[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 48340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23013]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket Number FV-98-305]
United States Standards for Grades of Oranges (California and
Arizona), United States Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (California
and Arizona), United States Standards for Grades of Tangerines and the
United States Standards for Grades of Lemons
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Reopening and extension of the comment period.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the comment period on proposed
changes to the United States Standards for Grades of Oranges
(California and Arizona), United States Standards for Grades of
Grapefruit (California and Arizona), United States Standards for Grades
of Tangerines and the United States Standards for Grades of Lemons is
reopened and extended.
DATES: Comments must be received by September 20, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted to Kenneth R. Mizelle,
Fresh Products Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural
Marketing Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 2065, South
Building, STOP 0240, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, D.C. 20090-6456; faxed
to (202) 720-8871; or e-mailed to fpb.docketclerk@usda.gov.
Comments should reference the date and page number of this issue of
the Federal Register. All comments received will be made available for
public inspection at the above address during regular business hours.
The current grade standards for these citrus crops, along with
proposed changes, are available either through the above addresses or
by accessing AMS' Home Page on the Internet at www.ams.usda.gov/
standards/frutmrkt.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Mizelle at (202) 720-2185.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice was published in the Federal
Register (64 FR 32666; June 17, 1999) requesting comments on changes to
the United States Standards for Grades of Oranges (California and
Arizona), United States Standards for Grades of Grapefruit (California
and Arizona), United States Standards for Grades of Tangerines and the
United States Standards for Grades of Lemons. The notice would change
the standards to provide a minimum 25-count sample to be applied to
tolerances for defects. Additionally, to promote greater uniformity and
consistency in the standards, AMS proposed further revisions which will
bring the standards into conformity with current cultural and marketing
practices. The comment period ended August 16, 1999.
A request from an industry association representing wholesale
receivers requested that additional time be provided for interested
persons to comment on the proposed changes. The association intended to
comment but did not do so prior to the close of the comment period. The
association believes that its response, on behalf of wholesale
agricultural receivers, is critical to the evaluation of any proposed
standards changes.
After reviewing the request, the Department is reopening and
extending the comment period in order to allow sufficient time for all
interested persons, including the association, to file comments.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1627.
Dated: August 30, 1999.
Robert C. Keeney,
Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable Programs.
[FR Doc. 99-23013 Filed 9-2-99; 8:45 am]
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