[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 21]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31574]
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 2, 1996 /
Proposed Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 930
[Docket No. AO-370-A5; FV93-930-1]
Proposed Tart Cherry Marketing Agreement and Order; Reopening of
Comment Period To File Written Exceptions to the 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 of the comment period to file written exceptions to
the proposed marketing agreement and order.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the time period for filing written
exceptions to the proposed marketing agreement and order for tart
cherries grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania,
Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin is reopened until January 16,
1996.
DATES: Comments must be received by January 16, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments in
triplicate to the Hearing Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, room
1079-S, Washington, DC, 20050-9200. All written comments 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
S.W. 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. The Notice Reopening the
Hearing was issued on December 5, 1994, and published in the Federal
Register on December 8, 1994 (59 FR 63273). The Recommended Decision
and Opportunity To File Written Exceptions to the proposed marketing
agreement and order was issued on November 20, 1995, and published in
the November 29, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 61292).
The proposed marketing agreement and order are based on the record
of a public hearing held December 15-17, 1993, in Grand Rapids,
Michigan; January 10-11, 1994, in Rochester, New York; January 13,
1994, in Provo, Utah; February 15-17, 1994, in Portland, Oregon;
January 9-10, 1995, in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and, January 12-13,
1995, in Portland, Oregon. These multiple hearing sessions were held to
receive evidence on marketing order proposals from growers, handlers,
processors and other interested parties located throughout the proposed
production area.
The Recommended Decision 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, and the applicable rules
of practice and procedure governing the formulation of marketing
agreements and marketing orders [7 CFR part 900]. The deadline for
filing written exceptions with the Hearing Clerk on the Recommended
Decision was December 29, 1995.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received three
requests from interested parties to provide more time for interested
persons to analyze the Recommended Decision and prepare and file with
the Hearing Clerk their written comments. These requesters cite severe
weather (that led to extended electrical power outages) in their
respective growing areas, the holiday season and the voluminous hearing
record as the reasons for requesting a 30-day extension for filing
written comments to January 31, 1996.
Reopening the period in which written comments may be filed will
provide interested persons more time to review the Recommended Decision
and submit written comments thereto. Extending the comment period by 18
days to January 16, 1996, would provide additional time for commenters,
to fairly address their concerns. A delay of 18 days should not
substantially add to the time required to complete this proceeding.
Accordingly, the period in which to file written comments is reopened
until January 16, 1996. 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: December 27, 1995.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 95-31574 Filed 12-27-95; 3:36 pm]
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