[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34683-34684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16910]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[No. LS-97-003]
Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of referendum results.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing that
the sheep producers, sheep feeders, and importers of sheep and sheep
products who voted in a second national referendum on October 1, 1996,
have not approved the proposed Sheep and Wool Promotion, Research,
Education, and Information Order (Order).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph L. Tapp, Chief, Marketing
Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed Division, AMS, USDA, Room 2606-S;
P.O. Box 96456; Washington, D.C. 20090-6456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Sheep Promotion, Research,
and Information Act of 1994 (Act), 7 U.S.C. 7101 et seq., the
Department of Agriculture conducted a referendum on October 1, 1996,
among eligible sheep producers, sheep feeders, and importers of sheep
and sheep products to determine if the proposed Order would become
effective.
Before an order can become effective, the Act requires that it be
approved either by a majority of producers, feeders, and importers
voting in the referendum, or by voters who account for at least two-
thirds of the production represented by persons voting in the
referendum. Of the 11,880 valid ballots cast in the October 1, 1996,
referendum, 5,603 (47 percent) favored the Order and 6,277 (53 percent)
opposed the Order. Additionally, of those persons voting in the
referendum who cast a valid ballot, those who favored the Order
accounted for 33 percent of the total production represented by voters
and those who opposed it accounted for 67 percent.
Therefore, based on the referendum results, the Secretary of
Agriculture has determined that neither the required majority of voters
who were producers, feeders, and importers, nor voters who accounted
for at least two-thirds of the production represented by persons voting
in the referendum, have voted to approve the Order.
The provisions of the Order and the implementing regulations are
currently either suspended or postponed. A termination Order will be
issued the Federal Register.
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October 1, 1996, State-by-State Sheep Referendum Results
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Total
State Yes votes No votes Total votes Yes volume No volume volume
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ALABAMA........................... 14 7 21 536 264 800
ALASKA............................ 2 0 2 150 0 150
ARIZONA........................... 25 20 45 11864 26198 38062
ARKANSAS.......................... 23 6 29 412 391 803
CALIFORNIA........................ 376 142 518 251769 200997 452766
COLORADO.......................... 171 142 313 227550 349351 576901
CONNECTICUT....................... 12 4 16 1017 9168 10185
DELAWARE.......................... 2 1 3 195 40 235
FLORIDA........................... 11 2 13 498 100 598
GEORGIA........................... 24 8 32 475 80295 80770
HAWAII............................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
IDAHO............................. 106 74 180 119748 81505 201253
ILLINOIS.......................... 224 133 357 10901 9378 20279
INDIANA........................... 223 122 345 11067 12356 23423
IOWA.............................. 353 552 905 78253 125264 203517
KANSAS............................ 171 255 426 15753 57142 72895
KENTUCKY.......................... 64 12 76 3004 784 3788
LOUISIANA......................... 12 1 13 377 160 537
MAINE............................. 17 11 28 1004 1427 2431
MARYLAND.......................... 64 25 89 3956 2962 6918
MASSACHUSETTS..................... 16 19 35 1347 97713 99060
MICHIGAN.......................... 151 68 219 21479 74260 95739
MINNESOTA......................... 251 269 520 19569 81629 101198
MISSISSIPPI....................... 47 5 52 809 28 837
MISSOURI.......................... 125 122 247 8699 16023 24722
MONTANA........................... 314 677 991 130731 286167 416898
NEBRASKA.......................... 125 200 325 15011 34826 49837
NEVADA............................ 10 28 38 17102 130879 147981
NEW HAMPSHIRE..................... 35 10 45 609 865 1474
NEW JERSEY........................ 22 33 55 2454 84712 87166
NEW MEXICO........................ 83 112 195 52378 97078 149456
NEW YORK.......................... 77 163 240 3646 278898 282544
NORTH CAROLINA.................... 68 9 77 3453 74 3527
NORTH DAKOTA...................... 102 223 325 17019 66487 83506
OHIO.............................. 356 240 596 17475 50098 67573
OKLAHOMA.......................... 64 34 98 6549 8433 14982
OREGON............................ 91 291 382 16760 242485 259245
PENNSYLVANIA...................... 180 189 369 12444 14573 27017
RHODE ISLAND...................... 18 3 21 387 30767 31154
SOUTH CAROLINA.................... 12 4 16 26515 8383 34898
SOUTH DAKOTA...................... 127 867 994 67609 279773 347382
TENNESSEE......................... 83 18 101 2639 586 3225
TEXAS............................. 546 442 988 384676 471467 856143
UTAH.............................. 132 28 160 115384 40477 155861
VERMONT........................... 46 26 72 1464 52516 53980
VIRGINIA.......................... 91 63 154 7780 3288 11068
WASHINGTON........................ 174 86 260 41803 62693 104496
WEST VIRGINIA..................... 111 26 137 7619 1884 9503
WISCONSIN......................... 145 152 297 13180 17314 30494
WYOMING........................... 107 353 460 201865 422983 624848
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Total......................... 5603 6277 11880 1956984 3915141 5872125
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Dated: June 23, 1997.
Barry L. Carpenter,
Director, Livestock and Seed Division.
[FR Doc. 97-16910 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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