[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR9.3]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 9_AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 9.3   Relation to parts 4 and 70 of this chapter.

    (a) Procedure. In accordance with Sec. Sec. 4.25a(e)(2) and 
70.701(c) of this chapter, the Director shall receive petitions to 
establish American viticultural areas and shall use the informal 
rulemaking process, under 5 U.S.C. 553, in establishing viticultural 
areas in this part.
    (b) Information to establish an American viticultural area. A 
petition, made

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in writing, shall contain the following information:
    (1) Evidence that the name of the viticultural area is locally and/
or nationally known as referring to the area specified in the 
application;
    (2) Historical or current evidence that the boundaries of the 
viticultural area are as specified in the application;
    (3) Evidence relating to the geographical features (climate, soil, 
elevation, physical features, etc.) which distinguish the viticultural 
features of the proposed area from surrounding areas;
    (4) The specific boundaries of the viticultural area, based on 
features which can be found on United States Geological Survey 
(U.S.G.S.) maps of the largest applicable scale; and
    (5) A copy of the appropriate U.S.G.S. map(s) with the boundaries 
prominently marked. (For U.S.G.S. maps, write the U.S. Geological 
Survey, Branch of Distribution, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, 
Colorado 80225. If the map name is not known, request a map index by 
State.)

[T.D. ATF-60, 44 FR 56692, Oct. 2, 1979, as amended by T.D. ATF-92, 46 
FR 46913, Sept. 23, 1981; T.D. ATF -355, 59 FR 14553, Mar. 29, 1994; 
T.D. ATF-432, 65 FR 69253, Nov. 16, 2000]