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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.
Paragraphs (b) and (c) of § 340.6
describe the form that a petition for a
determination of nonregulated status
must take and the information that must
be included in the petition.
APHIS has received a petition (APHIS
Petition Number 13–262–01p) from Dow
AgroSciences LLC (DAS) of
Indianapolis, IN, seeking a
determination of nonregulated status of
cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) designated
as DAS–8191;–7, which has been
genetically engineered for resistance to
certain broadleaf herbicides in the
phenoxy auxin group (particularly the
herbicide 2,4–D) and resistance to the
herbicide glufosinate. The DAS petition
states that information collected during
field trials and laboratory analyses
indicates that DAS–8191;–7 cotton is
not likely to be a plant pest or result in
weediness potential and therefore
should not be a regulated article under
APHIS’ regulations in 7 CFR part 340.
As described in the petition, DAS
developed DAS–8191;–7 cotton using
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
to incorporate the aad–12 gene from
Delftia acidovorans and the pat gene
from Streptomyces viridochromogenes
into cotton. The aad–12 gene encodes
the enzyme aryloxyalkanoate
dioxygenase-12 (AAD–12) which, when
expressed in plants, degrades 2,4–D to
herbicidally-inactive 2,4dichlorophenol. The pat gene encodes
the enzyme phosphinothricin
acetyltransferase that inactivates
glufosinate.
DAS has submitted information on
the use of 2,4–D on DAS–8191;–7
cotton to the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), which is
responsible for evaluating and
approving the use of any herbicides or
pesticides on plants, including GE
plants.1
Field tests conducted under APHIS
oversight allowed for evaluation in a
natural agricultural setting while
imposing measures to minimize the risk
of persistence in the environment after
completion of the tests. Data are
gathered on multiple parameters and
used by the applicant to evaluate
agronomic characteristics and product
performance. These and other data are
1 The roles of the Federal agencies responsible for
regulating the safe use of GE organisms is described
in a notice published in the Federal Register on
June 26, 1986 (51 FR 23302). The notice may be
viewed at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/
fedregister/coordinated_framework.pdf.
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used by APHIS to determine if the new
variety poses a plant pest risk.
Paragraph (d) of § 340.6 provides that
APHIS will publish a notice in the
Federal Register providing 60 days for
public comment for petitions for a
determination of nonregulated status.
On March 6, 2012, we published in the
Federal Register (77 FR 13258–13260,
Docket No. APHIS–2011–0129) a
notice 2 describing our process for
soliciting public comment when
considering petitions for determinations
of nonregulated status for GE organisms.
In that notice we indicated that APHIS
would accept written comments
regarding a petition once APHIS
deemed it complete.
In accordance with § 340.6(d) of the
regulations and our process for
soliciting public input when
considering petitions for determinations
of nonregulated status for GE organisms,
we are publishing this notice to inform
the public that APHIS will accept
written comments regarding the petition
for a determination of nonregulated
status from interested or affected
persons for a period of 60 days from the
date of this notice. The petition is
available for public review and
comment, and copies are available as
indicated under ADDRESSES and FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above.
We are interested in receiving
comments regarding potential
environmental and interrelated
economic issues and impacts that
APHIS may determine should be
considered in our evaluation of the
petition. We are particularly interested
in receiving comments regarding
biological, cultural, or ecological issues,
and we encourage the submission of
scientific data, studies, or research to
support your comments. We also
request that, when possible,
commenters provide relevant
information regarding specific localities
or regions as cotton growth, crop
management, and crop utilization may
vary considerably by geographic region.
After the comment period closes,
APHIS will review all written comments
received during the comment period
and any other relevant information. Any
substantive issues identified by APHIS
based on our review of the petition and
our evaluation and analysis of
comments will be considered in the
development of our decisionmaking
documents.
As part of our decisionmaking process
regarding a GE organism’s regulatory
status, APHIS prepares a plant pest risk
2 To view the notice, go to https://
www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS2011-0129.
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assessment to assess its plant pest risk
and the appropriate environmental
documentation—either an
environmental assessment (EA) or an
environmental impact statement (EIS)—
in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), to
provide the Agency with a review and
analysis of any potential environmental
impacts associated with the petition
request. For petitions for which APHIS
prepares an EA, APHIS will follow our
published process for soliciting public
comment (see footnote 2) and publish a
separate notice in the Federal Register
announcing the availability of APHIS’
EA and plant pest risk assessment.
