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the higher grade packs. Therefore, the 

Committee also rejected this alternative. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35), the order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0189, Generic 

Fruit Crops. No changes in those 

requirements as a result of this action 

are necessary. Should any changes 

become necessary, they would be 

submitted to OMB for approval. 

This final rule revises the minimum 

grade requirement under the Florida 

avocado marketing order. Accordingly, 

this action will not impose any 

additional reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements on either small or large 

Florida avocado handlers. As with all 

Federal marketing order programs, 

reports and forms are periodically 

reviewed to reduce information 

requirements and duplication by 

industry and public sector agencies. 

As noted in the initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis, USDA has not 

identified any relevant Federal rules 

that duplicate, overlap or conflict with 

this final rule. Further, no comments 

were received concerning the initial 

regulatory flexibility analysis. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

In addition, the Committee’s meeting 

was widely publicized throughout the 

Florida avocado industry and all 

interested persons were invited to 

attend the meeting and participate in 

Committee deliberations on all issues. 

Like all Committee meetings, the 

October 10, 2012, meeting was a public 

meeting. All entities, both large and 

small, were able to express views on 

this issue. 

A proposed rule concerning this 

action was published in the Federal 

Register on May 23, 2013 (78 FR 30782). 

Copies of the rule were mailed or sent 

via facsimile to all Committee members 

and avocado handlers. Finally, the rule 

was made available through the Internet 

by USDA and the Office of the Federal 

Register. A 30-day comment period 

ending June 24, 2013, was provided to 

allow interested persons to respond to 

the proposal. No comments were 

received. Accordingly, no changes will 

be made to the rule as proposed. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: www.ams.usda.gov/

MarketingOrdersSmallBusinessGuide. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Jeffrey Smutny 

at the previously mentioned address in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

matter presented, including the 

information and recommendation 

submitted by the Committee and other 

available information, it is hereby found 

that this rule, as hereinafter set forth, 

will tend to effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act. 

It is further found that good cause 

exists for not postponing the effective 

date of this rule until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register (5 

U.S.C. 553) as handlers are already 

shipping avocados for the 2013–14 

season. Further, handlers are aware of 

this rule, which was recommended at a 

public meeting. Also, a 30-day comment 

period was provided for in the proposed 

rule, and no comments were received. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 915 

Avocados, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 915 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 915—AVOCADOS GROWN IN 

SOUTH FLORIDA 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 915 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. In § 915.306, paragraph (a)(1) is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 915.306 Florida avocado grade, pack and 

container marking regulation. 

(a) * * * 

(1) Such avocados grade at least U.S. 

Combination, except that avocadoes 

handled to destinations within the 

production area grade U.S. No. 2 and 

except further that such avocados may 

be placed in containers with avocados 

of dissimilar varietal characteristics. 

* * * * * 

Dated: August 14, 2013. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20274 Filed 8–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 929 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–12–0042; FV12–929–2 

FR] 

Cranberries Grown in States of 

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, 

Washington, and Long Island in the 

State of New York; Revising 

Determination of Sales History 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule revises the 

determination of sales history 

provisions currently prescribed under 

the cranberry marketing order (order). 

The order regulates the handling of 

cranberries grown in Massachusetts, 

Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, 

Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Oregon, Washington, and Long Island in 

the State of New York, and is 

administered locally by the Cranberry 

Marketing Committee (Committee). This 

rule modifies sales history calculations 

so that they are applicable for future 

seasons and adjusts the number of years 

that can be considered when 

determining the highest four years of 

past sales. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 21, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Jamieson, Marketing Specialist, or 

Christian D. Nissen, Regional Director, 

Southeast Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 

AMS, USDA; Telephone: (863) 324– 

3375, Fax: (863) 325–8793, or Email: 

Doris.Jamieson@ams.usda.gov or 

Christian.Nissen@ams.usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Jeffrey Smutny, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720– 

2491, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or Email: 

Jeffrey.Smutny@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This final 

rule is issued under Marketing 

Agreement and Order No. 929, as 

amended (7 CFR part 929), regulating 

the handling of cranberries produced in 

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

Connecticut, New Jersey, Wisconsin, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Oregon, 

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State of New York, hereinafter referred 

to as the ‘‘order.’’ The order is effective 

under the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 601–674), hereinafter referred to 

as the ‘‘Act.’’ 

