Washington, DC, USA
May 30, 2014
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31082-31083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12553]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0013]
Monsanto Company and Forage Genetics International; Availability of a Plant Pest Risk Assessment and Environmental Assessment for Determination of Nonregulated Status of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa
AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: 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 and Forage Genetics International seeking a determination of nonregulated status of alfalfa designated as event KK179, which has been genetically engineered to express reduced levels of guaiacyl lignin. We are soliciting comments on whether this genetically engineered alfalfa is likely to pose a plant pest risk.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before June 30, 2014.
Full notice