Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.; Availability of a Request, a Draft Plant Pest Risk Similarity Assessment, and Preliminary Determination for an Extension of Determination of Nonregulated Status for Non-Browning Apple
| Citation | 86 FR 34713 |
| Record Number | 2021-13901 |
| Published date | 30 June 2021 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service |
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34713
Vol. 86, No. 123
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2021–0027]
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc.;
Availability of a Request, a Draft Plant
Pest Risk Similarity Assessment, and
Preliminary Determination for an
Extension of Determination of
Nonregulated Status for Non-Browning
Apple
AGENCY
: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: We are advising the public
that the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service has received a
request from Okanagan Specialty Fruits
Inc. (OSF) to extend our determination
of nonregulated status of GD743 apple
and GS784 apple to PG451 apple which
has been developed using genetic
engineering to resist browning. We are
making the OSF extension request, the
preliminary determination, and the draft
plant pest risk similarity assessment
available for public comment.
DATES
: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 30,
2021.
ADDRESSES
: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
•Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov and enter
APHIS–2021–0027 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.
APHIS–2021–0027, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road, Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
The OSF extension request, the
preliminary determination, and the draft
plant pest risk similarity 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,
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 123 / Wednesday, June 30, 2021 / Notices
1
To view the final rule, go to
www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–2018–0034
in the Search field.
2
To view the notice, go to www.regulations.gov
and enter APHIS–2012–0025 in the Search field.
please call (202) 799–7039 before
coming.
Supporting documents for this
petition are also available on the APHIS
website at https://www.aphis.usda.gov/
aphis/ourfocus/biotechnology/permits-
notifications-petitions/petitions/
petition-status.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Ms.
Cindy Eck, Biotechnology Regulatory
Services, APHIS, 4700 River Road, Unit
147, Riverdale, MD 20737–1236; (301)
851–3892; 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 extension 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 29790–29838, Docket No. APHIS–
2018–0034),
1
revising 7 CFR part 340;
however, the final rule is being
implemented in phases. This extension
of 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
July 31, 2020.
On February 18, 2015,
2
APHIS
announced its determination of
nonregulated status of Okanagan
Specialty Fruits Inc.’s (OSF) GD743 and
GS784 apple lines which were
developed using genetic engineering to
resist browning. OSF has submitted a
request to extend a determination of
nonregulated status of GD743 and
GS784 apple lines to PG451 apple
(APHIS Petition Number 20–213–01ext)
which has been developed using genetic
engineering to resist browning.
As described in the extension request,
PG451 apple was developed through
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
of apple leaf tissue using the binary
plasmid vector pGEN–03 to suppress
genes for polyphenol oxidase, which
causes browning. GD743 and GS784
apple lines were developed using the
same plasmid vector and the same
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
method.
Based on the information in the
request, we have concluded that PG451
apple is similar to GD743 and GS784
apple lines. PG451 apple is currently
regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
As part of our decision-making
process regarding the regulatory status
of an organism developed using genetic
engineering, APHIS prepared a draft
plant pest risk similarity assessment
(PPRSA) to compare PG451 apple to the
antecedents. Based on the similarity of
PG451 apple to the antecedents GD743
and GS784 apple lines as described in
the PPRSA, APHIS concludes that
PG451 apple is unlikely to pose a
greater plant pest risk than the
unmodified organism from which it was
derived and should no longer be
regulated under 7 CFR part 340.
APHIS has analyzed information
submitted by OSF, references provided
in the extension request, peer-reviewed
publications, and supporting
documentation prepared for the
antecedent organism. Based on APHIS’
analysis of this information and the
similarity of PG451 apple to the
antecedents GD743 and GS784 apple
lines, APHIS has determined that PG451
apple is unlikely to pose a plant pest
risk. We have therefore reached a
preliminary decision to approve the
request to extend the determination of
nonregulated status for PG451 apple
line, whereby PG451 apple would no
longer be subject to our regulations
governing organisms developed using
genetic engineering.
We are therefore publishing this
notice to make available our evaluation
and inform the public of our
preliminary decision to extend the
determination of nonregulated status of
PG451 apple.
APHIS will accept written comments
on the request for extension, PPRSA,
and our preliminary determination for
PG451 apple for 30 days. These
documents are available for public
review as indicated under
ADDRESSES
and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
above. Copies of these documents may
also be obtained by contacting the
person listed under
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT
.
After the comment period closes,
APHIS will review all written comments
received during the comment period
and any other relevant information. All
comments will be available for public
review. After reviewing and evaluating
the comments, if APHIS determines that
no substantive information has been
received that would warrant APHIS
altering its preliminary regulatory
determination, our preliminary
regulatory determination will become
final and effective upon notification of
the public through an announcement on
our website at https://
www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/
biotechnology/permits-notifications-
petitions/petitions/petition-status.
APHIS will also furnish a response to
the petitioner regarding our final
regulatory determination. No further
Federal Register notice will be
published announcing the final
regulatory determination of PG451
apple.
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
June 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2020–0021]
Bayer; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
Determination of Nonregulated Status
for Maize Developed Using Genetic
Engineering for Dicamba, Glufosinate,
Quizalofop, and 2,4-
Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
Resistance, With Tissue-Specific
Glyphosate Resistance Facilitating the
Production of Hybrid Maize Seed;
Reopening of Comment Period
AGENCY
: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION
: Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement;
reopening of comment period.
SUMMARY
: We are reopening the
comment period for our notice of intent
to prepare an environmental impact
statement regarding a request from
Bayer seeking a determination of
nonregulated status for maize developed
using genetic engineering for dicamba,
glufosinate, quizalofop, and 2,4-
dichlorophenoxyacetic acid resistance
with tissue-specific glyphosate
resistance facilitating the production of
hybrid maize seed. This action will
allow interested persons additional time
to prepare and submit comments.
DATES
: The comment period for the
notice of intent published on April 28,
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