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is issuing this rule in 

conformance with Executive Order 

12866. 

This final rule has been reviewed 

under Executive Order 12988, Civil 

Justice Reform. This rule is not intended 

to have retroactive effect. 

The Act provides that administrative 

proceedings must be exhausted before 

parties may file suit in court. Under 

section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any 

handler subject to an order may file 

with USDA a petition stating that the 

order, any provision of the order, or any 

obligation imposed in connection with 

the order is not in accordance with law 

and request a modification of the order 

or to be exempted therefrom. A handler 

is afforded the opportunity for a hearing 

on the petition. After the hearing, USDA 

would rule on the petition. The Act 

provides that the district court of the 

United States in any district in which 

the handler is an inhabitant, or has his 

or her principal place of business, has 

jurisdiction to review USDA’s ruling on 

the petition, provided an action is filed 

not later than 20 days after the date of 

the entry of the ruling. 

This final rule revises the order’s 

rules and regulations pertaining to the 

determination of grower sales history. 

This change modifies sales history 

calculations so that they are applicable 

for future seasons and adjusts the 

number of years that can be considered 

when determining the highest four years 

of past sales. These changes were 

unanimously recommended by the 

Committee at a meeting on February 20, 

2012. 

The order provides authority for 

volume control in the form of a grower 

allotment program. This program 

provides a method for limiting the 

quantity of cranberries that handlers 

may purchase or handle on behalf of 

growers in years of oversupply. Under 

this program, a marketable quantity and 

allotment percentage are established by 

the Committee. Each grower’s sales 

history is calculated by averaging recent 

years’ sales data using information 

submitted by the grower on a 

production and eligibility report filed 

with the Committee. If volume control 

regulations are to be implemented, each 

grower’s allotment is then calculated by 

multiplying the allotment percentage by 

the grower’s sales history. 

Section 929.48 of the order prescribes 

provisions for computing grower sales 

history. These provisions include a 

requirement that a new sales history be 

calculated for each grower after each 

crop year, using the formula established 

in § 929.48(a) or such other formula as 

determined by the Committee, with the 

approval of the Secretary. Section 

929.149 provides another formula for 

calculating grower sales history, which 

includes provisions for additional sales 

history to make calculations more 

equitable for growers with new acreage. 

The calculations in this section are 

currently based on, and specifically 

reference, the six years immediately 

preceding the last year volume 

regulation was in effect, 2001–02, 

making them applicable for only the one 

season. This section also specifies that 

sales history can be calculated using the 

average of the highest four of the most 

recent seven years of sales for acreage 

with seven or more years of sales 

history. 

In an effort to update the regulations 

pertaining to the calculation of grower 

sales history, the Committee 

recommended two changes to § 929.149. 

The first change removes the outdated 

references to specific years used in 

calculating sales history. The second 

change reduces the maximum number 

of years of sales that can be used to 

determine the highest four years of sales 

from seven years to six years. 

The formula for determining sales 

history in § 929.149 was developed 

specifically for the implementation of 

volume regulation during the 2001–02 

season, the last time volume regulation 

was used under the order. The 

Committee developed the formula to 

address potential inequities that could 

result when calculating sales history, 

especially in regards to new acreage. 

Because a cranberry bog does not reach 

full production capacity until several 

years after being planted, using an 

average of early sales for bogs which 

have not reached maturity could result 

in a sales history that does not reflect 

future sales potential. Because 

calculated sales history impacts the 

amount of allotment received under 

volume regulation, it is important that 

the calculated sales history is as 

representative of grower sales as 

possible. 

Therefore, in 2001 the Committee 

created a formula to determine an 

amount of additional sales history per 

acre to be applied to acreage planted in 

1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. 

To help establish the additional amount 

of sales volume to be provided for new 

acreage, the Committee and USDA 

conducted surveys to determine average 

yields on new acreage over the first five 

years of production. Recognizing that 

the averages may not be reflective of all 

growers, the averages were adjusted 

upward by 25 barrels and were used to 

calculate the numbers for additional 

sales history provided in Table 1 in 

§ 929.149 for bogs planted from 1995 

through 2000. 

