This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER

contains notices to the public of the proposed

issuance of rules and regulations. The

purpose of these notices is to give interested

persons an opportunity to participate in the

rule making prior to the adoption of the final

rules.

Proposed Rules Federal Register

64681 

Vol. 75, No. 202 

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 983 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–10–0077; FV10–983–3 

CR] 

Pistachios Grown in California, 

Arizona, and New Mexico; Continuance 

Referendum 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Referendum order. 

SUMMARY: This document directs that a 

referendum be conducted among 

eligible California, Arizona, and New 

Mexico pistachio producers to 

determine whether they favor 

continuance of the marketing order 

regulating the handling of pistachios 

grown in California, Arizona, and New 

Mexico. 

DATES: The referendum will be 

conducted from November 1 through 

November 20, 2010. To vote in this 

referendum, producers must have 

produced pistachios in California, 

Arizona, or New Mexico during the 

period September 1, 2009, through 

August 31, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the marketing 

order may be obtained from the 

California Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, 

AMS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

2202 Monterey Street, Suite 102B, 

Fresno, California, 93721–3129, or the 

Office of the Docket Clerk, Marketing 

Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrea Ricci, Marketing Specialist, 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: 

Andrea.Ricci@ams.usda.gov or 

Kurt.Kimmel@ams.usda.gov, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Marketing Order No. 983 (7 CFR part 

983), hereinafter referred to as the 

‘‘order,’’ and the applicable provisions of 

the Agricultural Marketing Agreement 

Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601– 

674), hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Act,’’ 

it is hereby directed that a referendum 

be conducted to ascertain whether 

continuance of the order is favored by 

producers. The referendum shall be 

conducted from November 1 through 

November 20, 2010, among eligible 

California, Arizona, and New Mexico 

pistachio producers. Only producers 

that were engaged in the production of 

pistachios in California, Arizona, or 

New Mexico during the period of 

September 1, 2009, through August 31, 

2010, may participate in the 

continuance referendum. 

USDA has determined that 

continuance referenda are an effective 

means for determining whether 

producers favor the continuation of 

marketing order programs. USDA would 

consider termination of the order if less 

than two-thirds of the producers voting 

in the referendum or producers of less 

than two-thirds of the volume of 

California, Arizona, and New Mexico 

pistachios represented in the 

referendum favor continuance of their 

program. In evaluating the merits of 

continuance versus termination, USDA 

will consider the results of the 

continuance referendum and other 

relevant information regarding 

operation of the order. USDA will 

evaluate the order’s relative benefits and 

disadvantages to producers, handlers, 

and consumers to determine whether 

continuing the order would tend to 

effectuate the declared policy of the Act. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35), the ballot materials used in 

the referendum herein ordered have 

been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), under 

OMB No. 0581–0215, Pistachios Grown 

in California, Arizona and New Mexico. 

It has been estimated that it will take an 

average of 20 minutes for each of the 

approximately 840 producers of 

California, Arizona, and New Mexico 

pistachios to cast a ballot. Participation 

is voluntary. Ballots postmarked after 

November 20, 2010, will not be 

included in the vote tabulation. 

Andrea Ricci and Kurt J. Kimmel of 

the California Marketing Field Office, 

Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, 

USDA, are hereby designated as the 

referendum agents of the Secretary of 

Agriculture to conduct this referendum. 

The procedure applicable to the 

referendum shall be the ‘‘Procedure for 

the Conduct of Referenda in Connection 

With Marketing Orders for Fruits, 

Vegetables, and Nuts Pursuant to the 

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act 

of 1937, as Amended’’ (7 CFR 900.400– 

900.407). 

Ballots will be mailed to all producers 

of record and may also be obtained from 

the referendum agents or from their 

appointees. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 983 

Marketing agreements and orders, 

Pistachios, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

Dated: October 14, 2010. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2010–26333 Filed 10–19–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2010–0998; Directorate 

Identifier 2010–NE–29–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; General 

Electric Company (GE) CF6–45 Series 

and CF6–50 Series Turbofan Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: The FAA proposes to adopt a 

new airworthiness directive (AD) for GE 

CF6–45 and CF6–50 series turbofan 

engines. This proposed AD would 

require performing a fluorescent 

penetrant inspection (FPI) of the stage 3 

low-pressure turbine (LPT) rotor at 

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