Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 188 / Wednesday, September 27, 2000 / Rules and Regulations 57943

There are approximately 20 handlers

of California raisins who are subject to

regulation under the order and

approximately 4,500 raisin producers in

the regulated area. Small agricultural

firms are defined by the Small Business

Administration (13 CFR 121.201) as

those having annual receipts of less than

$5,000,000, and small agricultural

producers are defined as those having

annual receipts of less than $500,000.

Thirteen of the 20 handlers subject to

regulation have annual sales estimated

to be at least $5,000,000, and the

remaining 7 handlers have sales less

than $5,000,000, excluding receipts

from any other sources. No more than 7

handlers, and a majority of producers, of

California raisins may be classified as

small entities, excluding receipts from

other sources.

This rule decreases the assessment

rate established for the Committee and

collected from handlers for the 2000–01

and subsequent crop years from $8.50 to

$6.50 per ton of assessable raisins

acquired by handlers. The Committee

unanimously recommended 2000–01

expenses of $2,145,000. Major

expenditures include $660,500 for

export program administration and

related activities, $477,700 for salaries,

$476,300 for contingencies, and

$160,000 for compliance activities.

Budgeted expenses for these items in

1999–2000 were $549,500, $425,000,

$506,250, and $200,000, respectively.

With anticipated assessable tonnage at

330,000 tons, about 23,300 tons higher

than last year’s actual assessed tonnage,

sufficient income should be generated at

the $6.50 per ton assessment rate to

meet expenses. Pursuant to § 989.81(a)

of the order, any unexpended

assessment funds from the crop year

must be credited or refunded to the

handlers from whom collected.

The industry considered various

alternative assessment rates prior to

arriving at the $6.50 per ton

recommendation. The Committee’s

Audit Subcommittee met on August 8,

2000, to review preliminary budget

information. The subcommittee

considered keeping the assessment rate

at $8.50 per ton. However, this would

have generated a projected $1 million in

excess funds. The subcommittee

considered reducing the rate to $7.50

per ton and ultimately recommended

that rate to the Committee at its meeting

on August 15, 2000. Other options were

discussed at the Committee meeting,

including decreasing the rate to $5.00

per ton. After much deliberation, the

Committee voted to decrease the

assessment rate to $6.50 per ton.

A review of statistical data on the

California raisin industry indicates that

assessment revenue has consistently

been less than one percent of grower

revenue in recent years. Although no

official estimates or data are available

for the upcoming season, it is

anticipated that assessment revenue will

likely continue to be less than one

percent of grower revenue in the 2000–

2001 crop year, especially with the 24

percent decrease in the assessment rate.

Regarding the impact of this action on

affected entities, this action decreases

the assessment rate imposed on

handlers. Assessments are applied

uniformly on all handlers, and some of

the costs may be passed on to

producers. However, decreasing the

assessment rate reduces the burden on

handlers, and may reduce the burden on

producers.

In addition, the Audit Subcommittee’s

meeting on August 8, 2000, and the

Committee’s meeting on August 15,

2000, where this action was deliberated

were public meetings widely publicized

throughout the raisin industry. All

interested persons were invited to

attend the meetings and participate in

the industry’s deliberations. Finally, all

interested persons are invited to submit

information on the regulatory and

information impact of this action on

small businesses.

This rule imposes no additional

reporting or recordkeeping requirements

on either small or large raisin handlers.

As with all Federal marketing order

programs, reports and forms are

periodically reviewed to reduce

information requirements and

duplication by industry and public

sectors agencies. Finally, the

Department has not identified any

relevant Federal rules that duplicate,

overlap, or conflict with this rule.

A small business guide on complying

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop

marketing agreements and orders may

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/

fv/moab.html. Any questions about the

compliance guide should be sent to Jay

Guerber at the previously mentioned

address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section.

After consideration of all relevant

material presented, including the

information and recommendation

submitted by the Committee and other

available information, it is hereby found

that this rule, as hereinafter set forth,

will tend to effectuate the declared

policy of the Act.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, it is also

found and determined upon good cause

that it is impracticable, unnecessary,

and contrary to the public interest to

give preliminary notice prior to putting

this rule into effect, and that good cause

exists for not postponing the effective

date of this rule until 30 days after

publication in the Federal Register

because: (1) The 2000–01 crop year

began on August 1, 2000, and the order

requires that the rate of assessment for

each crop year apply to all assessable

raisins acquired during the year; (2) this

action decreases the assessment rate; (3)

handlers are aware of this action which

was unanimously recommended at a

public meeting and is similar to other

assessment rate actions issued in past

years; and (4) this rule provides a 60-

day comment period, and all comments

timely received will be considered prior

to finalization of this rule.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 989

Grapes, Marketing agreements,

Raisins, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 7 CFR part 989 is amended as

followed:

PART 989—RAISINS PRODUCED

FROM GRAPES GROWN IN

CALIFORNIA

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR

part 989 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

2. Section 989.347 is revised to read

as follows:

§ 989.347 Assessment rate.

On and after August 1, 2000, an

assessment rate of $6.50 per ton is

established for assessable raisins

produced from grapes grown in

California.

Dated: September 21, 2000.

Eric M. Forman,

Acting Deputy Administrator, Fruit and

Vegetable Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–24776 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 CFR Part 245

[INS No. 2048–00]

RIN 1115–AF75

National Interest Waivers for Second

Preference Employment-Based

Immigrant Physicians Serving in

Medically Underserved Areas or at

Department of Veterans Affairs

Facilities; Correction

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization

Service, Justice.

