the APHIS Web site at
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
biotechnology/petitions_table_
pending.shtml under APHIS Petition
Number 11–202–01p.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Rebecca Stankiewicz Gabel, Chief,
Biotechnology Environmental Analysis
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Branch, Environmental Risk Analysis
Programs, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit
147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301)
851–3927, email: rebecca.l.stankiewiczgabel@aphis.usda.gov. To obtain copies
of the supporting documents for this
petition, contact Ms. Cindy Eck at (301)
851–3892, email:
cynthia.a.eck@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
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, ‘‘Introduction of
Organisms and Products Altered or
Produced Through Genetic Engineering
Which Are Plant Pests or Which There
Is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests,’’
regulate, among other things, the
introduction (importation, interstate
movement, or release into the
environment) of organisms and products
altered or produced through genetic
engineering that are plant pests or that
there is reason to believe are plant pests.
Such genetically engineered (GE)
organisms and products are considered
‘‘regulated articles.’’
The regulations in § 340.6(a) provide
that any person may submit a petition
to the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) seeking a
determination that an article should not
be regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
APHIS has received a petition (APHIS
Petition Number 11–202–01p) from the
Monsanto Company (Monsanto) of St.
Louis, MO, seeking a determination of
nonregulated status of soybean (Glycine
max) designated as event MON 87712,
which has been genetically engineered
for increased yield. The petition stated
that this soybean is unlikely to pose a
plant pest risk and, therefore, should
not be a regulated article under APHIS’
regulations in 7 CFR part 340.
According to our process 1 for
soliciting public comment when
considering petitions for determinations
of nonregulated status of GE organisms,
APHIS accepts written comments
regarding a petition once APHIS deems
it complete. In a notice 2 published in
the Federal Register on July 13, 2012,
1 On March 6, 2012, APHIS published in the
Federal Register (77 FR 13258–13260, Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0129) a notice describing our public
review process for soliciting public comments and
information when considering petitions for
determinations of nonregulated status for GE
organisms. To view the notice, go to https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2011-0129.
2 To view the notice, the petition, and the
comments we received, go to https://www.
regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-20120020.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Research Service
Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License
AGENCY: Agricultural Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to Central
Washington Grain Growers, Inc. of Waterville, Washington, an exclusive
license to the pea variety named ``Lynx''.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 4, 2013.
ADDRESS: Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology
Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4-1174, Beltsville, Maryland
20705-5131.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June Blalock of the Office of
Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone:
301-504-5989.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Government's rights in this
plant variety are assigned to the United States of America, as
represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public
interest to so license this plant variety as Central Washington Grain
Growers, Inc. of Waterville, Washington has submitted a complete and
sufficient application for a license. The prospective exclusive license
will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions
of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license
may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of this
published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives written
evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license
would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37
CFR 404.7.
Robert Griesbach,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
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