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

35590

Vol. 65, No. 108

Monday, June 5, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 928

[Docket No. FV00–928–1 PR]

Papayas Grown in Hawaii; Reopening

of Comment Period on Removal of

Suspension Regarding Grade,

Inspection, and Related Reporting

Requirements and Notice of Request

for Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Reopening of the comment

period.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the comment period on the proposed

removal of the suspension of grade,

inspection, and related reporting

requirements for Hawaiian papayas is

reopened.

DATES: Comments must be received by

June 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit written comments

concerning this proposal. Comments

must be sent to the Docket Clerk, Fruit

and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA,

room 2525–S, PO Box 96456,

Washington, DC 20090–6456; Fax: (202)

720–5698; or E-mail:

moab.docketclerk@usda.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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Kelhart, Technical Advisor,

Marketing Order Administration

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,

AMS, USDA, room 2525–S, PO Box

96456, Washington, DC 20090–6456;

telephone: (202) 720–2491, Fax: (202)

720–5698.

Small businesses may request

information on compliance with this

regulation by contacting Jay Guerber,

Marketing Order Administration

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,

AMS, USDA, room 2525–S, P.O. Box

96456, Washington, DC 20090–6456;

telephone (202) 720–2491, Fax: (202)

720–5698, or E-mail

Jay.Guerber@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

proposed rule was issued on February

14, 2000, and published in the Federal

Register (65 FR 8313; February 18,

2000). The proposed rule invited

comments on removing the suspension

of grade, inspection, inspection waiver

procedure, and related exempt shipment

reporting requirements under the

marketing order regulating papayas

grown in Hawaii. The proposal

specified that papayas shipped to any

destination had to be at least Hawaii No.

1, except that the weight requirements

specified in this grade shall not apply.

These requirements were the same as

previously applied except that the 5

percent tolerance for immature papayas

was proposed to be removed. The

comment period ended April 18, 2000.

One comment signed by eight persons

was received. In evaluating that

comment, the Department further

reviewed the Papaya Administrative

Committee’s (Committee)

recommendation to remove the 5

percent tolerance for immature fruit

under Hawaii No. 1. The rationale

provided by the Committee for

removing that tolerance was to improve

the quality of papayas shipped into the

fresh market. A further review of the

requirements under Hawaii No. 1,

however, revealed that the removal of

that tolerance could have the effect of

permitting more immature fruit in

shipments of Hawaii papayas than was

permitted before the requirements were

suspended in 1994. For instance, under

the inspection shipping point plan in

Table IIA of the Standards for Hawaii

Grown Papaya, the removal of the 5

percent tolerance could permit a lot of

papayas to include a maximum of 7

percent immature papayas. This would

not be an improvement in quality as

contemplated by the Committee.

Before proceeding further on this

recommendation, the Department needs

more information to clarify the basis of

the recommendation to remove the 5

percent tolerance. Reopening the

comment period to June 20, 2000,

would allow the Committee and other

interested persons more time to review

the proposed rule and submit

information to clarify the matter.

This delay should not substantially

add to the time required to complete

this rulemaking action. Accordingly, the

period in which to file written

comments is reopened until June 20,

2000. This notice is issued pursuant to

the Agricultural Marketing Agreement

Act of 1937.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Robert C. Keeney,

Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–13979 Filed 6–2–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 99–NM–98–AD]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Empresa

Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.

(EMBRAER) Model EMB–145 Series

Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Supplemental notice of

proposed rulemaking; reopening of

comment period.

SUMMARY: This document revises an

earlier proposed airworthiness directive

(AD), applicable to certain EMBRAER

Model EMB–145 series airplanes, that

would have required a one-time

ultrasonic inspection of the

maneuvering actuator piston rod of the

main landing gear (MLG) to ensure

adequate wall thickness of the piston

rods; and replacement of any discrepant

piston rod with a new piston rod. That

proposal was prompted by issuance of

mandatory continuing airworthiness

information by a foreign civil

airworthiness authority. This new

action revises the proposed rule by

removing all references to Change No.

01 of the referenced service bulletin.

The actions specified by this new

proposed AD are intended to prevent

failure of the maneuvering actuator

piston rod of the MLG, which would

impede retraction of the MLG and