71364 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 236 / Thursday, December 9, 2004 / Rules and Regulations 

Encryption commodities, software and 

components available to both 

‘‘government end-users’’ and to non-

‘‘government end-users’’—describe how 

they are not restricted by the provisions 

of § 740.17(b)(2).

* * * * *

PART 744—[AMENDED]

■ 13. The authority citation for part 744 

is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 

42 U.S.C. 2139a; Sec. 901–911, Pub. L. 106–

387; Sec. 221, Pub. L. 107–56; E.O. 12058, 43 

FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 

12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 

608; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 

Comp., p. 950; E.O. 12947, 60 FR 5079, 3 

CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 

58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 228; E.O. 

13099, 63 FR 45167, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 

208; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 

Comp., p. 783; E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3 

CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; Notice of August 

6, 2004, 69 FR 48763 (August 10, 2004); 

Notice of November 4, 2004, 69 FR 64637 

(November 8, 2004).

■ 14. In § 744.9, revise paragraph (a) to 

read:

§ 744.9 Restrictions on technical 

assistance by U.S. persons with respect to 

encryption items. 

(a) General prohibition. No U.S. 

person may, without authorization from 

BIS, provide technical assistance 

(including training) to foreign persons 

with the intent to aid a foreign person 

in the development or manufacture 

outside the United States of encryption 

commodities and software that, if of 

United States origin, would be 

controlled for EI reasons under ECCN 

5A002 or 5D002. Technical assistance 

may be exported and reexported 

immediately to nationals of the 

countries listed in Supplement 3 to part 

740 of the EAR (except for technical 

assistance to government end-users for 

cryptanalytic items), provided that the 

exporter has submitted to BIS a 

completed encryption review request by 

the time of export (as described in 

§ 740.17(a)(3) of the EAR, for technical 

assistance not otherwise authorized 

under § 740.17(a)(1) of the EAR). Note 

that this prohibition does not apply if 

the U.S. person providing the assistance 

has a license or is otherwise entitled to 

export the encryption commodities and 

software in question to the foreign 

person(s) receiving the assistance. Note 

in addition that the mere teaching or 

discussion of information about 

cryptography, including, for example, in 

an academic setting or in the work of 

groups or bodies engaged in standards 

development, by itself would not 

establish the intent described in this 

section, even where foreign persons are 

present.

* * * * *

PART 772—[AMENDED]

■ 15. The authority citation for part 772 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 

3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of August 

6, 2004, 69 FR 48763 (August 10, 2004).

■ 16. In § 772.1, add a sentence to the 

end of the definition of ‘‘hold without 

action’’ to read as follows:

§ 772.1 Definitions of terms as used in the 

Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

* * * * *

Hold Without Action (HWA). * * * 

Encryption review requests may be 

placed on hold without action status as 

provided in § 740.17(d)(2) and 

§ 742.15(b)(2) of the EAR.

Dated: December 2, 2004. 

Peter Lichtenbaum, 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–26992 Filed 12–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

18 CFR Part 11 

[Docket No. RM05–3–000] 

Update of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s Fees 

Schedule for Annual Charges for the 

Use of Government Lands 

December 3, 2004.

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE.

ACTION: Final rule; update of Federal 

land use fees. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Commission’s regulations, the 

Commission by its designee, the 

Executive Director, is updating its 

schedule of fees for the use of 

government lands. The yearly update is 

based on the most recent schedule of 

fees for the use of linear rights-of-way 

prepared by the United States Forest 

Service. Since the next fiscal year will 

cover the period from October 1, 2004 

through September 30, 2005 the fees in 

this notice will become effective 

October 1, 2004. The fees will apply to 

fiscal year 2005 annual charges for the 

use of government lands. 

The Commission has concluded, with 

the concurrence of the Administrator of 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs of OMB that this rule is not a 

‘‘major rule’’ as defined in section 251 

of the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, 5 

U.S.C 804(2).

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Fannie Kingsberry, Division of Financial 

Services, Office of the Executive 

Director, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426; (202) 502–6108.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Document 

Availability: In addition to publishing 

the full text of this document in the 

Federal Register, the Commission 

provides all interested persons an 

opportunity to view and/or print the 

contents of this document via the 

Internet through FERC’s Home Page 

(http://www.ferc.gov) and in FERC’s 

Public Reference Room during normal 

business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Eastern time) at 888 First Street, NE., 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426. 