ACTION: Correction to interim rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule contains a

correction to an Immigration and

Naturalization Service (Service) interim

rule, published in the Federal Register

on Wednesday, September 6, 2000, at 65

FR 53889. The interim rule established

the procedure under which a physician

may obtain a waiver of the job offer

requirement that applies to alien

beneficiaries of second preference

employment-based immigrant visa

petitions if the physician is willing to

practice full-time in an area designated

by the Secretary of Health and Human

Services as having a shortage of health

care professionals, or in a facility

operated by the Department of Veterans

Affairs.

DATES: The interim rule is effective

October 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Howie, Headquarters

Adjudications Officer, Adjudications

Division, Immigration and

Naturalization Service, 425 I Street, NW,

Room 3040, Washington, DC 20536,

telephone (202) 353–8177.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Service published an interim rule in the

Federal Register on September 6, 2000,

at 65 FR 53889. In the interim rule there

is a reference to ‘‘§ 204(n) of this

chapter’’ the reference should have been

to ‘‘§ 204.12(a) of this chapter.’’

Corrections

In rule document 00–22832 beginning

on page 53889 in the issue of

Wednesday, September 6, 2000, make

the following correction:

§ 245.18 [Corrected]

On page 53896, in the second column,

under paragraph (i), on the 8th line, the

reference to ‘‘§ 204(n)’’ should be

revised to read: ‘‘§ 204.12(a)’’.

Dated: September 21, 2000.

Doris Meissner,

Commissioner, Immigration and

Naturalization Service.

[FR Doc. 00–24698 Filed 9–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4410–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 39

[Docket No. 2000–NM–312–AD; Amendment

39–11914; AD 2000–20–03]

RIN 2120–AA64

Airworthiness Directives; Bombardier

Model CL–600–2B19 Series Airplanes

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Final rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This amendment adopts a

new airworthiness directive (AD) that is

applicable to certain Bombardier Model

CL–600–2B19 series airplanes. This

action requires installation of shields for

the aileron quadrants in the wheel bay

of the main landing gear (MLG). This

action is necessary to prevent the

accumulation of water, ice, or slush on

the aileron quadrants and control cable

pulleys in the wheel bay of the MLG,

which could freeze and result in

reduced controllability of the airplane.

This action is intended to address the

identified unsafe condition.

DATES: Effective October 2, 2000.

The incorporation by reference of

certain publications listed in the

regulations is approved by the Director

of the Federal Register as of October 2,

2000.

Comments for inclusion in the Rules

Docket must be received on or before

October 27, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in

triplicate to the Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), Transport

Airplane Directorate, ANM–114,

Attention: Rules Docket No. 2000–NM–

312–AD, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,

Renton, Washington 98055–4056.

Comments may be inspected at this

location between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays. Comments may be

submitted via fax to (425) 227–1232.

Comments may also be sent via the

Internet using the following address: 9-

anm-iarcomment@faa.gov. Comments

sent via fax or the Internet must contain

‘‘Docket No. 2000–NM–312–AD’’ in the

subject line and need not be submitted

in triplicate. Comments sent via the

Internet as attached electronic files must

be formatted in Microsoft Word 97 for

Windows or ASCII text.

The service information referenced in

this AD may be obtained from

Bombardier, Inc., Canadair, Aerospace

Group, P.O. Box 6087, Station Centreville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3G9,

Canada. This information may be

examined at the FAA, Transport

Airplane Directorate, 1601 Lind

Avenue, SW., Renton, Washington; or at

the FAA, New York Aircraft

Certification Office, 10 Fifth Street,

Third Floor, Valley Stream, New York;

or at the Office of the Federal Register,

800 North Capitol Street, NW., suite

700, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel Parrillo, Aerospace Engineer,

Airframe and Propulsion Branch, ANE–

172, FAA, New York Aircraft

Certification Office, 10 Fifth Street,

Third Floor, Valley Stream, New York

11581; telephone (516) 256–7505; fax

(516) 568–2716.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Transport Canada Civil Aviation

(TCCA), which is the airworthiness

authority for Canada, recently notified

the FAA that an unsafe condition may

exist on certain Bombardier Model CL–

600–2B19 series airplanes. The TCAA

advises that it has received reports of

stiffness of the aileron controls

following take-off from a snow and

slush covered runway. It is suspected

that water, ice, or slush accumulated on

the aileron quadrants and control cable

pulleys in the wheel bay of the main

landing gear (MLG) during the ground

roll, and then froze during the climb to

cruise altitude. Upon descent to lower

altitude, normal aileron control was

restored and the airplane landed safely.

Such accumulation of water, ice, or

slush on the aileron quadrants and

control cable pulleys in the wheel bay

of the main landing gear could result in

reduced controllability of the airplane.

Explanation of Relevant Service

Information

Bombardier has issued Service

Bulletin 601R–27–104, dated October

15, 1999, which describes procedures

for the installation of splash shields for

the aileron quadrants in the wheel bay

of the MLG. Accomplishment of the

action specified in the service bulletin

is intended to adequately address the

identified unsafe condition. The TCAA

classified this service bulletin as

mandatory and issued Canadian

airworthiness directive CF–2000–28,

dated August 28, 2000, in order to

assure the continued airworthiness of

these airplanes in Canada.

FAA’s Conclusions

This airplane model is manufactured

in Canada and is type certificated for

operation in the United States under the

provisions of section 21.29 of the

Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR

21.29) and the applicable bilateral

airworthiness agreement. Pursuant to

this bilateral airworthiness agreement,

the TCAA has kept the FAA informed

of the situation described above. The

FAA has examined the findings of the

TCAA, reviewed all available

information, and determined that AD

action is necessary for products of this

type design that are certificated for

operation in the United States.

Explanation of Requirements of Rule

Since an unsafe condition has been

identified that is likely to exist or

develop on other airplanes of the same