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Vol. 75, No. 223 

Friday, November 19, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

7 CFR Part 301 

[Docket No. APHIS–2009–0079] 

Karnal Bunt; Regulated Areas in 

Arizona, California, and Texas 

Correction 

In rule document 2010–28347 

beginning on page 68942 in the issue of 

Wednesday, November 10, 2010, make 

the following corrections: 

§ 301.89–3 [Corrected] 

1. On page 68945, in § 301.89–3 

paragraph (g), in the first column, under 

the California heading, in the 13th line, 

‘‘114.647877’’ should read 

‘‘–114.647877’’. 

a. In the second column, in the 20th 

line from the top, ‘‘114.603889’’ should 

read ‘‘–114.603889’’. 

b. In the 29th line from the bottom, 

‘‘D10–11’’ should read ‘‘D–10–11’’. 

c. In the 26th line from the bottom, 

‘‘D10–11’’ should read ‘‘D–10–11’’. 

d. In the 21st line from the bottom, 

‘‘114.623143’’ should read 

‘‘–114.623143’’. 

e. In the first line from the bottom, 

‘‘114.961526’’ should read 

‘‘–114.961526’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2010–28347 Filed 11–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

7 CFR Part 1405 

RIN 0560–AI00 

Commodity Assessments; Loans, 

Purchases, and Other Operations 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule; technical 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) is amending 

regulations as required by the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(the 2008 Farm Bill) to remove a 

provision concerning CCC fees for 

administrative costs to collect 

commodity assessments. The 2008 Farm 

Bill prohibits CCC from collecting these 

fees. As a result of this amendment, 

CCC, rather than States or commodity 

associations, will absorb the 

administrative costs of implementing 

and modifying commodity assessment 

collections. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 19, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frankie Coln, Price Support Division, 

Farm Service Agency (FSA), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), Mail 

Stop 0512, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–0512; 

telephone (202) 720–9011; fax (202) 

690–3307; e-mail, 

Frankie.coln@wdc.usda.gov. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means for communication 

(Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) 

should contact the USDA Target Center 

at 202–720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1616 of the 2008 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110– 

246) prohibits CCC from charging any 

fee or related cost for the collection of 

commodity assessments. Therefore, this 

rule removes a provision relating to 

such fees. CCC has already implemented 

this policy and is not charging such 

fees. 

Many States charge assessments on 

commodities marketed in that State and 

use the assessment to fund State level 

agricultural promotion activities. CCC 

has agreements with States to collect the 

assessments. When authorized by State 

law, CCC deducts the assessment from 

the proceeds of a Marketing Assistance 

Loan (MAL) on behalf of the State. In 

the past, CCC has charged fees to cover 

the administrative costs of collecting the 

assessment, including costs to modify 

the rate of the assessment or to develop 

the automation software to begin the 

collection of a newly mandated 

commodity assessment. The agreement 

between CCC and the States has 

required the States to indemnify CCC for 

the administrative costs of collecting the 

assessments. 

CCC will continue to collect 

commodity assessments as part of the 

MAL program, but is no longer charging 

fees for the administrative costs. 

Therefore, the cost to MAL customers 

for CCC’s administration of commodity 

assessments has decreased to zero. CCC 

estimates that this will save producers, 

their marketing associations, and the 

States about $15,000 per year. 

Notice and Comment 

These regulations are exempt from the 

notice and comment requirements of the 

Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 

553), as specified in section 1601(c) of 

the 2008 Farm Bill, which requires that 

the regulations be promulgated and 

administered without regard to the 

notice and comment provisions of 

Section 553 of title 5 of the United 

States Code or the Statement of Policy 

of the Secretary of Agriculture effective 

July 24, 1971 (36 FR 13804) relating to 

notices of proposed rulemaking and 

public participation in rulemaking. 

Executive Order 12866 

This final rule has been designated as 

not significant under Executive Order 

12866 and has not been reviewed by the 

Office of Management and Budget. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This rule is not subject to the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act since CCC is 

not required to publish a notice of 

proposed rulemaking for this rule. 

Environmental Evaluation 

The environmental impacts of this 

rule have been considered in a manner 

consistent with the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the 

regulations of the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508), and FSA regulations for 

compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part 

799). The change to the regulations 


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