From FERC’s Home Page on the 

Internet, this information is available in 

the eLibrary (formerly FERRIS). The full 

text of this document is available on 

eLibrary in PDF and MSWord format for 

viewing, printing, and/or downloading. 

To access this document in eLibrary, 

type the docket number excluding the 

last three digits of this document in the 

docket number field. 

User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the FERC’s Web site during 

normal business hours by contacting 

FERC Online Support by telephone at 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free) or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659, or by e-mail at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.

List of Subjects in 18 CFR Part 11 

Electric power, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements.

Thomas R. Herlihy, 

Executive Director, Office of the Executive 

Director.

■ Accordingly, the Commission, 

effective October 1, 2004, amends part 11 

of chapter I, Title 18 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, as follows:

PART 11—[AMENDED]

■ 1. The authority citation for part 11 

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r; 42 U.S.C. 

7101–7352.

■ 2. In part 11, Appendix A is revised to 

read as follows.

Appendix A to Part 11—Fee Schedule 

for FY 2005

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State County (Fee/acre/yr) 

Alabama .................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. $27.23 

Arkansas ................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Arizona ...................................... Apache ......................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Cochise 

Gila 

Graham 

La Paz 

Mohave 

Navajo 

Pima 

Yavapai 

Yuma 

Coconino (North of Colorado R.) 

Coconino (South of Colorado R.) ................................................................................................. 27.23 

Greenlee 

Maricopa 

Pinal 

Santa Cruz 

California ................................... Imperial ......................................................................................................................................... 13.61 

Inyo 

Lassen 

Modoc 

Riverside 

San Bernardino 

Siskiyou ........................................................................................................................................ 20.43 

Alameda ....................................................................................................................................... 34.03 

Alpine 

Amador 

Butte 

Calaveras 

Colusa 

Contra Costa 

Del Norte 

El Dorado ..................................................................................................................................... 34.03 

Fresno 

Glenn 

Humboldt 

Kern 

Kings 

Lake 

Madera 

Mariposa 

Mendicino 

Merced 

Mono 

Napa 

Nevada 

Placer 

Plumas 

Sacramento 

San Benito 

San Joaquin 

Santa Clara 

Shasta 

Sierra 

Solano 

Sonoma 

Stanislaus 

Sutter 

Tehama 

Trinity 

Tulare Kings 

Tuolumne 

Yolo 

Yuba 

Los Angeles .................................................................................................................................. 40.86 

Marin 

Monterey 

Orange 

San Diego 

San Francisco 

San Luis Obispo 

San Mateo 

Santa Barbara 

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State County (Fee/acre/yr) 

Santa Cruz 

Ventura 

Colorado ................................... Adams .......................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Arapahoe 

Bent 

Cheyenne 

Crowley 

Elbert 

El Paso 

Huerfano 

Kiowa 

Kit Carson 

Lincoln 

Logan 

Moffat 

Montezuma 

Morgan 

Pueblo 

Sedgewick 

Washington 

Weld 

Yuma 

Baca ............................................................................................................................................. 13.61 

Bloomfield 

Dolores 

Garfield 

Las Animas 

Mesa 

Montrose 

Otero 

Prowers 

Rio Blanco 

Routt 

San Miguel 

Alamosa ........................................................................................................................................ 27.23 

Archuleta 

Boulder 

Chaffee 

Clear Creek 

Conejos 

Costilla 

Custer 

Denver 

Delta 

Douglas 

Eagle ............................................................................................................................................ 27.23 

Fremont 

Gilpin 

Grand 

Gunnison 

Hinsdale 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Lake 

La Plata 

Larimer 

Mineral 

Ouray 

Park 

Pitkin 

Rio Grande 

Saguache 

San Juan 

Summit 

Teller 

Connecticut ............................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 6.79 

Florida ....................................... Baker ............................................................................................................................................ 40.86 

Bay 

Bradford 

Calhoun 

Clay 

Columbia 

Dixie 

Duval 

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State County (Fee/acre/yr) 

Escambia 

Franklin 

Gadsden 

Gilchrist 

Gulf 

Hamilton 

Holmes 

Jackson 

Jefferson 

Lafayette 

Leon 

Liberty 

Madison 

Nassau 

Okaloosa ...................................................................................................................................... 40.86 

Santa Rosa 

Suwannee 

Taylor 

Union 

Wakulla 

Walton 

Washington 

All Other Counties ........................................................................................................................ 68.05 

Georgia ..................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 40.86 

