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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 985
[Docket No. FV03-985-3 C]
Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced
in the Far West; Revision of Administrative Rules and Regulations
Governing Issuance of Additional Allotment Base to New and Existing
Producers; Correction
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Correcting amendment.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is adding provisions
to the Code of Federal Regulations governing the issuance of additional
allotment base to existing spearmint oil producers under the marketing
order regulating the handling of spearmint oil grown in the Far West.
These provisions were inadvertently removed in May 2000 when additional
allotment base provisions for new producers were modified.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Curry, Northwest Marketing
Field Office, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1220 SW Third Avenue, suite 385,
Portland, Oregon 97204; telephone: (503) 326-2724, Fax: (503) 326-7440;
or George Kelhart, Technical Advisor, Marketing Order Administration
Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20090-0237; telephone: (202) 720-
2491, Fax: (202) 720-8938.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
AMS discovered that an error exists in Sec. 985.153 of the
codified regulations. A final rule published in the Federal Register on
Thursday, May 11, 2000 (65 FR 30341), was intended to revise provisions
in Sec. 985.153(c)(1) governing issuance of additional allotment base
to new spearmint oil producers in the Far West and to leave the
provisions in Sec. 985.153(c)(2) on additional allotment base for
existing producers unchanged. However, the editing instructions
specified in the final rule resulted in the provisions for existing
producers being removed from the codified regulations.
Need for Correction
The codified provisions in paragraph (c) of Sec. 985.153 do not
include additional allotment base procedures for existing producers.
This correction document adds such provisions. The provisions added are
the same as those that were in paragraph (c)(2) prior to the issuance
of the final rule in May 2000.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 985
Marketing agreements, Oils and fats, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Spearmint oil.
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Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 985 is corrected by making the following
amendment:
PART 985--MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL
PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST
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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR Part 985 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.
Sec. 985.153 [Corrected]
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2. In Sec. 985.153, paragraph (c)(2) is added to read as follows:
Sec. 985.153 Issuance of additional allotment base to new and
existing producers.
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(c) * * *
(2) Existing producers. (i) The Committee shall review all requests
from existing producers for additional allotment base.
(ii) Each existing producer of a class of spearmint oil who
requests additional allotment base and who has the ability to produce
additional quantities of that class of spearmint oil, shall be eligible
to receive a share of the additional allotment base for that class of
oil. Additional allotment base to be issued by the Committee for a
class of oil shall be distributed equally among the eligible producers
for that class of oil. The Committee shall immediately notify each
producer who is to receive additional allotment base by issuing that
producer an allotment base in the appropriate amount.
Dated: May 7, 2003.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 03-11891 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]
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