[APWG] [PCA] News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass Deregulated

[bmacbryde at netscape.net]

There was a legal battle through several levels of the Courts (over several years), after deregulation of glyphosate-resistant alfalfa. See link below: 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Co._v._Geertson_Seed_Farms


Attached are the APHIS cbg Record of Decision and the final Plant Pest Risk Assessment, obtained via the link that Josh Wilson provided below. 


Bruce MacBryde 
BioConservation Support
Drake, Colorado



-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Frates <afrates at addsuminc.com>
To: native-plants <native-plants at lists.plantconservation.org>
Sent: Tue, Jan 17, 2017 3:22 pm
Subject: Re: [PCA] [APWG] Article/News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass that Escaped Defies Eradication, Divides Grass Seed Industry - The Oregonian, Jan. 8th, 2017

Is an appeal possible?

Tony Frates
UNPS

> -----Original Message-----
Quoting josh wilson <joshwilson.smg at gmail.com>:

> Sorry to say that it has become deregulated:
>
> https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAPHIS/bulletins/180ed2b?reqfrom=share
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lindsey Riibe <riibe.lindsey at gmail.com>
>> To: Alien Plant Working Group <apwg at lists.plantconservation.org>
>> Sent: Wed, Jan 11, 2017, 9:16 am
>> Subject: [APWG] Article/News: GMO Creeping Bentgrass that Escaped Defies
>> Eradication, Divides Grass Seed Industry - The Oregonian, Jan. 8th, 2017
>>
>> [image: The_Oregonian.jpg]
>>
>> Sunday   January 8, 2017
>>
>> GMO grass that 'escaped' defies eradication, divides grass seed industry
>>
>> Article attached as file. And, here is the link:
>>
>> http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2017/01/grass_seed_industry_fearful_ab.html
>>
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