At its February 20, 2012, meeting, the 

Committee discussed the volume 

regulation provisions in the order’s 

rules and regulations and how these 

provisions may need to be updated for 

upcoming seasons in the event volume 

regulation is implemented. The 

Committee reviewed § 929.149 and how 

it calculates sales history and agreed 

that the adjustments for additional sales 

history were still important in 

establishing equity for new acreage. 

Recognizing the specific dates 

currently in § 929.149 are not applicable 

for future seasons, the Committee 

recommended revising this section to 

remove the date-specific language so 

that it is applicable to each individual 

season. Rather than referring to acreage 

planted in the years 1995 through 2000, 

this revision refers to acreage planted 

between one and six years prior to the 

current season. With this change, 

§ 929.149 is applicable to the 

calculation of grower sales history for 

any season, making the additional sales 

history adjustment available to growers 

with new acreage. 

In regards to the specific amounts of 

additional sales history per acre 

provided for new acreage in Table 1 in 

§ 929.149, the Committee recommended 

no change. While the amounts were 

based on production data collected in 

2000, the majority of cranberry 

production still comes from the same 

variety as in 2000, as do the majority of 

new plantings. Further, with the average 

yields used to calculate the amounts 

increased by 25 barrels, the calculated 

yields used to develop the additional 

sales history should still be reflective of 

the average yields for new acreage. 

Therefore, the current amounts of 

additional sales history to be applied 

per acre for new or re-planted cranberry 

acreage remain unchanged by this final 

rule. 

The Committee also discussed the 

time period that should be used to 

determine a grower’s highest four years 

of sales when calculating sales history. 

Section 929.149 currently uses the 

average of the highest four of the most 

recent seven years of sales for acreage 

with seven or more years of sales 

history. The formula in § 929.48 

calculates sales history using the 

average of the highest four of the most 

recent six years of sales. The additional 

year provided for in § 929.149 was to 

compensate growers for possible lower 


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sales numbers stemming from volume 

regulation in 2000–01, so that grower 

sales history would be more reflective of 

their typical sales. Committee members 

agreed that since volume regulation has 

not been implemented for more than six 

years, the additional year is no longer 

needed, and that the most recent six 

years of sales data is adequate for 

determining a grower’s highest four 

years of sales. 

Therefore, this final rule revises 

§ 929.149 to remove the outdated 

references to specific years so that its 

provisions can be utilized to calculate a 

grower’s sales history for all future 

seasons. The final rule also reduces the 

time period used to determine the 

highest four years of sales from seven 

years to six years. 

Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) has 

considered the economic impact of this 

action on small entities. Accordingly, 

AMS has prepared this final regulatory 

flexibility analysis. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

business subject to such actions in order 

that small businesses will not be unduly 

or disproportionately burdened. 

Marketing orders issued pursuant to the 

Act, and rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. 

There are approximately 55 handlers 

of cranberries who are subject to 

regulation under the marketing order 

and approximately 1,200 cranberry 

producers in the regulated area. Small 

agricultural service firms are defined by 

the Small Business Administration 

(SBA) as those having annual receipts of 

less than $7,000,000, and small 

agricultural producers are defined as 

those having annual receipts of less than 

$750,000 (13 CFR 121.201). 

Based on Committee data and 

information from the National 

Agricultural Statistics Service, the 

average annual f.o.b. price of cranberries 

during the 2012 season was 

approximately $41.25 per barrel and 

total shipments were approximately 8.0 

million barrels. Using the average f.o.b. 

price and shipment data, the majority of 

cranberry handlers could be considered 

small businesses under SBA’s 

definition. In addition, based on 

production, producer prices, and the 

total number of cranberry growers, the 

average grower revenue is less than 

$750,000. Therefore, the majority of 

growers and handlers of cranberries may 

be considered small entities. 

This final rule revises the rules and 

regulations pertaining to the 

determination of sales history currently 

prescribed under the order in § 929.149. 

This change updates sales history 

calculations so that they are applicable 

for future seasons and adjusts the 

number of years that can be considered 

when determining the highest four years 

of past sales. These changes were 

unanimously recommended by the 

Committee at a meeting on February 20, 

2012. Authority for these changes is 

provided in § 929.48 of the order. 