Idaho ......................................... Cassia ........................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Gooding 

Jerome 

Lincoln 

Minidoka 

Oneida 

Owyhee 

Power 

Twin Falls 

Ada ............................................................................................................................................... 20.43 

Adams 

Bannock 

Bear Lake 

Benewah 

Bingham 

Blaine 

Boise 

Bonner 

Bonneville 

Boundary 

Butte 

Camas 

Canyon 

Caribou 

Clark 

Clearwater 

Custer 

Elmore 

Franklin 

Fremont 

Gem 

Idaho ............................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Kootenai 

Latah 

Lemhi 

Lewis 

Madison 

Nez Perce 

Payette 

Shoshone 

Teton ............................................................................................................................................ 20.43 

Valley 

Washington 

Illinois ........................................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Indiana ...................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 34.03 

Kansas ...................................... Morton .......................................................................................................................................... 13.61 

All Other Counties ........................................................................................................................ 6.79 

Kentucky ................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Louisiana .................................. All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 40.86 

Maine ........................................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

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State County (Fee/acre/yr) 

Michigan ................................... Alger ............................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Baraga 

Chippewa 

Delta 

Dickinson 

Gogebic 

Houghton 

Iron 

Keweenaw 

Luce 

Macking 

Marquette 

Menominee 

Ontonagon 

Schoolcraft 

All Other Counties ........................................................................................................................ 27.23 

Minnesota ................................. All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Mississippi ................................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

Missouri .................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Montana .................................... Big Horn ....................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Blaine 

Carter 

Cascade 

Chouteau 

Custer 

Daniels 

McCone 

Meagher 

Dawson 

Fallon 

Fergus 

Garfield 

Glacier 

Golden Valley 

Hill 

Judith Basin 

Liberty 

Musselshell 

Petroleum 

Phillips 

Pondera 

Power River 

Prairie 

Richland 

Roosevelt 

Rosebud 

Sheridan 

Teton 

Toole 

Treasure 

Valley 

Wheatland 

Wibaux 

Yellowstone 

Beaverhead .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Broadwater 

Carbon 

Deer Lodge ................................................................................................................................... 20.43 

Flathead 

Gallatin 

Granite 

Jefferson 

Lake 

Lewis & Clark 

Lincoln 

Madison 

Mineral 

Missoula 

Park 

Powell 

Ravalli 

Sanders 

Silver Bow 

Stillwater 

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State County (Fee/acre/yr) 

Sweet Grass 

Nebraska .................................. All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 6.79 

Nevada ..................................... Churchilll ....................................................................................................................................... 3.40 

Clark 

Elko 

Esmeralda 

Eureka 

Humboldt 

Lander 

Lincoln 

Lyon 

Mineral 

Nye 

Pershing 

Washoe 

White Pine 

Carson City ................................................................................................................................... 34.03 

Douglas 

Story 

New Hampshire ........................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

New Mexico .............................. Chaves ......................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Curry 

De Baca 

Dona Ana ..................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Eddy 

Grant 

Guadalupe 

Harding 

Hidalgo 

Lea 

Luna 

McKinley 

Otero 

Quay 

Roosevelt 

San Juan 

Socorro 

Torrence 

Rio Arriba ..................................................................................................................................... 13.61 

Sandoual 

Union 

Bernalillo ....................................................................................................................................... 27.23 

Catron 

Cibola 

Colfax 

Lincoln 

Los Alamos 

Mora 

San Miguel 

Santa Fe 

Sierra 

Taos 

Valencia 

New York .................................. All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

North Carolina .......................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 40.86 

North Dakota ............................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 6.79 

Ohio .......................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

Oklahoma ................................. Beaver .......................................................................................................................................... 13.61 

Cimarron 

Roger Mills 

Texas 

De Flore 20.43 

McCurtain 

All Other Counties ........................................................................................................................ 6.79 

Oregon ...................................... Harney .......................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Lake 

Malheur 

Baker ............................................................................................................................................ 13.61 

Crook 

Deschutes 

Gilliam 

Grant 

Jefferson 

Klamath 

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State County (Fee/acre/yr) 

Morrow 

Sherman 

Umatilla 

Union 

Wallowa 

Wasco 

Wheeler 

Coos ............................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Curry 

Douglas 

Jackson 

Josephine 

Benton .......................................................................................................................................... 27.23 

