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Finally, interested persons are invited to 

submit information on the regulatory 

and informational impacts of this action 

on small businesses. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

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

fv/moab.html. Any questions about the 

compliance guide should be sent to Jay 

Guerber at the previously mentioned 

address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

This rule invites comments on a 

change to the assessment collection 

requirements currently prescribed under 

the Vidalia onion marketing order. Any 

comments received will be considered 

prior to finalization of this rule.

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

Committee’s recommendation, and 

other information, it is found that this 

interim final rule, as hereinafter set 

forth, will tend to effectuate the 

declared policy of the Act. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, it is also 

found and determined upon good cause 

that it is impracticable, unnecessary, 

and contrary to the public interest to 

give preliminary notice prior to putting 

this rule into effect and that good cause 

exists for not postponing the effective 

date of this rule until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register

because: (1) This action represents a 

relaxation in the regulations currently in 

effect; (2) the Committee unanimously 

recommended these changes at a public 

meeting and interested parties had an 

opportunity to provide input; and (3) 

this rule provides a 60-day comment 

period and any comments received will 

be considered prior to finalization of 

this rule.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 955

Onions, Marketing agreements, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements.

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 955 is amended as 

follows:

PART 955—VIDALIA ONIONS GROWN 

IN GEORGIA

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 

955 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

■ 2. Section 955.142 is amended by 

revising the second sentence to read as 

follows:

§ 955.142 Delinquent assessments. 

* * * Each such assessment shall be 

paid to the Committee not later than 4 

p.m. on the Tuesday immediately 

following the week in which the 

shipments were made, or if the 

assessment is sent by mail, it must be 

postmarked on or before the Tuesday 

immediately following the week in 

which the shipments were made. * * *

Dated: November 19, 2004. 

A.J. Yates, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service.

[FR Doc. 04–26122 Filed 11–24–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 979

[Docket No. FV05–979–1 IFR] 

Melons Grown in South Texas; 

Temporary Suspension of Handling 

and Assessment Collection 

Regulations

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Interim final rule with request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: This rule suspends, for the 

2004–05 fiscal period, the minimum 

grade, quality, maturity, container, pack, 

inspection, assessment collection, and 

other related requirements currently 

prescribed under the South Texas melon 

(cantaloupes and honeydews) marketing 

order (order). It also suspends reporting 

requirements, except for the acreage 

planting reports, which will continue to 

be required during the suspension 

period. The order regulates the handling 

of melons grown in South Texas and is 

administered locally by the South Texas 

Melon Committee (Committee). This 

rule will reduce handler costs while the 

industry evaluates whether the 

marketing order should be continued.

DATES: Effective November 27, 2004. 

Comments received by January 25, 2005 

will be considered prior to issuance of 

a final rule.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this rule. Comments must be 

sent to the Docket Clerk, Marketing 

Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, 

Washington, DC 20250–0237; Fax: (202) 

720–8938; E-mail: 

moab.docketclerk@usda.gov; or Internet: 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments should reference the docket 

number and the date and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register and 

will be made available for public 

inspection in the Office of the Docket 

Clerk during regular business hours, or 

can be viewed at: http://

www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Belinda G. Garza, Texas Marketing Field 

Office, Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA, 1313 E. Hackberry, 

McAllen, Texas 78501; telephone: (956) 

682–2833, Fax: (956) 682–5942; or 

George Kelhart, Technical Advisor, 

Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; telephone: (202) 720–

2491, Fax: (202) 720–8938. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Jay Guerber, 

Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; telephone: (202) 720–

2491, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or E-mail: 

Jay.Guerber@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule 

is issued under Marketing Agreement 

No. 156 and Order No. 979 (7 CFR part 

979), regulating the handling of melons 

grown in South Texas, 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 rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. This rule is not intended to 

have retroactive effect. This rule will 

not preempt any State or local laws, 

regulations, or policies, unless they 

present an irreconcilable conflict with 

this rule. 

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 

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the petition, provided an action is filed 

not later than 20 days after the date of 

the entry of the ruling. 

