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

25986 

Vol. 72, No. 88 

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Parts 1000, 1001, 1005, 1006, 

1007, 1030, 1032, 1033, 1124, 1126 and 

1131 

[Docket Nos. AMS–DA–07–0026; AO–14– 

A77, et al.; DA–07–02] 

Milk in the Northeast and Other 

Marketing Areas; Reconvening of 

Hearing on Proposed Amendments to 

Tentative Marketing Agreements and 

Orders 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of 

reconvened public hearing on proposed 

rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

reconvening of the hearing which began 

on February 26, 2007, in Strongsville, 

Ohio, and initially reconvened on April 

9, 2007, in Indianapolis, Indiana, to 

consider proposals to amend the Class 

III and Class IV product price formulas 

applicable to all Federal milk marketing 

orders. 

DATES: The hearing will reconvene at 1 

p.m. on Monday, July 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The reconvened hearing 

will be held at the Sheraton Station 

Square Hotel, 300 West Station Square 

Drive, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219– 

1122, telephone: (412) 261–2000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

Rower, Marketing Specialist, Order 

Formulation and Enforcement Branch, 

USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, STOP 

0231—Room 2971, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, Washington, DC 20250–0231, 

(202) 720–2357, e-mail address 

jack.rower@usda.gov. 

Persons requiring a sign language 

interpreter or other special 

accommodations should contact Paul 

Huber, Assistant Market Administrator, 

at (330) 225–4758; e-mail 

phuber@fmmaclev.com before the 

hearing begins. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Prior Documents in This Proceeding 

Notice of Hearing: Issued February 5, 

2007; published February 9, 2007 (72 FR 

6179). 

Supplemental Hearing Notice: Issued 

February 14, 2007; published February 

20, 2007 (72 FR 7753). 

Initial Reconvened Hearing Notice: 

Issued March 15, 2007; published 

March 21, 2007 (72 FR 13219). 

Notice is hereby given that the 

hearing which was adjourned in 

Indianapolis, Indiana, April 9, 2007, by 

the Administrative Law Judge 

designated to hold said hearing and 

preside thereof, will reconvene in 

session at 1 p.m., July 9, 2007, at the 

Sheraton Station Square Hotel, 300 West 

Station Square Drive, Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania 15219. At the reconvened 

hearing, additional testimony will be 

received only on proposed amendments 

1 through 20, listed in the hearing 

notice (72 FR 6179) and the 

supplemental hearing notice (72 FR 

7753) to the tentative marketing 

agreements and to the orders regulating 

the handling of milk in the Northeast 

and other marketing areas. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Parts 1000, 

1001, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1030, 1032, 

1033, 1124, 1126 and 1131 

Milk marketing orders. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674, and 7253. 

Dated: May 2, 2007. 

Lloyd C. Day, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–2283 Filed 5–7–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Parts 1005, 1006 and 1007 

[AMS–DA–07–0059; AO–388–A22, AO–356– 

A43 and AO–366–A51; Docket No. DA–07– 

03] 

Milk in the Appalachian, Florida and 

Southeast Marketing Areas; Notice of 

Hearing on Proposed Amendments to 

Tentative Marketing Agreements and 

Orders 

7 CFR Part Marketing area AO Nos. 

1005 ........... Appalachian .... AO–388–A22 

7 CFR Part Marketing area AO Nos. 

1006 ........... Florida ............. AO–356–A43 

1007 ........... Southeast ....... AO–366–A51 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of public 

hearing on proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: A public hearing is being held 

to consider proposals seeking to amend 

certain pooling and related provisions of 

the Appalachian, Florida and Southeast 

orders. Proposals include temporarily 

adjusting the Class I pricing surface for 

each county within each of the three 

milk marketing orders until such time 

that the Department is able to 

comprehensively address the Class I 

pricing surface on a national scale. 

Proposals also include changing the 

diversion percentage limits, the 

producer delivery days and the 

transportation credit provisions of the 

Appalachian and Southeast orders. 

Other proposals would change the 

maximum rates for each of the three 

orders the market administrator may 

charge for the expense of administration 

of the order from 5 cents per 

hundredweight (cwt) up to 8 cents per 

cwt. Testimony will be taken to 

determine if any of the proposals should 

be handled on an emergency basis. 

DATES: The hearing will convene at 1 

p.m. on Monday, May, 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at 

the Sheraton Suites Tampa Airport, 

4400 W. Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 

33607, (813) 873–8675. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gino M. Tosi, Associate Deputy 

Administrator, Order Formulation and 

Enforcement Branch, USDA/AMS/Dairy 

Programs, STOP 0231—Room 2971–A, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0231. 

Gino.Tosi@usda.gov. 

Persons requiring a sign language 

interpreter or other special 

accommodations should contact Sue L. 

Mosley, Market Administrator, at (770) 

682–2501; e-mail 

smosley@fmmatlanta.com before the 

hearing begins. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

administrative action is governed by the 

provisions of Sections 556 and 557 of 

Title 5 of the United States Code and, 

therefore, is excluded from the 

requirements of Executive Order 12866. 


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