Clackamas 

Clatsop 

Columbia 

Hood River 

Lane 

Lincoln 

Linn 

Marion 

Multnomah 

Polk 

Tillamook 

Washington 

Yamhill 

Pennsylvania ............................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

Puerto Rico ............................... All .................................................................................................................................................. 40.86 

South Carolina .......................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 40.86 

South Dakota ............................ Butte ............................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Custer 

Fall river 

Lawrence 

Mead 

Pennington 

All Other Counties ........................................................................................................................ 6.79 

Tennessee ................................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

Texas ........................................ Culberson ..................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

El Paso 

Hudspeth 

All Other Counties ........................................................................................................................ 40.86 

Utah .......................................... Beaver .......................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Box Elder 

Carbon 

Duchesne 

Emery 

Garfield 

Grand 

Iron 

Juab 

Kane 

Millard 

San Juan 

Tooele 

Uintah 

Wayne 

Washington ................................................................................................................................... 13.61 

Cache ........................................................................................................................................... 20.43 

Daggett 

Davis 

Morgan 

Piute 

Rich .............................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Salt Lake 

Sanpete 

Sevier 

Summit 

Utah 

Wasatch 

Weber 

Vermont .................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

Virginia ...................................... All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

Washington ............................... Adams .......................................................................................................................................... 13.61 

Asotin 

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State County (Fee/acre/yr) 

Benton 

Chelan 

Columbia 

Douglas 

Franklin 

Garfield 

Grant 

Kititas 

Klickitat 

Lincoln 

Okanogan 

Spokane 

Walla Walla 

Whitman 

Yakima 

Ferry ............................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Pend Oreille 

Stevens 

Clallam .......................................................................................................................................... 27.23 

Clark 

Cowlitz 

Grays Harbor 

Island 

Jefferson 

King 

Kitsap 

Lewis 

Mason 

Pacific ........................................................................................................................................... 27.23 

Pierce.

San Juan 

Skagit 

Skamania 

Snohomish 

Thurston 

Wahkiakum 

Whatcom 

West Virginia ............................ All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 27.23 

Wisconsin ................................. All Counties .................................................................................................................................. 20.43 

Wyoming ................................... Albany ........................................................................................................................................... 6.79 

Campbell 

Carbon 

Converse 

Goshen 

Hot Springs 

Johnson 

Laramie 

Lincoln 

Natrona 

Niobrara 

Platte 

Sheridan 

Sweetwater 

Freemont 

Sublette 

Uinta 

Washakie 

Big Horn 20.43 

Crook 

Park 

Teton 

Weston 

All Other Zones ......................... ....................................................................................................................................................... 6.06

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[FR Doc. 04–27017 Filed 12–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

27 CFR Part 9 

[TTB T.D.–20; Re: Notice No. 19] 

RIN 1513–AA59 

Establishment of the Yamhill-Carlton 

District Viticultural Area (2002R–216P)

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury.

ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision.

SUMMARY: This Treasury decision 

establishes the Yamhill-Carlton District 

viticultural area in Yamhill and 

Washington Counties, Oregon. The new 

Yamhill-Carlton District viticultural 

area is entirely within the existing 

Willamette Valley viticultural area. We 

designate viticultural areas to allow 

vintners to better describe the origin of 

their wines and to allow consumers to 

better identify wines they may 

purchase.

DATES: Effective Date: February 7, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: N. 

A. Sutton, Program Manager, 

Regulations and Procedures Division, 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau, 925 Lakeville St., #158, 

Petaluma, CA 94952; telephone 415–

271–1254.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background on Viticultural Areas 

TTB Authority 

Section 105(e) of the Federal Alcohol 

Administration Act (the FAA Act, 27 

U.S.C. 201 et seq.) requires that alcohol 

beverage labels provide the consumer 

with adequate information regarding a 

product’s identity and prohibits the use 

of misleading information on such 

labels. The FAA Act also authorizes the 

Secretary of the Treasury to issue 

regulations to carry out its provisions. 

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau (TTB) administers these 

regulations. 

Part 4 of the TTB regulations (27 CFR 

part 4) allows the establishment of 

definitive viticultural areas and the use 

of their names as appellations of origin 

on wine labels and in wine 

advertisements. Part 9 of the TTB 

regulations (27 CFR part 9) contains the 

list of approved viticultural areas. 