This rule suspends, for the remainder 

of the 2004–05 fiscal period, the 

minimum grade, quality, maturity, 

container, pack, inspection, and other 

related requirements currently 

prescribed under the South Texas melon 

order. For the purpose of this rule, these 

requirements are referred to as handling 

requirements. It also suspends the 

assessment collection and all reporting 

requirements, with the exception of the 

acreage planting reports, which will 

continue to be required during the 

suspension period. This rule will reduce 

industry expenses, while the industry 

evaluates whether the marketing order 

should be continued. 

Section 979.52 of the order provides 

authority for grade, size, maturity, 

quality, and pack regulations for any 

variety of melons grown in the 

production area during any period. 

Section 979.52 also authorizes the 

modification, suspension, or 

termination of regulations issued under 

the order. Authority to terminate or 

suspend provisions of the order is 

specified in § 979.84. 

Section 979.60 provides that 

whenever melons are regulated 

pursuant to § 979.52, such melons must 

be inspected by the Federal-State 

Inspection Service, and certified as 

meeting the applicable requirements of 

such regulations. The cost of such 

inspection and certification is borne by 

handlers. 

Under the order, fresh market 

shipments of South Texas melons are 

required to be inspected and are subject 

to minimum grade, quality, maturity, 

and container and pack requirements. 

Section 979.304 Handling regulation (7 

CFR part 979.304) states that no handler 

shall handle cantaloupes grown in the 

production area unless such 

cantaloupes meet the requirements 

specified for U.S. Commercial grade or 

better, except that not more than 8 

percent serious damage including not 

more than 5 percent decay will be 

permitted. Honeydew melons must also 

meet the requirements U.S. Commercial 

grade except that not more than 20 

percent serious damage may be allowed 

including not more than 10 percent for 

melons affected by decay. In addition, 

the combined juice from the edible 

portion of a sample of honeydews 

selected at random shall contain not less 

than 8 percent soluble solids as 

determined by an approved hand 

refractometer. Individual containers of 

honeydew melons may contain no less 

than 25 percent U.S. Commercial grade 

or better quality. Individual containers 

of cantaloupe and honeydew melons 

may contain not more than double the 

specified lot tolerance for scorable 

defects.

The order’s container and pack 

requirements are also specified in 

§ 979.304. Cantaloupes and honeydew 

melons must be packed in fiberboard 

cartons of specified dimensions. Each 

carton must be marked to indicate the 

count; the name, address, and zip code 

of the shipper; the name of the product; 

and the words ‘‘Produce of U.S.A.’’ or 

‘‘Product of U.S.A.’’ Additionally, if the 

carton is not clean and bright in 

appearance without marks, stains, or 

other evidence of previous use, the 

carton must be marked with the words 

‘‘USED BOX’’. Honeydew melons may 

also be packed in bulk containers with 

specified dimensions. 

Section 979.304 further includes a 

minimum quantity exemption of 120 

pounds per day, and reporting and 

safeguard requirements for special 

purpose and experimental shipments. 

Related provisions appear in the 

regulations in § 979.106 Registered 

handlers; § 979.152 Handling of culls;

and § 979.155 Safeguards.

The Committee meets prior to and 

during each season to consider 

recommendations for modification, 

suspension, or termination of the 

regulatory requirements that have been 

issued on a continuing basis for South 

Texas melons. Committee meetings are 

open to the public and interested 

persons may express their views at these 

meetings. USDA reviews Committee 

recommendations and information 

submitted by the Committee and other 

available information, and determines 

whether modification, suspension, or 

termination of the regulatory 

requirements would tend to effectuate 

the declared policy of the Act. 

At its September 16, 2004, meeting, 

the Committee unanimously 

recommended suspending, for the 

2004–2005 fiscal period, the handling, 

assessment collection, and all reporting 

requirements, except for the acreage 

planting reporting requirement. The 

2004–05 fiscal period began October 1, 

2004, and ends September 30, 2005. 

The objective of the handling and 

inspection requirements is to ensure 

that only acceptable quality cantaloupe 

and honeydew melons enter fresh 

market channels, thereby ensuring 

consumer satisfaction, increasing sales, 

and improving returns to growers. 

While the industry continues to believe 

that quality is an important factor in 

maintaining sales, the Committee 

believes that the cost of inspection and 

certification (mandated when minimum 

requirements are in effect) may exceed 

the benefits derived, especially in view 

of reduced melon acreage and yields in 

recent years. 

