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 Department of Agriculture Commodity Credit Corporation
 AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice which sets forth the establishment of the sugar overall allotment quantity for the 2004 crop year (FY 2005) which runs from October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005. Although CCC already has announced all of the information in this notice, CCC is statutorily required to publish in the 
                        **Federal Register**
                         determinations establishing sugar marketing allotments. CCC set the 2004-crop overall allotment quantity (OAQ) of domestic sugar to 8.100 million short tons raw value (STRV) on July 16, 2004; 4.402 million STRV to the beet sector, and 3.698 million STRV to the cane sector. On July 22, 2004, CCC announced the 2004 crop year, proportionate-share percentage of 83.4 percent for Louisiana. On September 28, 2004, CCC announced the allotments to sugarcane-producing States and allocations to sugarcane and sugar beet processors. At that time, because Puerto Rico had ceased production of sugar for more than two years, CCC also eliminated the allotment to Puerto Rico and allocations to Puerto Rico's two sugarcane processors.
 ADDRESSES: Barbara Fecso, Dairy and Sweeteners Analysis Group, Economic Policy and Analysis Staff, Farm Service Agency, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0516, Washington, DC 20250-0516; telephone (202) 720-4146; FAX (202) 690-1480; e-mail: 
                        *barbara.fecso@usda.gov.*
 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Fecso at (202) 720-4146.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 359b(b)(1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended, (7 U.S.C. 1359bb(a)(1)), requires the Secretary to establish, by the beginning of each crop year, an appropriate allotment for the marketing by processors of sugar processed from sugar beets and from domestically produced cane sugar at a level the Secretary estimates will result in no forfeitures of sugar to the CCC under the loan program. When CCC announced an 8.100 million ton OAQ in July 2004, it noted the existence of sugar market uncertainties and that the OAQ would be adjusted if warranted. To establish cane state allotments, weights of 25 percent, 25 percent and 50 percent, respectively, are assigned to the three-factor criteria: past marketings; processing capacity; and ability to market. This notice reflects the recent change in the “ability to market” definition, which is now based on historical data. 
                    *See*69 FR 55061-55063. Beginning with FY 2005, the cane processor allocations are fixed shares of the cane sugar allotment and will change only if the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) adjusts the OAQ or determines that a processor cannot fulfill its cane sugar allocation and reassigns the unused allocation to other processors. CCC is required to limit the amount of sugarcane acreage that may be harvested in Louisiana for sugar or seed whenever marketing allotments are in effect and the quantity of sugarcane estimated to be produced in Louisiana, plus a reasonable carryover, exceeds the marketing allotment allocation for Louisiana. This limitation is referred to as a “proportionate share,” and is applied to each farm's sugarcane acreage base to determine the quantity of sugarcane that may be harvested on that farm. Because production will be excessive in Louisiana, CCC has determined that the proportionate share of a sugarcane acreage base that may be harvested in Louisiana for sugar or seed for the 2004 crop year will be 83.4 percent of each farm's sugarcane acreage base. CCC has determined that Puerto Rico's processors permanently terminated operations because no sugar had been processed for two complete years. Consequently, the allocation of 6,356 STRV was permanently reassigned to the mainland sugarcane-producing states. Hawaii received none of Puerto Rico's reassignment because it is not expected to use all of its current cane sugar allotment. A request for an allocation as a new entrant would be required for any mills in Puerto Rico to market cane sugar in the future. These actions apply to all domestic sugar marketed for human consumption in the United States from October l, 2004, through September 30, 2005. The established 2004-crop beet and cane sugar marketing allotments are listed in the following table: FY 2005 Overall Beet/Cane Allotments and Allocations
Initial FY 2005 allocations
Reassignment of Puerto Rican allotment
Beginning FY 2005 allotments/allocationsBeet Sugar
4,402,350Cane Sugar
3,697,650TOTAL OAQ
8,100,000BEET PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:Amalgamated Sugar Co.
917,207American Crystal Sugar Co.
1,692,713Holly Sugar Corp.
295,372Michigan Sugar Co.
281,254Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op.
274,650Monitor Sugar Co.
161,164So. Minn Beet Sugar Co-op.
282,812Western Sugar Co.
438,449Wyoming Sugar Co.
58,729TOTAL BEET SUGAR
4,402,350STATE CANE SUGAR ALLOTMENTS:Florida
1,812,722
3,416
1,816,139Louisiana
1,402,345
2,643
1,404,987Texas
157,583
297
157,880Hawaii
318,644
0
318,644Puerto Rico
6,356
−6,356
0TOTAL CANE SUGAR
3,697,650
0
3,697,650SUGARCANE PROCESSORS' MARKETING ALLOCATIONS:Florida:Atlantic Sugar Assoc.
152,198
287
152,485( print page 76686)Growers Co-op. of FL
326,082
615
326,697Okeelanta Corp.
383,847
723
384,570Osceola Farms Co.
210,300
396
210,697U.S. Sugar Corp.
740,295
1,395
741,690TOTAL
1,812,722
3,416
1,816,139Louisiana:Alma Plantation
76,478
144
76,622Cajun Sugar Co-op.
106,225
200
106,426Cora-Texas Mfg. Co.
130,258
245
130,504Harry Laws & Co.
57,006
107
57,113Iberia Sugar Co-op.
67,712
128
67,839Jeanerette Sugar Co.
64,078
121
64,199Lafourche Sugars Corp.
76,381
144
76,525Louisiana Sugarcane Co-op.
87,247
164
87,411Lula Westfield, LLC
165,601
312
165,913M.A. Patout & Sons
368,356
694
369,051St. Mary Sugar Co-op.
92,814
175
92,989So. Louisiana Sugars Co-op.
110,189
208
110,396TOTAL
1,402,345
2,643
1,404,987Texas:Rio Grande Valley
157,583
297
157,880Hawaii:Gay & Robinson, Inc.
73,145
0
73,145Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company
245,499
0
245,499TOTAL
318,644
0
318,644Puerto Rico:Agraso
4,076
−4,076
0Roig
2,280
−2,280
0TOTAL
6,356
−6,356
0
 Signed in Washington, DC on December 3, 2004. James R. Little, Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.


[FR Doc. 04-27966 Filed 12-21-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-05-P