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[FR Doc No: 94-12577]
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[Federal Register: May 23, 1994]
VOL. 59, NO. 98
Monday, May 23, 1994
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 930
[Docket No. AO-370-A5; FV93-930-1]
Reopening of Briefing Period on Proposed Marketing Agreement and
Order for Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, New York,
Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reopening period for filing written briefs.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the time period for filing written
briefs on a proposed marketing agreement and order for tart cherries
grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah,
Washington and Wisconsin is reopened.
DATES: Written briefs must be received by May 31, 1994.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written briefs in
triplicate to the Hearing Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, room
1079-S, Washington, DC, 20050-9200. All written briefs will be
available for public inspection at the Office of the Hearing Clerk
during regular business hours.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) R. Charles Martin or Kenneth G.
Johnson, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable
Division, room 2523-S, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-
6456; telephone number (202) 720-5053.
(2) Robert Curry, Northwest Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, 1220
SW. Third Avenue, room 369, Portland, Oregon, 97204; telephone: (503)
326-2725.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior documents in this proceeding: Notice
of Hearing issued on November 23, 1993, and published in the November
30, 1993, issue of the Federal Register (58 FR 63108); Notice of
Additional Hearings on the Proposed Agreement and Order issued on
December 20, 1993, and published in the December 23, 1993, issue of the
Federal Register (58 FR 68065); and an Amendment to the Notice of
Hearing issued on January 25, 1994, and published in the Federal
Register (59 FR 4259) on January 31, 1994.
Public hearing sessions were held in late 1993 and early 1994 to
receive evidence on a proposed marketing agreement and order for tart
cherries grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. The Notice of Hearing on the
proposed marketing agreement and order was issued pursuant to the
provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as
amended [7 U.S.C. 601-674], hereinafter referred to as the ``Act.'' The
deadline for filing post-hearing briefs with the Hearing Clerk on the
evidence received at the public hearing was April 29, 1994.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received four
requests from interested parties to provide more time for interested
persons to analyze the hearing transcripts and prepare and file with
the Hearing Clerk their written briefs. These requesters cite hostile
weather in their respective growing areas, combined with heavy field
activity and the voluminous hearing record as the reasons for
requesting a 60-day extension for filing post-hearing briefs to June
30, 1994.
USDA received another request in opposition to any extension of the
briefing period. The requester, on behalf of the Cherry Marketing
Institute (CMI), stated that opponents to the proposed agreement and
order have had adequate time to complete their post-hearing briefs.
Reopening the period in which written briefs may be filed will
provide interested persons more time to review the hearing transcripts
and submit written briefs thereto. Extending the briefing period by 30-
days to May 31, 1994, would provide additional time to Oregon,
Washington and other commenters, to fairly address their concerns. A
delay of 30 days should not substantially add to the time required to
complete this proceeding, in response to the concerns of the CMI.
Accordingly, the period in which to file written briefs is reopened
until May 31, 1994.
This notice is issued pursuant to the Act and the applicable rules
of practice governing the formulation of marketing agreements and
marketing orders (7 CFR part 900).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674
Dated: May 16, 1994.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 94-12577 Filed 5-20-94; 8:45 am]
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