The South Texas cantaloupe and 

honeydew melon industry has been 

shrinking due to the inability to provide 

dependable supplies because of adverse 

weather conditions, a lack of success in 

breeding improved quality melons 

buyers desire, and intense foreign and 

domestic competition. South Texas 

historically had enjoyed a marketing 

window of approximately six weeks 

beginning about May 1 each season. 

That window has steadily eroded in 

recent years due to strong competition 

and quality problems with Texas 

melons. As a result, acreage has 

decreased dramatically from a high of 

27,463 acres in 1987 to 4,780 in 2004. 

The number of producers and handlers 

also has declined. 

The Committee recommended 

suspending the regulations and 

assessment collections for one fiscal 

period in hopes that new plants might 

be developed and help revive the 

industry. Some in the industry believe 

that the order is no longer needed. The 

suspensions are designed to decrease 

handler costs, while the industry 

evaluates whether the marketing order 

should be continued. 

Underlying economics for the South 

Texas melon industry do not justify 

continuing the regulations for 2004–05. 

Too little revenue can be generated for 

an effective marketing and promotion 

program, and buyer demands have 

superseded the regulations in dictating 

quality requirements. Buyers have been 

requesting better quality melons. 

This rule will enable handlers to ship 

melons without regard to the minimum 

grade, quality, maturity, container, pack, 

inspection, and related requirements for 

the 2004–2005 fiscal period. It will 

decrease industry expenses associated 

with inspection and assessments. This 

rule will not restrict handlers from 

seeking inspection on a voluntary basis. 

Consistent with the temporary 

suspension of § 979.304, this rule also 

suspends § 979.106, § 979.152, and 

§ 979.155 of the rules and regulations in 

effect under the order for the 2004–

2005. Section 979.106 provides for the 

registration of handlers, § 979.152 

details procedures for the handling of 

cull melons, and § 979.155 provides 

safeguard requirements for special 

purpose shipments and establishes 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements when such exemptions are 

in place. 

In addition, this rule also suspends 

§ 979.219 requiring that an assessment 

rate of $0.09 per carton of melons be 

collected from South Texas melon 

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handlers. Consistent with suspension of 

§ 979.219, § 979.112 specifying late 

payment charges on delinquent 

assessments is also suspended. 

Authorization to assess melon handlers 

enables the Committee to incur 

expenses that are necessary to 

administer the marketing order. With 

the suspension of handling, inspection, 

and assessment requirements, a limited 

Committee budget will be needed for 

program administration and the 

collection of the acreage planting 

reports. 

For the period of the suspension, the 

Committee recommended a reduced 

budget of $70,959 to cover anticipated 

expenses. Adequate funds to cover these 

expenses are currently in the 

Committee’s reserves. 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), the 

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 

has considered the economic impact of 

this action on small entities. 

Accordingly, AMS has prepared this 

initial 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 the rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. Thus, both statutes have small 

entity orientation and compatibility.

There are approximately 16 handlers 

of South Texas melons who are subject 

to regulation under the marketing order 

and approximately 29 melon growers in 

the regulated area. Small agricultural 

service firms are defined by the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) (13 CFR 

121.201) as those having annual receipts 

of less than $5,000,000, and small 

agricultural growers are defined as those 

having annual receipts of less than 

$750,000. 

Most of the handlers are vertically 

integrated corporations involved in 

growing, shipping, and marketing 

melons. For the 2003–04 marketing 

year, the industry’s 16 handlers shipped 

melons produced on 4,780 acres with 

the average and median volume handled 

being 89,012 and 10,655 containers, 

respectively. In terms of production 

value, total revenue for the 16 handlers 

was estimated to be $12,175,919, with 

the average and median revenues being 

$760,996 and $91,094, respectively. 

The South Texas melon industry is 

characterized by growers and handlers 

whose farming operations generally 

involve more than one commodity, and 

whose income from farming operations 

is not exclusively dependent on the 

production of melons. Alternative crops 

provide an opportunity to utilize many 

of the same facilities and equipment not 

in use when the melon production 

season is complete. For this reason, 

typical melon growers and handlers 

either double-crop melons during other 

times of the year or produce alternative 

crops, like onions. 