It is not anticipated that this action 

will impose any additional costs on the 

industry. Each year, the Committee is 

required to calculate a sales history for 

each grower. This rule updates 

§ 929.149 making its provisions for 

calculating grower sales history 

applicable to any season. Reducing the 

number of seasons that can be 

considered when determining the 

highest four years of sales from seven 

years to six years in this section, could 

result in a slightly lower average for the 

highest four years. However, as this 

change makes this section reflect the 

calculation currently used by the 

industry for the highest four, and given 

that a grower allotment volume 

regulation has not been implemented in 

more than ten years, the effects of this 

change should be minimal. 

Further, the provisions in § 929.149 

were developed to make the 

calculations of sales history more 

equitable for growers with new acreage. 

Because a cranberry bog does not reach 

full production capacity until several 

years after being planted, using an 

average of early sales for bogs which 

have not reached maturity could result 

in sales histories that do not reflect 

future sales potential. As calculated 

sales history impacts the amount of 

allotment received under volume 

regulation, it is important that the 

calculated sales history is as 

representative of grower sales as 

possible. Revising the calculations in 

§ 929.149 could actually increase the 

calculated amount of sales history for 

new acreage, which in turn would 

provide the grower with additional 

allotment should volume regulation be 

implemented. The benefits of this rule 

are not expected to be 

disproportionately greater or less for 

small handlers or growers than for large 

entities. 

The Committee considered one 

alternative to these changes: Making no 

change to the rules and regulations 

pertaining to the determination of sales 

history. The Committee recognized 

making no revisions to the way sales 

history is calculated under § 929.149 

could mean new acreage not yet 

producing at full capacity could receive 

sales history below their potential 

average. Therefore, this alternative was 

rejected. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35), the order’s information 

collection requirements have been 

previously approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0189, Generic 

Fruit Crops. No changes in those 

requirements as a result of this action 

are necessary. Should any changes 

become necessary, they would be 

submitted to OMB for approval. 

This final rule will not impose any 

additional reporting or recordkeeping 

requirements on either small or large 

cranberry handlers. As with all Federal 

marketing order programs, reports and 

forms are periodically reviewed to 

reduce information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. 

As noted in the initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis, USDA has not 

identified any relevant Federal rules 

that duplicate, overlap or conflict with 

this final rule. Further, no public 

comments were received concerning the 

proposal not addressing the initial 

regulatory flexibility analysis. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the Internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

In addition, the Committee’s meeting 

was widely publicized throughout the 

cranberry industry and all interested 

persons were invited to attend the 

meeting and participate in Committee 

deliberations on all issues. Like all 

Committee meetings, the February 20, 

2012, meeting was a public meeting and 

all entities, both large and small, were 

able to express views on this issue. 

A proposed rule concerning this 

action was published in the Federal 

Register on May 14, 2013 (78 FR 28149). 

Copies of the rule were mailed or sent 

via facsimile to all Committee members 

and cranberry handlers. Finally, the rule 

was made available through the Internet 

by USDA and the Office of the Federal 

Register. A 30-day comment period 

ending June 13, 2013, was provided to 

allow interested persons to respond to 

the proposal. No comments were 

received. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 


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be viewed at: www.ams.usda.gov/

MarketingOrdersSmallBusinessGuide. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Jeffrey Smutny 

at the previously mentioned address in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

matter presented, including the 

information and recommendation 

submitted by the Committee and other 

available information, it is hereby found 

that this rule, as hereinafter set forth, 

will tend to effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act. 

It is further found that good cause 

exists for not postponing the effective 

date of this rule until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register (5 

U.S.C. 553) because the Committee is 

planning its next industry meeting for 

August, and having this final rule in 

place would be helpful to any 

discussion involving volume control. 

Further, the industry is aware of this 

rule, which was recommended at a 

public meeting. Also, a 30-day comment 

period was provided for in the proposed 

rule. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 929 

Cranberries, Marketing agreements, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 929 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 929—CRANBERRIES GROWN IN 

THE STATES OF MASSACHUSETTS, 

RHODE ISLAND, CONNECTICUT, NEW 

JERSEY, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN, 

MINNESOTA, OREGON, 

WASHINGTON, AND LONG ISLAND IN 

THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 929 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Section 929.149 is amended by 

revising paragraph (a), the first sentence 

in paragraph (b), paragraphs (c) and (d), 

and Table 1 to read as follows: 

§ 929.149 Determination of sales history. 