Definition 

Section 4.25(e)(1)(i) of the TTB 

regulations (27 CFR 4.25(e)(1)(i)) defines 

a viticultural area for American wine as 

a delimited grape-growing region 

distinguishable by geographical 

features, the boundaries of which have 

been recognized and defined in part 9 

of the regulations. These designations 

allow vintners and consumers to 

attribute a given quality, reputation, or 

other characteristic of a wine made from 

grapes grown in an area to its 

geographic origin. The establishment of 

viticultural areas allows vintners to 

describe more accurately the origin of 

their wines to consumers and helps 

consumers to identify wines they may 

purchase. Establishment of a viticultural 

area is neither an approval nor an 

endorsement by TTB of the wine 

produced in that area. 

Requirements 

Section 4.25(e)(2) of the TTB 

regulations outlines the procedure for 

proposing an American viticultural area 

and provides that any interested party 

may petition TTB to establish a grapegrowing region as a viticultural area. 

Section 9.3(b) of the TTB regulations 

requires the petition to include—

• Evidence that the proposed 

viticultural area is locally and/or 

nationally known by the name specified 

in the petition; 

• Historical or current evidence that 

supports setting the boundary of the 

proposed viticultural area as the 

petition specifies; 

• Evidence relating to the 

geographical features, such as climate, 

soils, elevation, and physical features, 

that distinguish the proposed 

viticultural area from surrounding areas; 

• A description of the specific 

boundary of the proposed viticultural 

area, based on features found on United 

States Geological Survey (USGS) maps; 

and 

• A copy of the appropriate USGS 

map(s) with the proposed viticultural 

area’s boundary prominently marked. 

Yamhill-Carlton District Petition 

General Background 

TTB received a petition from Alex 

Sokol-Blosser, Secretary of the North 

Willamette Valley AVA Group, on 

behalf of Yamhill-Carlton District 

winegrowers, proposing a new 

viticultural area to be called the 

‘‘Yamhill-Carlton District.’’ Ken Wright 

was the author of the petition. The 

proposed Yamhill-Carlton District 

viticultural area is located about 35 

miles southwest of Portland, Oregon, 

and 25 miles inland from the Pacific 

Ocean. The proposed area is wholly 

within Yamhill and Washington 

Counties in northwestern Oregon and is 

entirely within the existing Willamette 

Valley viticultural area (27 CFR 9.90). 

As of the 2002 Yamhill-Carlton District 

petition, there were 26 vineyards within 

the area, with about 650 acres planted 

to grapes. 

The proposed Yamhill-Carlton 

District viticultural area is distinguished 

primarily by elevation, soil, and climate. 

Within the viticultural area’s described 

boundary the defined viticultural area is 

limited to elevations between 200 feet 

and 1,000 feet, yielding size of 8,500 

acres. A precedent exists for elevation as 

a distinguishing factor with the 

establishment of the Mendocino Ridge 

viticultural area in Mendocino County, 

California, which includes land only at 

or above the 1,200-foot elevation (see 27 

CFR 9.158 and T.D. ATF–392 at 62 FR 

55512, October 27, 1997). 

Name Evidence 

This viticultural area is locally known 

as the ‘‘Yamhill-Carlton District,’’

according to the petition. The 

viticultural area surrounds the towns of 

Yamhill and Carlton, Oregon, which lie 

3 miles apart along State Route 47 in 

Yamhill County. While the two towns 

operate independently, they have had 

strong ties since their separate 

incorporations over 100 years ago. The 

hyphenated expression of the cities’

names has been used since 1853 with 

the establishment of the YamhillCarlton Pioneer Cemetery.

In modern times, the Yamhill-Carlton 

Union High School has existed since 

1955 and operates under the 

supervision of the Yamhill-Carlton 

School District. The two cities share a 

newspaper, the Carlton-Yamhill Review. 

The USGS Carlton map identifies the 

towns of Yamhill and Carlton and the 

Yamhill-Carlton Pioneer Cemetery. 

Boundary Evidence 

Geographically, the Yamhill-Carlton 

District viticultural area is a southfacing bowl containing a series of 

horseshoe-shaped eroded hills 

composed of sedimentary parent 

material. To the area’s west is the 

higher-elevation Coast Range, to the 

south is a cooler maritime-influenced 

area, and to the east and north are 

natural lowland drainages. The area’s 

western boundary is based on the 

change to sedimentary soils from the 

volcanic soils of the Coast Range. The 

higher elevations of the coastal hills to 

the west, generally ranging from 1,000–

2,000 feet, are much cooler and have 

proven unsuitable for grape growing.