Based on the SBA’s definition of 

small entities, the Committee estimates 

that all of the 16 handlers regulated by 

the order would be considered small 

entities if only their spring melon 

revenues are considered. However, 

revenues from other productive 

enterprises might push a number of 

these handlers above the $5,000,000 

annual receipt threshold. Of the 29 

growers within the production area, few 

have sufficient acreage to generate sales 

in excess of $750,000; therefore, the 

majority of growers may be classified as 

small entities. 

At its September 16, 2004, meeting, 

the Committee unanimously 

recommended suspending, for the 

2004–2005 fiscal period, the handling, 

assessment collection, and all reporting 

requirements, except for the acreage 

planting reporting requirement. The 

Committee requested that the rule be 

effective for the 2004–05 fiscal period, 

which began October 1, 2004, and ends 

September 30, 2005. 

The objective of the handling and 

inspection requirements is to ensure 

that only acceptable quality cantaloupe 

and honeydew melons enter fresh 

market channels, thereby ensuring 

consumer satisfaction, increasing sales, 

and improving returns to growers. 

While the industry continues to believe 

that quality is an important factor in 

maintaining sales, the Committee 

believes that the cost of inspection and 

certification (mandated when minimum 

requirements are in effect) may exceed 

the benefits derived, especially in view 

of reduced melon acreage and yields in 

recent years. This results in reduced 

melon shipments and reduced 

assessment income. 

The South Texas cantaloupe and 

honeydew melon industry has been 

shrinking due to the inability to provide 

dependable supplies because of adverse 

weather conditions, a lack of success in 

breeding improved quality melons 

buyers desire, and intense foreign and 

domestic competition. South Texas 

historically had enjoyed a marketing 

window of approximately six weeks 

beginning about May 1 each season. 

That window has steadily eroded in 

recent years due to strong competition 

and quality problems in Texas melons. 

As a result, acreage has decreased 

dramatically from a high of 27,463 acres 

in 1987 to 4,780 in 2004. The number 

of producers and handlers also has 

declined. Some in the industry believe 

that the marketing order is no longer 

needed. 

Underlying economics for the South 

Texas melon industry do not justify 

continuing the regulations for 2004–05. 

Too little assessment revenue can be 

generated for an effective marketing and 

promotion program, and buyer demands 

have superseded the regulations in 

dictating quality requirements. 

This rule will enable handlers to ship 

melons without regard to the minimum 

grade, quality, maturity, container, pack, 

inspection, and related requirements for 

one fiscal period. It will decrease 

industry expenses associated with 

inspection and assessments. This rule 

will not restrict handlers from seeking 

inspection on a voluntary basis. 

In addition, this rule also suspends 

§ 979.219 requiring that an assessment 

rate of $0.09 per carton of melons be 

collected from South Texas melon 

handlers. Consistent with suspension of 

§ 979.219, § 979.112 specifying late 

payment charges on delinquent 

assessments is also suspended. 

Authorization to assess melon handlers 

enables the Committee to incur 

expenses that are necessary to 

administer the marketing order. 

With the suspension of handling, 

inspection, and assessment 

requirements, a limited Committee 

budget will be needed for program 

administration and collection of acreage 

planting reports. For the period of the 

suspension, the Committee 

recommended a reduced budget of 

$70,959 to cover anticipated expenses. 

Adequate funds to cover these expenses 

are currently in the Committee’s 

reserves. 

The Committee anticipates that this 

rule will not negatively impact small 

businesses. This rule will suspend 

minimum grade, quality, maturity, 

container, pack, inspection, assessment 

collection, some reporting, and other 

related requirements. Further, this rule 

will allow handlers and growers the 

choice to obtain inspection for melons, 

as needed, thereby reducing costs for 

the industry. The total cost of inspection 

and certification for fresh shipments of 

South Texas melons during the 2003–04 

marketing season was $46,000. These 

costs will not be incurred during the 

2004–2005 season. 

The suspension of the assessment 

collection requirements for the 2004–05 

season will also result in some cost 

savings. Assessment collections during 

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the 2003–04 season totaled $102,988. 

Absent the suspension of § 979.219, 

assessments collected during the 2004–

05 season would have been about 

$292,840. 

The Committee considered 

suspension of the marketing order, but 

wished to continue receiving data on 

plantings for a one-year period before 

deciding whether the order should be 

continued.

