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

71031 

Vol. 79, No. 230 

Monday, December 1, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 915 

[Docket No. AMS–FV–14–0080; FV15–915– 

1 CR] 

Avocados Grown in South Florida; 

Continuance Referendum 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Referendum order. 

SUMMARY: This document directs that a 

referendum be conducted among 

eligible producers of avocados grown in 

South Florida to determine whether 

they favor continuance of the marketing 

order regulating the handling of 

avocados grown in the production area. 

DATES: The referendum will be 

conducted from January 12 through 

January 27, 2015. To vote in this 

referendum, producers must have 

produced Florida avocados within the 

designated production area during the 

period April 1, 2013, through March 31, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the marketing 

order may be obtained from the 

referendum agents at 1124 First Street 

South, Winter Haven, FL 33880, 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; Fax: 

(202) 720–8938; or Internet: 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Jamieson, Marketing Specialist, or 

Christian D. Nissen, Regional Director, 

Southeast Marketing Field Office, 

Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 

AMS, USDA, 1124 First Street South, 

Winter Haven, FL 33880; Telephone: 

(863) 324–3375, Fax: (863) 291–8614, or 

Email: Doris.Jamieson@ams.usda.gov or 

Christian.Nissen@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Marketing Order No. 915, as amended 

(7 CFR part 915), 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 producers. The referendum 

shall be conducted from January 12 

through January 27, 2015, among 

Florida avocados growers in the 

production area. Only Florida avocado 

producers that were engaged in the 

production of Florida avocado, during 

the period of April 1, 2013, through 

March 31, 2014, may participate in the 

continuance referendum. 

USDA has determined that 

continuance referenda are an effective 

means for determining whether 

producers favor the continuation of 

marketing order programs. USDA would 

consider termination of the order if less 

than two-thirds of the producers voting 

in the referendum and less than twothirds of the volume of Florida avocados 

represented in the referendum favor 

continuance. In evaluating the merits of 

continuance versus termination, USDA 

will not exclusively consider the results 

of the continuance referendum. USDA 

will also consider all other relevant 

information concerning the operation of 

the order and the relative benefits and 

disadvantages to producers, handlers, 

and consumers in order to determine 

whether continued operation of 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. 3501– 

3520), the ballot materials to be used in 

the referendum have been submitted to 

and approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) and 

have been assigned 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 300 producers of Florida 

avocados to cast a ballot. Participation 

is voluntary. Ballots postmarked after 

January 27, 2015, will not be included 

in the vote tabulation. 

Doris Jamieson and Christian D. 

Nissen of the Southeast 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 producers 

of record and may also be obtained from 

the referendum agents, or from their 

appointees. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 915 

Avocados, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

Dated: November 25, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–28288 Filed 11–28–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0766; Directorate 

Identifier 2013–NE–26–AD] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Pratt & 

Whitney Canada Corp. Turboprop 

Engines 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: We propose to revise 

airworthiness directive (AD) 2014–17– 

08 that applies to all Pratt & Whitney 

Canada Corp. (P&WC) PT6A–114 and 

PT6A–114A turboprop engines. AD 

2014–17–08 requires initial and 

repetitive borescope inspections (BSIs) 

of compressor turbine (CT) blades, and 

the removal from service of blades that 

fail inspection. Since we issued AD 

2014–17–08, P&WC developed an 

additional single crystal CT blade that 

corrects the unsafe condition. This 

proposed AD would retain all the 

requirements of AD 2014–17–08, add an 

additional single crystal CT blade that 

corrects the unsafe condition, reduce 

the affected population, and correct the 

Credit for Previous Action paragraph. 


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