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Vol. 76, No. 104 

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[AMS–FV–11–0043; FV11–916/917–6] 

Nectarines and Peaches Grown in 

California; Notice of Withdrawal 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS) is withdrawing the 

notice soliciting comments on its 

request for approval to use new forms to 

collect information related to the 

Federal marketing orders for nectarines 

and peaches grown in California 

(orders). Continuance referenda were 

conducted among growers of California 

nectarines and peaches in January and 

February 2011. Fewer than two-thirds of 

participating growers, by number and 

production volume, voted in favor of 

continuing the nectarine and peach 

orders. USDA has suspended the 

quality, inspection, reporting, and 

assessment requirements under the 

orders (76 FR 21615), effective April 19, 

2011. USDA intends to seek termination 

of the orders. 

DATES: Effective date: May 31, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Hatch, Supervisory Marketing 

Specialist, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

0237, Room 1406–S, Washington, DC 

20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720– 

6862, Fax: (202) 720–8938, Email: 

andrew.hatch@ams.usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on this notice by contacting 

Antoinette Carter, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 

0237, Room 1406–S, Washington, DC 

20250–0237; Telephone (202) 690–3919, 

Fax: (202) 720–8938, or Email: 

antoinette.carter@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Marketing 

Order Nos. 916 and 917, both as 

amended (7 CFR Parts 916 and 917), 

regulate the handling of nectarines and 

peaches grown in California, and are 

effective under the Agricultural 

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 601–604; ‘‘Act’’). The 

Federal programs for nectarines and 

peaches are administered through a 

partnership between the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) and 

the Reedley, CA-based California Tree 

Fruit Agreement (CTFA). The Nectarine 

Commodity Committee and the Peach 

Commodity Committee make up a part 

of the CTFA. 

On February 25, 2011, a notice 

requesting comments on the use of five 

new forms to collect information was 

published in the Federal Register (76 

FR 10555) with a comment period 

ending on April 26, 2011. 

Continuance referenda were 

conducted among growers of California 

nectarines and peaches in January and 

February 2011. Fewer than two-thirds of 

participating growers, by number and 

production volume, voted in favor of 

continuing the nectarine and peach 

orders. USDA has suspended the 

quality, inspection, reporting, and 

assessment requirements under the 

orders (76 FR 21615), effective April 19, 

2011. USDA intends to initiate 

termination of the orders. 

Consequently, the forms that were 

proposed to be used are no longer 

needed. The Agency has decided not to 

proceed with the action. Therefore, the 

notice published on February 25, 2011 

(76 FR 10555) is withdrawn. 

Dated: May 24, 2011. 

Rayne Pegg, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2011–13482 Filed 5–27–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

WTO Agricultural Safeguard Trigger 

Levels 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated 

quantity trigger levels for products 

which may be subject to additional 

import duties under the safeguard 

provisions of the WTO Agreement on 

Agriculture. This notice also includes 

the relevant period applicable for the 

trigger levels on each of the listed 

products. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 31, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and 

Export Reporting Division, Office of 

Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Stop 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1021; or by 

telephone at: (202) 720–0638; or by email at: itspd@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 

of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture 

provides that additional import duties 

may be imposed on imports of products 

subject to tariffication as a result of the 

Uruguay Round, if certain conditions 

are met. The agreement permits 

additional duties to be charged if the 

price of an individual shipment of 

imported products falls below the 

average price for similar goods imported 

during the years 1986–88 by a specified 

percentage. It also permits additional 

duties to be imposed if the volume of 

imports of an article exceeds the average 

of the most recent 3 years for which data 

are available by 5, 10, or 25 percent, 

depending on the article. These 

additional duties may not be imposed 

on quantities for which minimum or 

current access commitments were made 

during the Uruguay Round negotiations, 

and only one type of safeguard, price or 

quantity, may be applied at any given 

time to an article. 

Section 405 of the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act requires that the 

President cause to be published in the 

Federal Register information regarding 

the price and quantity safeguards, 

including the quantity trigger levels, 

which must be updated annually based 

upon import levels during the most 

recent 3 years. The President delegated 

this duty to the Secretary of Agriculture 

in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763, 

dated December 23, 1994, 60 FR 1005 

(Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of 

Agriculture further delegated the duty to 

the Administrator of the Foreign 

Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.43(a)(2) 

(2007)). The Annex to this notice 

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