16324 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 56 / Wednesday, March 23, 2011 / Proposed Rules 

the referendum herein ordered have 

been submitted to and approved by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) and have been assigned OMB 

No. 0581–0178. It has been estimated 

that it will take an average of 20 minutes 

for each of the approximately 267 

Washington potato growers to cast a 

ballot. Participation is voluntary. Ballots 

postmarked after June 24, 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 946 

Marketing agreements, Potatoes, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

Dated: March 16, 2011. 

David R. Shipman, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6829 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 1218 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–10–0095] 

Blueberry Promotion, Research, and 

Information Order; Continuance 

Referendum 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Referendum order. 

SUMMARY: This document directs that a 

referendum be conducted among 

eligible producers and importers of 

highbush blueberries to determine 

whether they favor continuance of the 

Blueberry Promotion, Research, and 

Information Order (Order). 

DATES: This referendum will be 

conducted by mail ballot from July 5, 

2011, through July 26, 2011. To be 

eligible to vote in this referendum, 

blueberry producers and importers must 

have produced or imported 2,000 

pounds or more of highbush blueberries 

annually during the representative 

period of January 1, 2010, through 

December 31, 2010. Ballots must be 

received by the referendum agents no 

later than the close of business on July 

26, 2011, to be counted. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Order may be 

obtained from: Referendum Agent, 

Research and Promotion Branch (RPB), 

Fruit and Vegetable Programs (FVP), 

AMS, USDA, Stop 0244, Room 0632–S, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0244, telephone: 

888–720–9917 (toll free), fax: 202–205– 

2800, e-mail: 

Veronica.Douglass@ams.usda.gov; or at 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/fvpromotion. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Commodity Promotion, Research, 

and Information Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 

7411–7425) (Act), it is hereby directed 

that a referendum be conducted to 

ascertain whether continuance of the 

Order is favored by eligible producers 

and importers of highbush blueberries. 

The Order is authorized under the Act. 

The representative period for 

establishing voter eligibility for the 

referendum shall be the period from 

January 1, 2010, through December 31, 

2010. Persons who produced or 

imported 2,000 pounds or more of 

highbush blueberries during the 

representative period are eligible to vote 

in the referendum. Persons who 

received an exemption from 

assessments for the entire representative 

period are ineligible to vote. The 

referendum shall be conducted by mail 

ballot from July 5, 2011, through July 

26, 2011. 

Section 518 of the Act authorizes 

continuance referenda. Under section 

1218.71(b) of the Order, the Department 

of Agriculture (Department) shall 

conduct a referendum every five years 

or when 10 percent or more of the 

eligible voters petition the Secretary of 

Agriculture to hold a referendum to 

determine whether persons subject to 

assessment favor continuance of the 

Order. The Department would continue 

the Order if continuance of the Order is 

approved by a majority of the producers 

and importers voting in the referendum, 

who also represent a majority of the 

volume of blueberries produced or 

imported during the representative 

period determined by the Secretary. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

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

chapter 35), the referendum ballot has 

been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

assigned OMB No. 0581–0093. It has 

been estimated that there are 

approximately 2,000 producers and 50 

importers who will be eligible to vote in 

the referendum. It will take an average 

of 15 minutes for each voter to read the 

voting instructions and complete the 

referendum ballot. 

Referendum Order 

Veronica Douglass, RPB, FVP, AMS, 

USDA, Stop 0244, Room 0632–S, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0244, is 

designated as the referendum agent to 

conduct this referendum. The 

referendum procedures 7 CFR 1218.100 

through 1218.107, which were issued 

pursuant to the Act, shall be used to 

conduct the referendum. 

The referendum agents will mail the 

ballots to be cast in the referendum and 

voting instructions to all known 

highbush blueberry producers and 

importers of 2,000 pounds or more prior 

to the first day of the voting period. 

Persons who are producers and 

importers during the representative 

period are eligible to vote. Persons who 

received an exemption from 

assessments during the entire 

representative period are ineligible to 

vote. Any eligible producer or importer 

who does not receive a ballot should 

contact the referendum agent no later 

than one week before the end of the 

voting period. Ballots must be received 

by the referendum agent by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Savings Time, July 26, 

2011, in order to be counted. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1218 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Advertising, Consumer 

information, Marketing agreements, 

Blueberry promotion, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411–7425 and 7 

U.S.C. 7401. 

Dated: March 16, 2011. 

David R. Shipman, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6827 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

12 CFR Part 380 

RIN 3064–AD73 

Orderly Liquidation Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 


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