Should APHIS determine that an EIS is
necessary, APHIS will complete the
NEPA EIS process in accordance with
Council on Environmental Quality
regulations (40 CFR part 1500–1508)
and APHIS’ NEPA implementing
regulations (7 CFR part 372).
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 12th day of
March 2014.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Census Scientific Advisory Committee
Bureau of the Census,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of the Census
(U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice of
a meeting of the Census Scientific
Advisory Committee (C–SAC). The C–
SAC will meet in a plenary session on
April 10–11, 2014. The Committee will
address policy, research, and technical
issues relating to a full range of Census
Bureau programs and activities,
including communications, decennial,
demographic, economic, field
operations, geographic, information
technology, and statistics. Last minute
changes to the agenda are possible,
which could prevent giving advance
public notice of schedule adjustments.
DATES: April 10 and April 11, 2014. On
April 10, the C–SAC meeting will begin
at approximately 8:30 a.m. and adjourn
at approximately 4 p.m. On April 11,
the meeting will begin at approximately
8:30 a.m. and adjourn at approximately
1:30 p.m.
SUMMARY:
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The meeting will be held at
the U.S. Census Bureau Conference
Center, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland,
Maryland 20746.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeri
Green, Committee Liaison Officer,
Department of Commerce, U.S. Census
Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver Hill
Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone
301–763–6590. For TTY callers, please
use the Federal Relay Service 1–800–
877–8339.
Members
of the C–SAC are appointed by the
Director, U.S. Census Bureau. The
Committee provides scientific and
technical expertise, as appropriate, to
address Census Bureau program needs
and objectives. The Committee has been
established in accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title
5, United States Code, Appendix 2,
Section 10).
The meeting is open to the public,
and a brief period is set aside for public
comments and questions on April 11,
2014. Persons with extensive questions
or statements must submit them in
writing at least three days before the
meeting to the Committee Liaison
Officer named above. If you plan to
attend the meeting, please register by
Thursday, March 27, 2014. You may
access the online registration form with
the following link: https://
www.regonline.com/csac_meeting_
april2014. Seating is available to the
public on a first-come, first-served basis.
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should also be directed to
the Committee Liaison Officer as soon
as known, and preferably two weeks
prior to the meeting.
Due to increased security and for
access to the meeting, please call 301–
763–9906 upon arrival at the Census
Bureau on the day of the meeting. A
photo ID must be presented in order to
receive your visitor’s badge. Visitors are
not allowed beyond the first floor.
Topics to be discussed:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
• 2014 Census Test
• Census Internet Data Collection
• American Community Survey:
Content Review
• Computational Infrastructure
• 2020 Census Update
Dated: March 12, 2014.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Dated: March 12, 2014.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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Foreign-Trade Zone 3—San Francisco,
California, Authorization of Limited
Production Activity, Phillips 66
Company, (Oil Refining/Blending),
Rodeo, California
On November 12, 2013, the San
Francisco Port Commission, grantee of
FTZ 3, submitted a notification of
proposed production activity to the
Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board on
behalf of Phillips 66 Company, within
Subzone 3E, in Rodeo, California.
The notification was processed in
accordance with the regulations of the
FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including
notice in the Federal Register inviting
public comment (78 FR 69815
November 21, 2013). The FTZ Board has
determined that further review of part of
the proposed activity is warranted at
this time. The production activity
described in the notification is
authorized on a limited basis, subject to
the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations,
including Section 400.14, and further
subject to a restriction requiring that all
biodiesel and renewable diesel products
be admitted to the zone in domestic
(duty-paid) status (19 CFR 146.43) and
to the standard oil refining restrictions
listed below:
1. Foreign status (19 CFR 146.41, 146.42)
products consumed as fuel for the
refinery shall be subject to the applicable
duty rate.
2. Privileged foreign status (19 CFR 146.41)
shall be elected on all foreign
merchandise admitted to the subzone,
except that non-privileged foreign (NPF)
status (19 CFR 146.42) may be elected on
the refinery inputs, not containing
biodiesel or renewable diesel products:
Crude oil (Testing done under, at or
above 25 degrees API) (HTSUS 2709.00);
hydrocracker feed (HTSUS 2710.19);
decant oil (fuel oil; slurry oil; testing
under 25 degrees API) (HTSUS 2710.19);
alkylates (HTSUS 2710.12); combined
heavy unicrackate (light distillate from
hydrocracker) (HTSUS 2710.19);
combined U250 Feed (ULSD unit feed)
(HTSUS 2710.19); naphtha (HTSUS
2710.12); and, pressure distillate
(distillate oil with average gravity of
54.8) (HTSUS 2710.12 and HTSUS
2710.19) which are used in the
production of:
—petrochemical feedstocks and refinery
by-products (Examiner’s
Recommendation, Appendix ‘‘D’’);
—products for export;
—and, products eligible for entry under
HTSUS 9808.00.30 and 9808.00.40 (U.S.
