{"abstract":"We are announcing to the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) intends to prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) evaluating the environmental impacts that may result from the potential approval of an application from Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC, seeking a permit for the environmental release of genetically engineered Citrus tristeza virus (CTV). The virus has been genetically engineered to express defensin proteins from spinach as an approach to manage citrus greening disease throughout the State of Florida. APHIS considers this genetically engineered CTV to be a biological control agent since it is a biological organism intended to help manage citrus greening disease. Issues to be addressed in the EIS include the potential environmental impacts to managed natural and non-agricultural lands, agricultural production systems, the physical environment, biological resources, human health, socioeconomics, federally listed threatened or endangered species, and cultural or historic resources. We are also requesting public comments to further delineate the scope of the alternatives and environmental impacts and issues to be included in this EIS.","action":"Notice.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","name":"Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service","id":22,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/22","parent_id":12,"slug":"animal-and-plant-health-inspection-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2017/04/10/2017-07106.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"82 FR 17179","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2017-05-10","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will consider all comments that we receive on or before May 10, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. APHIS-2017-0018"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement","document_id":"APHIS-2017-0018-0157"},{"title":"Revised  Pest Risk Assessment","document_id":"APHIS-2017-0018-0156"},{"title":"Preliminary Pest Risk Assessment:  Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC Permit 17-044101r to Release Genetically Engineered Citrus tristeza virus","document_id":"APHIS-2017-0018-0098"},{"title":"Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC Permit to Release Genetically Engineered Citrus tristeza virus","document_id":"APHIS-2017-0018-0097"}],"agency_name":"APHIS","documents":[{"comment_count":94,"comment_start_date":"2017-04-10","updated_at":"2023-02-28T19:15:51.123-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/APHIS-2017-0018-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"APHIS-2017-0018-0001","comment_end_date":"2017-05-11","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":4,"id":"APHIS-2017-0018","title":"Southern Gardens Citrus Nursery, LLC; 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