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

8917 

Vol. 76, No. 32 

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 927 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–10–0112; FV11–927–1 

CR] 

Pears Grown in Oregon and 

Washington; Continuance Referendum 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Referendum order. 

SUMMARY: This document directs that a 

referendum be conducted among 

eligible Oregon and Washington pear 

growers to determine whether they favor 

continuance of the marketing order 

regulating the handling of pears grown 

in Oregon and Washington. 

DATES: The referendum will be 

conducted from February 26 through 

March 11, 2011. To vote in this 

referendum, growers must have grown 

pears in Oregon or Washington during 

the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the marketing 

order may be obtained from the 

Northwest Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

805 SW. Broadway, Suite 930, Portland, 

Oregon 97205, 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: 

Teresa Hutchinson, Marketing 

Specialist, or Gary D. Olson, Regional 

Manager, Northwest Marketing Field 

Office, Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA; Telephone: (503) 326– 

2724, Fax: (503) 326–7440, or E-mail: 

Teresa.Hutchinson@ams.usda.gov or 

GaryD.Olson@ams.usda.gov, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Marketing Order No. 927 (7 CFR part 

927), 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 

growers. The referendum shall be 

conducted from February 26 through 

March 11, 2011, among eligible Oregon 

and Washington pear growers. Only 

growers that were engaged in the 

production of pears in Oregon or 

Washington during the period of July 1, 

2009, through June 30, 2010, may 

participate in the continuance 

referendum. 

USDA has determined that 

continuance referenda are an effective 

means for determining whether growers 

favor the continuation of marketing 

order programs. USDA would consider 

termination of the order if less than twothirds of the growers voting in the 

referendum and growers of less than 

two-thirds of the volume of Oregon and 

Washington pears represented in the 

referendum favor continuance of their 

program. In evaluating the merits of 

continuance versus termination, USDA 

will not exclusively consider the results 

of the continuance referendum. USDA 

will also consider all other relevant 

information regarding operation of the 

order and relative benefits and 

disadvantages to growers, 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 submitted to and approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and have been assigned OMB 

No. 0581–0189. It has been estimated 

that it will take an average of 20 minutes 

for each of the approximately 1700 

Oregon-Washington pear growers to cast 

a ballot. Participation is voluntary. 

Ballots postmarked after March 11, 

2011, will not be included in the vote 

tabulation. 

Teresa Hutchinson and Gary D. Olson 

of the Northwest 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 growers 

of record and may also be obtained from 

the referendum agents or from their 

appointees. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 927 

Marketing agreements and orders, 

Pears, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

Dated: February 10, 2011. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3501 Filed 2–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 25 

[Docket No. NM445 Special Conditions No. 

25–11–04–SC] 

Special Conditions: Gulfstream Model 

GVI Airplane; Automatic Speed 

Protection for Design Dive Speed 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed special 

conditions. 

SUMMARY: This action proposes special 

conditions for the Gulfstream GVI 

airplane. This airplane will have novel 

or unusual design features when 

compared to the state of technology 

envisioned in the airworthiness 

standards for transport category 

airplanes. These design features include 

a high speed protection system. These 

proposed special conditions contain the 

additional safety standards that the 

Administrator considers necessary to 

establish a level of safety equivalent to 

that established by the existing 

airworthiness standards. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

by April 4, 2011. 


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