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

10423 

Vol. 79, No. 37 

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 930 

[Docket No. AMS–FV–13–0097; FV14–930– 

1] 

Tart Cherries Grown in the States of 

Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Oregon, Utah, Washington and 

Wisconsin; Continuance Referendum 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Referendum order. 

SUMMARY: This document directs that a 

referendum be conducted among 

eligible growers and processors of tart 

cherries grown in the States of 

Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Oregon, Utah, Washington and 

Wisconsin to determine whether they 

favor continuance of the marketing 

order that regulates the handling of tart 

cherries produced in the production 

area. 

DATES: The referendum will be 

conducted from March 10 through 

March 28, 2014. To vote in this 

referendum, growers and processors 

must have produced or processed tart 

cherries within the designated 

production area during the period of 

July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the marketing 

order may be obtained from the 

referendum agents at 799 Overlook 

Drive, Winter Haven, FL 33884, 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: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennie M. Varela, Marketing Specialist, 

or Christian D. Nissen, Regional 

Director, Southeast Marketing Field 

Office, Marketing Order and Agreement 

Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, 

AMS, USDA, 799 Overlook Drive, 

Winter Haven, FL 33884; Telephone: 

(863) 324–3375, Fax: (863) 325–8793, or 

Email: Jennie.Varela@ams.usda.gov or 

Christian.Nissen@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Marketing Agreement and Order No. 

930, as amended (7 CFR Part 930), 

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 and processors. The referendum 

shall be conducted from March 10 

through March 28, 2014, among tart 

cherry growers and processors in the 

production area. Only tart cherry 

growers and processors currently 

engaged in the production or processing 

of tart cherries that produced or 

processed tart cherries during the period 

of July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2012, 

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. The order 

would continue in effect if at least 50 

percent of the growers and processors 

voting, by number or volume, vote in 

favor of continuance. In evaluating the 

merits of continuance versus 

termination, USDA will 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 growers, 

processors, and consumers in 

determining 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. 0581–0177 

(Tart Cherries Grown in the States of 

Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 

Wisconsin). It has been estimated that it 

will take an average of 20 minutes for 

each of the approximately 600 growers 

and 40 processors of tart cherries to cast 

a ballot. Participation is voluntary. 

Ballots postmarked after March 28, 

2014, will not be included in the vote 

tabulation. 

Jennie M. Varela 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 growers 

and processors of record and may also 

be obtained from the referendum agents, 

or from their appointees. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 930 

Marketing agreements, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Tart 

cherries. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

Dated: February 18, 2014. 

Rex A. Barnes, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–03908 Filed 2–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 945 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–13–0093; FV14–945–1 

PR] 

Irish Potatoes Grown in Certain 

Designated Counties in Idaho, and 

Malheur County, Oregon; Decreased 

Assessment Rate 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: This proposed rule would 

decrease the assessment rate established 

for the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Potato 

Committee (Committee) for the 2014– 

2015 and subsequent fiscal periods from 

$0.0045 to $0.0025 per hundredweight 

of potatoes handled. The Committee 

locally administers the marketing order, 

which regulates the handling of potatoes 

grown in certain designated counties in 


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