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Biotechnology Exemptions Granted in Minnesota

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Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2010
Notification	Application Rec'd	Company	Crop	Project	Published in Monitor	Status
10-CO-001	12/29/09	Pioneer	Corn	Herbicide Tolerance 98140	January 11, 2010	Approved 1/21/10
10-CO-002	3/4/10	Syngenta	Corn	Insect Resistance MIR162 and stacked trait Combos Bt11xMIR162xGA21 and Bt11xMIR162xMIR604xGA21	May 3, 2010	Approved 5/7/10

Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2009
Notification	Application Rec'd	Company	Crop	Project	Published in Monitor	Status
09-CO-001	12/17/08	Pioneer	Soybean	Herbicide Resistance DP356043-5	Dec. 29, 2008	Approved Jan. 6, 2009
09-CO-002	7/22/09	Monsanto	Corn	Herbicide and Insect Resistance – MON89034xTC1507xm MON88017xDAS-59122-7	July 27, 2009	Approved July 31, 2009

Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2008
Notification	Application Rec'd	Company	Crop	Project	Published in Monitor	Status
08-CO-001	July 30, 2008	Monsanto	Corn	Lepidopteran resistance MON89034	August 11, 2008	Approved August 19, 2008
08-CO-002	July 30, 2008	Monsanto	Corn	Lepidopteran resistance, Rootworm resistanc, glyphosate tolerance MON89034xMON88017	August 11, 2008	Approved August 19, 2008

Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2007
Notification	Application Rec’d	Company	Crop	Project	Published In Monitor	Status
07-CO-001	April 19, 2007	Syngenta	Corn	Rootworm, resistance MIR604	April 23, 2007	Approved April 25, 2007
07-CO-002	April 19, 2007	Syngenta	Corn	Corn borer and rootworm resistance, Bt11 x MIR604	April 23, 2007	Approved April 25, 2007
07-CO-003	April 25, 2007	Dow/Pioneer	Corn	Corn rootworm resistance DAS-59122-7	May 6, 2007	Approved April 27, 2007
07-CO-004	April 25, 2007	Dow/Pioneer	Corn	Corn borer and corn rootworm resistance TC1507 x DAS-59122-7	May 6, 2007	Approved April 27, 2007
07-CO-005	August 8, 2007	Monsanto	Corn	Lysine enhanced	August 27, 2007	Approved Sept. 10, 2007
07-CO-006	August 8, 2007	Monsanto	Soybean	Herbicide tolerance	August 27, 2007	Approved Sept. 10, 2007
07-CO-001	April 19, 2007	Syngenta	Corn	Rootworm, resistance MIR604	April 23, 2007	Approved April 25, 2007
07-CO-002	April 19, 2007	Syngenta	Corn	Corn borer and rootworm resistance, Bt11 x MIR604	April 23, 2007	Approved April 25, 2007
07-CO-003	April 25, 2007	Dow/Pioneer	Corn	Corn rootworm resistance DAS-59122-7	May 6, 2007	Approved April 27, 2007
07-CO-004	April 25, 2007	Dow/Pioneer	Corn	Corn borer and corn rootworm resistance TC1507 x DAS-59122-7	May 6, 2007	Approved April 27, 2007
07-CO-005	August 8, 2007	Monsanto	Corn	Lysine enhanced	August 27, 2007	Approved Sept. 10, 2007
07-CO-006	August 8, 2007	Monsanto	Soybean	Herbicide tolerance	August 27, 2007	Approved Sept. 10, 2007
07-CO-001	April 19, 2007	Syngenta	Corn	Rootworm, resistance MIR604	April 23, 2007	Approved April 25, 2007
07-CO-002	April 19, 2007	Syngenta	Corn	Corn borer and rootworm resistance, Bt11 x MIR604	April 23, 2007	Approved April 25, 2007
07-CO-003	April 25, 2007	Dow/Pioneer	Corn	Corn rootworm resistance DAS-59122-7	May 6, 2007	Approved April 27, 2007
07-CO-004	April 25, 2007	Dow/Pioneer	Corn	Corn borer and corn rootworm resistance TC1507 x DAS-59122-7	May 6, 2007	Approved April 27, 2007
07-CO-005	August 8, 2007	Monsanto	Corn	Lysine enhanced	August 27, 2007	Approved Sept. 10, 2007
07-CO-006	August 8, 2007	Monsanto	Soybean	Herbicide tolerance	August 27, 2007	Approved Sept. 10, 2007

Commercial Use Exemptions of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2006
Notification	Application Rec’d	Company	Crop	Project	Published In Monitor	Status
06-CO-001	December 27	Monsanto	Corn	Rootworm, resistance and herbicide tolerance MON88017	Jan. 16, 2006	Approved Jan. 27, 2006
06-CO-002	December 27	Monsanto	Corn	Rootworm and corn borer resistance, and herbicide tolerance MON88017 x MON810	Jan. 16, 2006	Approved Jan. 27, 2006
06-CO-001	December 27	Monsanto	Corn	Rootworm, resistance and herbicide tolerance MON88017	Jan. 16, 2006	Approved Jan. 27, 2006
06-CO-002	December 27	Monsanto	Corn	Rootworm and corn borer resistance, and herbicide tolerance MON88017 x MON810	Jan. 16, 2006	Approved Jan. 27, 2006

