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Vol. 75, No. 6 

Monday, January 11, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 980 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–08–0018; FV08–980–1 C] 

Vegetable Import Regulations; 

Modification of Potato Import 

Regulations; Correction 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Final rule; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service is correcting a final rule that 

appeared in the Federal Register of 

December 10, 2009. The rule modified 

the import regulations for Irish potatoes 

and made minor administrative changes 

to the potato, onion, and tomato import 

regulations to update informational 

references. This document corrects two 

Code of Federal Regulation citations in 

the informational references that were 

cited incorrectly. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 11, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barry Broadbent or Gary D. Olson, 

Northwest Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA, 1220 SW. Third Avenue, 

Suite 385, Portland, OR 97204; 

Telephone: (503) 326–2724, Fax: (503) 

326–7440, or E-mail: 

Barry.Broadbent@usda.gov or 

GaryD.Olson@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 

AMS–FV–08–0018; FV08–980–1 FR in 

the Federal Register of Thursday, 

December 10, 2009 (74 FR 65390), the 

following corrections are made: 

§ 980.117 [Corrected] 

■ 1. On page 65394, in the second 

column, amendatory instruction 5(c) is 

revised to read ‘‘Amend paragraph (h) by 

removing the references ‘(7 CFR 

2851.3195 through 2851.3209),’ ‘(7 CFR 

2851.3955 through 2851.3970),’ and ‘(7 

CFR 2851.2830 through 2851.2854)’ and 

by adding in their places the references 

‘(7 CFR 51.3195 through 51.3209),’ ‘(7 

CFR 51.3955 through 51.3970),’ and ‘(7 

CFR 51.2830 through 51.2854)’, 

respectively.’’ 

Dated: January 6, 2010. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–314 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 993 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–09–0048; FV09–993–1 

FIR] 

Dried Prunes Produced in California; 

Decreased Assessment Rate 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Affirmation of interim final rule 

as final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) is adopting, as a 

final rule, without change, an interim 

final rule that decreased the assessment 

rate established for the Prune Marketing 

Committee (Committee), for the 2009–10 

and subsequent crop years from $0.30 to 

$0.16 per ton of salable dried prunes. 

The Committee locally administers the 

marketing order that regulates the 

handling of dried prunes in California. 

The interim final rule was necessary to 

align the Committee’s expected revenue 

with decreases in its proposed budget 

for the 2009–10 and subsequent crop 

years, which began on August 1. The 

assessment rate will remain in effect 

indefinitely unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 12, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Debbie Wray, Marketing Specialist, or 

Kurt J. Kimmel, Regional Manager, 

California Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA; Telephone: (559) 487– 

5901, Fax: (559) 487–5906, or E-mail: 

Debbie.Wray@ams.usda.gov or 

Kurt.Kimmel@ams.usda.gov. 

Small businesses may obtain 

information on complying with this, 

and other marketing order and 

agreement regulations by viewing a 

guide at the following Web site: 

http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/

ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=

TemplateN&page=MarketingOrders

SmallBusinessGuide; or by contacting 

Jay Guerber, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

0237, Washington, DC 20250–0237; 

Telephone: (202) 720–2491, Fax: (202) 

720–8938, or E-mail: 

Jay.Guerber@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule 

is issued under Marketing Agreement 

No. 110 and Marketing Order No. 993, 

both as amended (7 CFR part 993), 

regulating the handling of dried prunes 

grown in California, hereinafter referred 

to as the ‘‘order.’’ The order is effective 

under the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 

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

as the ‘‘Act.’’ 

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is issuing this rule in 

conformance with Executive Order 

12866. 

Under the order, California dried 

prune handlers are subject to 

assessments, which provide funds to 

administer the order. Assessment rates 

issued under the order are intended to 

be applicable to all assessable salable 

dried prunes for the entire crop year, 

and continue indefinitely until 

amended, suspended, or terminated. 

The Committee’s fiscal period begins on 

August 1 and ends on July 31. 

In an interim final rule published in 

the Federal Register on September 9, 

2009, and effective on September 10, 

2009 (74 FR 46310, Doc. No. AMS–FV– 

09–0048; FV09–993–1 IFR), § 993.347 

was amended by decreasing the 

assessment rate established for the 

Committee for the 2009–10 and 

subsequent crop years from $0.30 to 

$0.16 per ton of California salable dried 

prunes. The decrease in the per-ton 

assessment rate was possible due to 

significant decreases in operating 

expenses and contingencies, and a 

significant increase in the crop estimate 

for the 2009–10 crop year. 

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