[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 7]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 7CFR729.216]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
                            CHAPTER VII--FARM
                SERVICE AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 729--PEANUTS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Poundage Quotas, Notices of Quotas, Transfers, and Release 
                           and Reapportionment
 
Sec. 729.216  National poundage quota.

    (a) National poundage quota for 1996 and subsequent crop years. The 
national poundage quota for the 1996 and subsequent crop years shall be 
established by the Secretary at a level that is equal to the quantity of 
peanuts that the Secretary estimates will be devoted in each marketing 
year to domestic edible use (except seed), and related uses as may be 
set out in paragraph (c) of this section.
    (b) Disapproval of quotas. No loan for quota peanuts may be made 
available for any crop of peanuts with respect to which it is determined 
by the Deputy Administrator that poundage quotas have been disapproved 
by producers pursuant to a referendum conducted in accordance with 
section 358-1(d) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.
    (c) Quota determination for individual marketing years (excluding 
seed):
    (1) The national poundage quota for quota peanuts for marketing year 
1996 is 1,100,000 short tons.
    (2) The national poundage quota for quota peanuts for marketing year 
1997 is 1,133,000 short tons.
    (3) The national poundage quota for quota peanuts for marketing year 
1998 is 1,167,000 short tons.
    (4) The national poundage quota for quota peanuts for marketing year 
1999 is 1,180,000 short tons.

[61 FR 37001, July 16, 1996, as amended at 61 FR 60510, Nov. 29, 1996; 
62 FR 62692, Nov. 25, 1997; 64 FR 48942, Sept. 9, 1999; 65 FR 16118, 
Mar. 27, 2000]