Commercial Use Exemptions of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2005
Notification	Application Rec’d	Company	Crop	Project	Published In Monitor	Status
05-CO-001	April 1	Monsanto	Sugarbeet	Herbicide tolerance	April 11, 2005	Approved April 22, 2005
05-CO-002	June 13	Monsanto	Alfalfa	Herbicide tolerance	June 20, 2005	Approved July 5, 2005

Commercial Use Exemptions of Genetically Engineered Organisms – 2004

None

Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2003
Notification	Application Rec'd	Company	Crop	Project	Published in Monitor	Status
03-CO-001	March 4	Monsanto	Corn	Insect resistance	March 17, 2003	Approved 3/21/03

Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2002
Notification	Application Received	Company	Crop	Project	Published in Monitor	Status
02-CO-001	March 28, 2002	Dow AgroSciences	Corn	Insect resistance Herbicide tolerance	April 2, 2002	Approved May 8, 2002

Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 2000
Notification	Application Received	Company	Crop	Project	Published in Monitor	Status
00-CO-001	May 19, 2000	Aventis	canola	herbicide tolerance, male sterility	May 29, 2000	Approved 6-12-00
00-CO-002	July 31, 2000	Monsanto	potato	virus and insect resistance	August 7, 2000	Approved 8-23-00 planted under notification 00-NO-025
00-CO-003	September 18, 2000	Monsanto	corn	herbicide tolerance	October 2, 2000	Approved 10-26-00

Commercial Use Exemption of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 1999
Notification	Company	Crop	Project	Status	Release Date
99-CO-001	Monsanto	sugarbeet	Herbicide tolerant	Approved 1-29-99	Spring 99
99-CO-002	Monsanto	canola	Herbicide tolerant	Approved 2-11-99	Spring 99
99-CO-003	AgrEvo	soybean	Herbicide tolerant	Approved 2-11-99	Spring 99
99-CO-004	AgrEvo	corn	Herbicide tolerant	Approved 2-11-99	Spring 99
99-CO-005	Monsanto	potato	Virus and Insect resistance	Approved 4-13-99	Spring 99
99-CO-006	Monsanto	potato	Virus and Insect resistance	Approved 4-13-99	Spring 99
99-CO-007	AgrEvo	corn	Mail sterile and Herbicide tolerant	Approved 4-30-99	Spring 99

Commercial Use Exemptions of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 1998
Notification	Company	Crop	Project	Status	Release Date
98-CO-001	AgrEvo	Canola	Herbicide tolerant	Approved 3-19-98	Spring 98
98-CO-002	Monsanto	Corn	Herbicide tolerant	Approved 3-19-98	Spring 98
98-CO-003	AgrEvo	Corn	Insect resistance	Approved 9-1-98	Summer 98
98-CO-004	Urbana labs	Rhizobia	Nitrogen fixation	Approved 12-16-98	Spring 99
98-CO-005	AgrEco	Sugar beet	Herbicide tolerant	Approved 1-4-99	Spring 99

Commercial Use Exemptions of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 1997
Notification	Company	Crop	Project	Status	Release Date
97-CO-001	Monsanto	Corn	Insect resistant	Issued 3/5/97	Spring 1997
97-CO-002	Dekalb	Corn	Insect resistant	Issued 4/7/97	Spring 1997
97-CO-003	Rogers	Sweet Corn	Insect resistant	Issued 4/7/97	Spring 1997
97-CO-004	Monsanto	Potato	Insect resistant	Issued 4/21/97	Spring 1997

Exemption Applications for Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 1996
Notification	Company	Crop	Project	Status	Date
96-201e	Northrup King	corn	Bt - insect resistant	Complete
96-202e	DEKALB	corn	Herbicide resistant	Complete

Exemption Applications for Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms - 1994-1995
Notification	Company	Crop	Project	Status	Date
94-101e	Calgene	tomato	delayed ripening	Complete	6-16-94
95-201e	Monsanto	soybeans	herbicide tolerant	Complete	2-17-95
95-202e	DNA Plant Tech.	tomato	delayed ripening	Complete	3-16-95
95-203e	Monsanto	potato	Bt - insect resistant	Complete	4-27-95
95-204e	Asgrow	squash	virus resistant	Complete	4-27-95
95-205e	Calgene	canola	Laurate (oil)	Complete	8-17-95
95-206e	Ciba Seeds	corn	Bt - insect resistant	Complete	9-27-95
95-207e	Mycogen	corn	Bt - insect resistant	Complete	9-27-95

MDA Contact

Mary Hanks, Supervisor
Energy and Sustainable Agriculture Program
Mary.Hanks@state.mn.us
651-201-6277 • 1-800-967-2474

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