[Federal Register: May 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 101)]
[Proposed Rules]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 989
[Docket No. FV04-989-610 REVIEW]
Raisins Produced From Grapes Grown in California
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of regulatory review and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document announces that the Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) plans to review Marketing Order No. 989 for raisins
produced from grapes grown in California, under criteria contained in
section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by July 23,
2004.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice of review. Comments must be sent to the Docket
Clerk, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0237,
Washington, DC 20250-0237; Fax: (202) 720-8938; or E-mail:
moab.docketclerk@usda.gov or http://www.regulations.gov. All comments
should reference the docket number and the date and page number of this
issue of the Federal Register and will be made available for public
inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular business
hours, or may be viewed at http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Engeler, Assistant Regional
Manager, or Maureen T. Pello, Senior Marketing Specialist, Marketing
Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA,
2202 Monterey Street, Suite 102B, Fresno, CA 93721; telephone: (559)
487-5901; Fax: (559) 487-5906; E-mail:
Martin.Engeler@usda.gov or Maureen.Pello@usda.gov; or George Kelhart, Technical Advisor, Marketing
Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237;
telephone: (202) 720-2491; Fax: (202) 720-8938; or E-mail:
George.Kelhart@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Marketing Order No. 989, as amended (7 CFR
part 989), regulates the handling of raisins produced from grapes grown
in California. The marketing order is effective under the Agricultural
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674).
AMS initially published in the Federal Register (63 FR 8014;
February 18, 1999), its plan to review certain regulations, including
Marketing Order No. 989, under criteria contained in section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C. 601-612). Updated plans were
published in the Federal Register on January 4, 2002 (67 FR 525), and
again on August 14, 2003 (68 FR 48574). Because many AMS regulations
impact small entities, AMS has decided, as a matter of policy, to
review certain regulations which, although they may not meet the
threshold requirement under section 610 of the RFA, warrant review.
The purpose of the review will be to determine whether the
marketing order for raisins produced from grapes grown in California
should be continued without change, amended, or rescinded (consistent
with the objectives of the AMAA) to minimize the impacts on small
entities. In conducting this review, AMS will consider the following
factors: (1) The continued need for the marketing order; (2) the nature
of complaints or comments received from the public concerning the
marketing order; (3) the complexity of the marketing order; (4) the
extent to which the marketing order overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts
with other Federal rules, and, to the extent feasible, with State and
local governmental rules; and (5) the length of time since the
marketing order has been evaluated or the degree to which technology,
economic conditions, or other factors have changed in the area affected
by the marketing order.
Written comments, views, opinions, and other information regarding
the raisin marketing order's impact on small businesses are invited.
Dated: May 19, 2004.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 04-11742 Filed 5-24-04; 8:45 am]
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