It is possible that the Committee 

might recommend that the order be 

terminated after the 2004–2005 season if 

conditions do not improve. Some 

Committee members felt that 

termination was premature, while 

others felt the order should be 

immediately eliminated. The Committee 

recommended the suspension of 

regulations for one fiscal period as an 

orderly and reasonable compromise. 

This will enable the committee to study 

the impact of suspension, allow the 

continued collection of data on acreage 

projections, and minimize disruption if 

the Committee chooses to recommend 

termination after the 2004–2005 fiscal 

period. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35), the information collection 

requirements being suspended by this 

rule were approved previously by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and assigned OMB No. 0581–

0178. Suspension of some of the 

reporting requirements is expected to 

reduce the reporting burden on small or 

large South Texas melon handlers by 

6.12 hours, and should further reduce 

industry expenses. During the 

suspension period, handlers will not 

have to file the following forms with the 

Committee: Application for Registered 

Handler (1.74 burden hours); 

Certification for Handling Melons for 

Processing (0.70 burden hours); Relief or 

Charity Certification for Handling 

Melons Which Fail to Meet the South 

Texas Rules and Regulations (0.35 

burden hours); Certificate of Privilege 

(0.83 burden hours); and Special 

Purpose Shipment (2.50 hours). This 

rule will not impose any additional 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

on either small or large melon 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. 

In addition, USDA has not identified 

any relevant Federal rules that 

duplicate, overlap or conflict with this 

rule. 

Further, the Committee’s meeting was 

widely publicized throughout the melon 

industry and all interested persons were 

invited to attend the meeting and 

participate in Committee deliberations. 

Like all Committee meetings, the 

September 16, 2004, meeting was a 

public meeting and all entities, both 

large and small, were able to express 

their views on this issue. Finally, 

interested persons are invited to submit 

information on the regulatory and 

informational impacts of this action on 

small businesses. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

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

fv/moab.html. Any questions about the 

compliance guide should be sent to Jay 

Guerber at the previously mentioned 

address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

This rule invites comments on 

suspension of the handling, assessment 

collection, and some reporting 

regulations currently prescribed under 

the South Texas melon marketing order. 

Any comments received will be 

considered prior to finalization of this 

rule. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

Committee’s recommendation, and 

other information, it is found that the 

regulations suspended by this interim 

final rule, as hereinafter set forth, no 

longer tend to effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, it is also 

found and determined upon good cause 

that it is impracticable, unnecessary, 

and contrary to the public interest to 

give preliminary notice prior to putting 

this rule into effect and that good cause 

exists for not postponing the effective 

date of this rule until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register

because: (1) The rule suspends the 

current handling, assessment collection, 

some reporting requirements, and 

related regulations for South Texas 

melons for the remainder of the 2004–

2005 fiscal period; (2) this rule was 

recommended by the Committee at an 

open public meeting and all interested 

persons had an opportunity to express 

their views and provide input; (3) South 

Texas melon handlers are aware of this 

rule and need no additional time to 

comply with the relaxed requirements; 

and (4) this rule provides a 60-day 

comment period and any comments 

received will be considered prior to 

finalization of this rule.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 979

Marketing agreements, Melons, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements.

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 979 is amended as 

follows:

PART 979—MELONS GROWN IN 

SOUTH TEXAS

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 

979 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

■ 2. In Part 979, §§ 979.106, 979.112, 

979.152, 979.155, 979.219, and 979.304 

are suspended in their entirety effective 

November 27, 2004, through September 

30, 2005.

Dated: November 19, 2004. 

A.J. Yates, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service.

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Parts 1000, 1001, 1005, 1006, 

1007, 1030, 1032, 1033, 1124, 1126, and 

1131

[Docket No. AO–14–A72, et al.; DA–03–08] 

Milk in the Northeast and Other 

Marketing Areas; Order Amending the 

Orders

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

7 CFR part Marketing area AO Nos. 

1001 ........................................................................................ Northeast ................................................................................ AO–14–A72

1005 ........................................................................................ Appalachian ........................................................................... AO–388–A13

1006 ........................................................................................ Florida .................................................................................... AO–356–A36

1007 ........................................................................................ Southeast ............................................................................... AO–366–A42

1030 ........................................................................................ Upper Midwest ....................................................................... AO–361–A37

1032 ........................................................................................ Central .................................................................................... AO–313–A46

1033 ........................................................................................ Mideast ................................................................................... AO–166–A70