[Federal Register: December 6, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 234)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 981
[Docket No. FV06-981-2 C]
Almonds Grown in California; Changes to Incoming Quality Control
Requirements; Correction
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published in the
Federal Register on November 8, 2006, a document concerning quality
control requirements under the California almond marketing order.
Language was inadvertently omitted in the regulatory text to specify
that the changes apply to all almonds received by handlers beginning
August 1, 2006.
DATES: Effective Date: December 6, 2006.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen T. Pello, Assistant Regional
Manager, or Kurt J. Kimmel, Regional Manager, California Marketing
Field Office, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, telephone: (559) 487-5901, Fax: (559)
487-5906, or e-mail: Maureen.Pello@usda.gov, or Kurt.Kimmel@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AMS published a document in the Federal
Register on November 8, 2006 (71 FR 65373) that inadvertently omitted
language in the regulatory text to indicate that the changes apply to
all almonds received by handlers beginning August 1, 2006. This
document corrects the regulatory text.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 981
Almonds, Marketing agreements, Nuts, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
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Accordingly, 7 CFR part 981 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendments:
PART 981--ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA
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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 981 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674
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2. In Sec. 981.442 revise the first sentence of paragraph (a)(4)(i)
and the 11th sentence in paragraph (a)(5) to read as follows:
Sec. 981.442 Quality Control.
(a) * * *
(4) Disposition obligation. (i) Beginning August 1, 2006, the
weight of inedible kernels in excess of 0.50 percent of kernel weight
reported to the Board of any variety received by a handler shall
constitute that handler's disposition obligation. * * *
(5) * * * Beginning August 1, 2006, at least 50 percent of a
handler's total crop year inedible disposition obligation shall be
satisfied with dispositions consisting of inedible kernels as defined
in Sec. 981.408: Provided, That this 50 percent requirement shall not
apply to handlers with total annual obligations of less than 1,000
pounds. * * *
Dated: December 1, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 06-9545 Filed 12-1-06; 2:50 pm]
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