* * * * * 

(a) For each grower with acreage with 

6 or more years of sales history, a new 

sales history shall be computed using an 

average of the highest 4 of the most 

recent 6 years of sales. If the grower has 

acreage with 5 years of sales history and 

such acreage was planted more than 6 

years ago, a new sales history shall be 

computed by averaging the highest 4 of 

the 5 years. 

(b) For growers whose acreage has 5 

years of sales history and was planted 

6 years ago or later, the sales history 

shall be computed by averaging the 

highest 4 of the 5 years and shall be 

adjusted as provided in paragraph (d). 

* * * 

(c) For growers with acreage with no 

sales history or for the first harvest of replanted acres, the sales history will be 

75 barrels per acre for acres planted or 

re-planted 1 year ago and first harvested 

in the current crop year and 156 barrels 

per acre for acres planted or re-planted 

2 years ago and first harvested in the 

current crop year. 

(d) In addition to the sales history 

computed in accordance with 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, 

additional sales history shall be 

assigned to growers with acreage 

planted in the last 6 years. The 

additional sales histories depending on 

the date the acreage is planted are 

shown in Table 1. 

TABLE 1—ADDITIONAL SALES HISTORY

ASSIGNED TO ACREAGE

Date planted 

Additional 

current crop 

year sales history per acre 

6 years ago ........................... 49 

5 years ago ........................... 117 

4 years ago ........................... 157 

3 years ago ........................... 183 

2 years ago ........................... 156 

1 year ago ............................ 75 

* * * * * 

Dated: August 14, 2013. 

Rex A Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20253 Filed 8–19–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

12 CFR Part 610 

RIN 3052–AC78 

Registration of Mortgage Loan 

Originators 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Interim rule with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA, we or us) is 

repealing its regulations that govern the 

registration of residential mortgage loan 

originators employed by Farm Credit 

System (FCS or System) institutions. We 

are repealing these regulations because 

the Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection (CFPB), pursuant to its 

authority under the Dodd-Frank Wall 

Street Reform and Consumer Protection 

Act (Dodd-Frank Act), is consolidating 

and recodifying the regulations that six 

Federal agencies jointly enacted to 

implement the Secure and Fair 

Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act 

(S.A.F.E. Act), which require residential 

mortgage loan originators at banks, 

savings associations, credit unions, FCS 

institutions, and their subsidiaries to 

register with the National Mortgage 

Licensing System and Registry (NMLSR 

or Registry) and obtain a unique 

identifier. Repealing these regulations 

avoids duplication, which is likely to 

cause confusion at FCS institutions. 

DATES: This interim rule will become 

effective 30 days after publication in the 

Federal Register during which either or 

both Houses of Congress are in session. 

We will publish notice of the effective 

date in the Federal Register. Please send 

your comments to us by September 19, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: We offer a variety of 

methods for you to submit your 

comments. For accuracy and efficiency, 

commenters are encouraged to submit 

comments by email or through the 

FCA’s Web site. As facsimiles (fax) are 

difficult for us to process and achieve 

compliance with section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act, we are no longer 

accepting comments submitted by fax. 

Regardless of the method you use, 

please do not submit your comment 

multiple times via different methods. 

You may submit comments by any of 

the following methods: 

• Email: Send us an email at regcomm@fca.gov. 

• FCA Web site: http://www.fca.gov. 

Select ‘‘Public Comments’’ and follow 

the directions for ‘‘Submitting a 

Comment.’’ 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Gary K. Van Meter, Director, 

Office of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, VA 22102–5090. 

You may review copies of comments 

we receive at our office in McLean, 

Virginia, or from our Web site at 

http://www.fca.gov. Once you are in the 

Web site, select ‘‘Public Commenters,’’ 

then ‘‘Public Comments,’’ and follow 

the directions for ‘‘Reading Submitted 

Public Comments.’’ We will show your 

comments as submitted, but for 

technical reasons we may omit items 

such as logos and special characters. 

Identifying information that you 

provide, such as phone numbers and 

addresses, will be publicly available. 

However, we will attempt to remove 


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