[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 208 (Friday, October 25, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55229-55230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27458]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Parts 1005, 1007, 1011, 1046
[Docket No. AO-388-A9, et al.; DA-96-08]
Milk in the Carolina and Certain Other Marketing Areas; Notice of
Extension of Time for Filing Comments
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7 CFR Part Marketing area AO Nos.
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1005............. Carolina................. AO-388-A9
1007............. Southeast................ AO-366-A38
1011............. Tennessee Valley......... AO-251-A40
1046............. Louisville-Lexington- AO-123-A67
Evansville.
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AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of time for filing comments to the tentative partial
decision.
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SUMMARY: This notice extends the time for filing comments to the
tentative partial decision which would incorporate a transportation
credit balancing fund into four Federal milk marketing orders in the
southern United States. The amendments are based on the record of a
public hearing held May 15-16, 1996, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Carolina Virginia Milk Producers Association requested additional time
to observe and evaluate the amendments. The time has been extended
forty-five (45) days to November 30, 1996.
DATES: Comments are now due on or before November 30, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Comments (six copies) should be filed with the Hearing
Clerk, Room 1083, South Building, United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Memoli, Marketing Specialist,
USDA/AMS/Dairy Division, Order Formulation Branch, Room 2971, South
Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456, (202) 690-1932.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Prior documents in this proceeding:
Notice of Hearing: Issued May 1, 1996; published May 3, 1996 (61 FR
19861).
Tentative Partial Decision: Issued July 12, 1996; published July
18, 1996 (61 FR 37628).
Interim Amendment of Rules: Issued August 2, 1996; published August
9, 1996 (61 FR 41488).
Notice of Extension of Time for Filing Comments to Tentative
Partial Decision: Issued August 16, 1996; published August 23, 1996 (61
FR 43474).
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A notice was published in the Federal Register on August 23, 1996
(61 FR 43474), extending the time to file comments to the tentative
partial final decision regulating the handling of milk in the Carolina,
Southeast, Tennessee Valley and Louisville-Lexington-Evansville
marketing areas from August 17 to October 16, 1996. Notice is hereby
given that the time for filing comments to the tentative partial
decision regulating the handling of milk in the aforesaid marketing
areas is hereby further extended from October 16 to November 30, 1996.
The initial comment period was extended, from August 16 to October
17, 1996, at the request of Carolina Virginia Milk Producers
Association, to allow interested persons to comment more accurately on
the amendments. The cooperative has asked that the comment period be
extended an additional forty-five (45) days to November 30, 1996, to
allow more observation time to evaluate the amendments. The cooperative
stated that the amendments went into effect on August 10, 1996, and it
has only observed the amendments for one Federal order pool.
It should be noted that any finalization of the tentative partial
decision, with or without modification, may only be based on the
factual record received in evidence at the oral hearing on May 15-16,
1996. To the extent that any comments will be based on subsequent
factual occurrences, the Secretary would have to reopen the oral
hearing if he believed consideration of such subsequent facts to be
warranted. Nonetheless, the Secretary welcomes full participation by
all interested persons in the rulemaking process. Thus, the comment
period is further extended from October 16 to November 30, 1996.
This notice is issued pursuant to the provisions of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-
674), and the applicable rules of practice and procedure governing the
formulation of marketing agreements and marketing orders (7 CFR Part
900).
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Parts 1005, 1007, 1011, and 1046
Milk marketing orders.
Dated: October 18, 1996.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-27458 Filed 10-24-96; 8:45 am]
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