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

19501 

Vol. 79, No. 68 

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 920 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–14–0020; FV14–920–1 

CR] 

Kiwifruit Grown in California; 

Continuance Referendum 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Referendum order. 

SUMMARY: This document directs that a 

referendum be conducted among 

eligible California kiwifruit growers to 

determine whether they favor 

continuance of the marketing order 

regulating the handling of kiwifruit 

grown in California. 

DATES: The referendum will be 

conducted from May 15 through May 

30, 2014. To vote in this referendum, 

growers must have produced kiwifruit 

in California during the period August 

1, 2012, through July 31, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the marketing 

order may be obtained from the 

California Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 

AMS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

2202 Monterey Street, Suite 102B, 

Fresno, California 93721–3129, or the 

Office of the Docket Clerk, Marketing 

Order and Agreement Division, Fruit 

and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 

0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237, or 

Internet: http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathie Notoro, Marketing Specialist, or 

Martin Engeler, Regional Director, 

California Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 

AMS, USDA; Telephone: (559) 487– 

5901, Fax: (559) 487–5906, or Email: 

Kathie.Notoro@ams.usda.gov or 

Martin.Engeler@ams.usda.gov, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Marketing Order No. 920, as amended 

(7 CFR part 920), hereinafter referred to 

as the ‘‘order,’’ and the applicable 

provisions of the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 601–674), hereinafter referred to 

as the ‘‘Act,’’ it is hereby directed that 

a referendum be conducted to ascertain 

whether continuance of the order is 

favored by growers. The referendum 

shall be conducted from May 15 through 

May 30, 2014, among eligible California 

kiwifruit growers. Only current growers 

that were also engaged in the 

production of kiwifruit in California 

during the period of August 1, 2012, 

through July 31, 2013, may participate 

in the continuance referendum. 

USDA has determined that 

continuance referenda are an effective 

means for determining whether growers 

favor the continuation of marketing 

order programs. USDA would consider 

termination of the order if more than 

fifty percent of the growers voting in the 

referendum and growers of more than 

fifty percent of the volume of California 

kiwifruit represented in the referendum 

favor termination of their program. In 

evaluating the merits of continuance 

versus termination, USDA will consider 

the results of the continuance 

referendum and other relevant 

information regarding operation of the 

order. USDA will also consider the 

order’s relative benefits and 

disadvantages to growers, handlers, and 

consumers to determine whether 

continuing the order would tend to 

effectuate the declared policy of the Act. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

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

Chapter 35), the ballot materials used in 

the referendum herein ordered have 

been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), under 

OMB No. 0581–0189, Generic Fruit 

Crops. It has been estimated that it will 

take an average of 20 minutes for each 

of the approximately 173 growers of 

California kiwifruit to cast a ballot. 

Participation is voluntary. Ballots 

postmarked after May 30, 2014, will not 

be included in the vote tabulation. 

Kathie Notoro and Rose Aguayo of the 

California Marketing Field Office, Fruit 

and Vegetable Program, 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 920 

Marketing agreements, Nuts, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Kiwifruit. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

Dated: April 4, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–07980 Filed 4–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

10 CFR Part 50 

[Docket Nos. PRM–50–104; NRC–2012– 

0046] 

Emergency Planning Zones 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Petition for rulemaking; denial. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is denying a petition 

for rulemaking (PRM), dated February 

15, 2012, which was filed with the NRC 

by Michael Mariotte on behalf of the 

Nuclear Information and Resource 

Service (NIRS or the petitioner) and 37 

co-petitioners. The petitioner requested 

that the NRC amend its regulations that 

govern domestic licensing of production 

and utilization facilities to expand 

existing emergency planning zones 

(EPZ) around nuclear power plants, 

create a new EPZ, and require the 

incorporation of concurrent natural 

disasters in the required periodic 

emergency plan drills. The NRC is 

denying the petition because the NRC 

concludes that the current size of the 

emergency planning zones is 

appropriate for existing reactors and 

that emergency plans will provide an 

adequate level of protection of the 

public health and safety in the event of 

an accident at a nuclear power plant. 

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