[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 6138-6139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3285]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 980

[Docket No. FV96-980-1 PR]


Vegetables; Import Regulations; Reopening of Comment Period for 
Filing Written Comments on Removal of Banana and Fingerling Types of 
Potatoes and Exemption of Potatoes for Potato Salad From the Potato 
Import Regulation

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening comment period.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the comment period on the proposed 
removal of banana and fingerling types of potatoes and exemption of 
potatoes for potato salad from the potato import

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regulation is reopened until March 13, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be received by March 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
concerning this proposal. Comments must be sent in triplicate to the 
Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, room 2525-S, 
P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456, Fax Number (202) 720-5698. 
All comments should reference the docket number and the date and page 
number of this issue of the Federal Register and will be available for 
public inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular 
business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Tichenor, Marketing Order 
Administration Branch, F&V, AMS, USDA, room 2525-S, P.O. Box 96456, 
Washington, DC 20090-6456: telephone: (202) 720-6862. Small businesses 
may request information on compliance with this proposed regulation by 
contacting: Jay Guerber, Marketing Order Information Branch, Fruit and 
Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, room 2525-S, Washington, 
DC 20090-6456; telephone: (202) 720-2491; Fax number: (202) 720-5698.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule was issued on December 23, 
1996, and published in the Federal Register (61 FR 67499). The proposed 
rule would: (1) Remove banana/fingerling potatoes from provisions of 
the potato import regulation (import regulation) and; (2) reclassify 
potatoes used to make fresh potato salad as potatoes for processing. 
The comment period ended January 22, 1997.
    The National Potato Council (Council) requested that additional 
time be provided for interested persons to analyze the proposed rule. 
The Council stated that members of the industry need additional time to 
review all available information before making final comments on the 
proposed rule. Reopening the comment period to March 13, 1997, would 
allow the Council and other interested persons more time to review the 
proposed rule, perform a more complete analysis, and submit any written 
comments.
    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 March 13, 1997. This notice is 
issued pursuant to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.

    Dated: February 5, 1997.
Robert C. Keeney,
Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.
[FR Doc. 97-3285 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am]
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