Government purchases).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[B–24–2014]
Foreign-Trade Zone 60—Nogales,
Arizona; Application for
Reorganization and Expansion under
Alternative Site Framework
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by
the Nogales-Santa Cruz Economic
Development Foundation, Inc., grantee
of FTZ 60, requesting authority to
reorganize and expand the zone under
the alternative site framework (ASF)
adopted by the FTZ Board (15 CFR
400.2(c)). The ASF is an option for
grantees for the establishment or
reorganization of zones and can permit
significantly greater flexibility in the
designation of new subzones or ‘‘usagedriven’’ FTZ sites for operators/users
located within a grantee’s ‘‘service area’’
in the context of the FTZ Board’s
standard 2,000-acre activation limit for
a zone. The application was submitted
pursuant to the Foreign-Trade Zones
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),
and the regulations of the Board (15 CFR
part 400). It was formally docketed on
March 12, 2014.
FTZ 60 was approved by the FTZ
Board on October 15, 1980 (Board Order
164, 45 FR 70037, October 22, 1980) and
the grant of authority for the zone was
transferred from Border Industrial
Development, Inc., to the Nogales-Santa
Cruz Economic Development
Foundation, Inc., on September 24, 1993
(Board Order 659, 58 FR 51614, October
4, 1993).
The current zone includes the
following sites: Site 1 (21 acres)—
Nogales West Customs Compound,
adjacent to the border crossing at 200
North Mariposa Road, Nogales; Site 2 (7
acres)—North Industrial Park, 1480
North Industrial Park Drive, Nogales;
and, temporary Site 3 (5 acres)—BD
Medical, 745 North Target Range Road,
Nogales.
The grantee’s proposed service area
under the ASF would be all of Santa
Cruz County, Arizona, as described in
the application. If approved, the grantee
would be able to serve sites throughout
the service area based on companies’
needs for FTZ designation. The
proposed service area is within and
adjacent to the Nogales-Mariposa U.S.
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15097-15098]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-05914]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
Census Scientific Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census (U.S. Census Bureau) is giving notice
of a meeting of the Census Scientific Advisory Committee (C-SAC). The
C-SAC will meet in a plenary session on April 10-11, 2014. The
Committee will address policy, research, and technical issues relating
to a full range of Census Bureau programs and activities, including
communications, decennial, demographic, economic, field operations,
geographic, information technology, and statistics. Last minute changes
to the agenda are possible, which could prevent giving advance public
notice of schedule adjustments.
DATES: April 10 and April 11, 2014. On April 10, the C-SAC meeting will
begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at approximately 4 p.m. On
April 11, the meeting will begin at approximately 8:30 a.m. and adjourn
at approximately 1:30 p.m.
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Census Bureau
Conference Center, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, Maryland 20746.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri Green, Committee Liaison Officer,
Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Room 8H182, 4600 Silver
Hill Road, Washington, DC 20233, telephone 301-763-6590. For TTY
callers, please use the Federal Relay Service 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the C-SAC are appointed by the
Director, U.S. Census Bureau. The Committee provides scientific and
technical expertise, as appropriate, to address Census Bureau program
needs and objectives. The Committee has been established in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, United States Code,
Appendix 2, Section 10).
The meeting is open to the public, and a brief period is set aside
for public comments and questions on April 11, 2014. Persons with
extensive questions or statements must submit them in writing at least
three days before the meeting to the Committee Liaison Officer named
above. If you plan to attend the meeting, please register by Thursday,
March 27, 2014. You may access the online registration form with the
following link: https://www.regonline.com/csac_meeting_april2014.
Seating is available to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should also be directed to the Committee Liaison Officer as soon as
known, and preferably two weeks prior to the meeting.
Due to increased security and for access to the meeting, please
call 301-763-9906 upon arrival at the Census Bureau on the day of the
meeting. A photo ID must be presented in order to receive your
visitor's badge. Visitors are not allowed beyond the first floor.
Topics to be discussed:
2014 Census Test
Census Internet Data Collection
American Community Survey: Content Review
Computational Infrastructure
2020 Census Update
Dated: March 12, 2014.
John H. Thompson,
Director, Bureau of the Census.
[FR Doc. 2014-05914 Filed 3-17-14; 8:45 am]
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