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million pounds of cherries would not be

removed from the domestic market this

season, depressing grower returns for all

cherries. The marketing order was

designed to increase grower returns by

stabilizing supplies with demand as

well as stabilizing prices and creating a

more orderly and predictable marketing

environment. Expanding markets and

developing new products is key to

meeting this marketing order’s goals.

Not granting exemptions and

diversion credit for exports to countries

other than Canada, Mexico, and Japan

was also discussed at Board meetings.

However, the Board expressed that this

recommendation is very important to

creating stable conditions in the export

marketplace this season and would

encourage future market growth. The

Board further stated that such action

will improve returns to growers because

of the tremendous growth in the export

market this season. Exemptions and

diversion credit have been addressed in

other rulemaking actions.

As mentioned earlier, USDA’s

‘‘Guidelines for Fruit, Vegetable, and

Specialty Crop Marketing Orders’’

specify that 110 percent of recent years’

sales should be made available to

primary markets each season before

recommendations for volume regulation

are approved. The quantity available

under this rule is 110 percent of the

quantity shipped in the prior three

years.

The free and restricted percentages

proposed to be established by this rule

release the optimum supply and apply

uniformly to all regulated handlers in

the industry, regardless of size. There

are no known additional costs incurred

by small handlers that are not incurred

by large handlers. The stabilizing effects

of the percentages impact all handlers

positively by helping them maintain

and expand markets, despite seasonal

supply fluctuations. Likewise, price

stability positively impacts all

producers by allowing them to better

anticipate the revenues their tart

cherries will generate.

USDA has not identified any relevant

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or

conflict with this proposed regulation.

While the level of benefits of this

rulemaking are difficult to quantify, the

stabilizing effects of the volume

regulations impact both small and large

handlers positively by helping them

maintain markets even though tart

cherry supplies fluctuate widely from

season to season.

Interested persons are invited to

submit information on the regulatory

and informational impacts of this action

on small businesses.

Paperwork Reduction

In compliance with Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations (5 CFR part 1320) which

implement the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), the

information collection and

recordkeeping requirements have been

previously approved by OMB and the

assigned OMB Number 0581–0177.

There are some reporting,

recordkeeping and other compliance

requirements under the marketing order.

The reporting and recordkeeping

burdens are necessary for compliance

purposes and for developing statistical

data for maintenance of the program.

The forms related to handler diversion

and handlers meeting restricted

percentage obligations (i.e., Inventory

Reserve Summary, Cherries Acquired

From Producers, Handler Reserve Plan

and Final Pack Report, and Inventory

Location Report) have received approval

by OMB. The forms require information

which is readily available from handler

records and which can be provided

without data processing equipment or

trained statistical staff. It was

anticipated that as many as 45 handlers

might be regulated if volume regulations

are established. Many reports are

submitted a single time each season,

while some are submitted more

frequently. In addition, the bulk of the

information handlers must report is

obtained during the normal course of

their business operations. It would take

handlers approximately 15 minutes per

report to complete for a total of 60

minutes per handler and approximately

2,700 minutes annually for the

estimated 45 handlers. As with other,

similar marketing order programs,

reports and forms are periodically

studied to reduce or eliminate duplicate

information collection burdens by

industry and public sector agencies.

This proposed rule does not change

those requirements.

A 15-day comment period is provided

to allow interested persons to respond

to this proposal. Fifteen days is deemed

appropriate because this rule needs to

be in place as soon as possible since

handlers are currently marketing 1997–

98 crop tart cherries and this action

should be taken promptly to achieve the

intended purpose of making the

optimum supply quantity computed by

the Board available to handlers. All

written comments timely received will

be considered before a final

determination is made on this matter.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 930

Marketing agreements, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Tart

cheeries.

For the reasons set forth in the

preamble, 7 CFR part 930 is proposed to

be amended as follows:

PART 930—TART CHERRIES GROWN

IN THE STATES OF MICHIGAN, NEW

YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, OREGON,

UTAH, WASHINGTON, AND

WISCONSIN

1. The authority citation for 7 CFR

part 930 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

2. A new Subpart—Supplementary

Regulations consisting of § 930.250 is

added to read as follows:

Note: This subpart will consist of handling

regulations which will not appear in the

annual Code of Federal Regulations.

Subpart—Supplementary Regulations

§ 930.250 Final free and restricted

percentages for the 1997–98 crop year.

The final percentages for tart cherries

handled by handlers in volume

regulated districts during the crop year

beginning on July 1, 1997, which shall

be free and restricted, respectively, are

designated as follows: Free percentage,

55 percent and restricted percentage, 45

percent. Restricted percentage

obligations must be satisfied on or

before the effective date of this rule. A

grace period of 30 days will be allowed

for handlers to segregate and

appropriately document any tonnage

they wish to place in the inventory

reserve and to assemble any applicable

diversion certificates.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Robert C. Keeney,

Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable

Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–1429 Filed 1–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

10 CFR Part 50

[Docket No. PRM–50–63A]

Peter G. Crane; Receipt of an Amended

Petition for Rulemaking, Extension of

Comment Period

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Amended petition for

rulemaking: extension of comment

period.
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SUMMARY: On December 17, 1997 (62 FR

66038), the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission published a notice of

receipt of an amended petition for

rulemaking filed by Peter G. Crane and

requested public comment on the

amended petition. In the amended

petition for rulemaking, the petitioner

seeks to amend NRC’s emergency

planning regulations to require

consideration of sheltering, evacuation,

and the prophylactic use of potassium

iodide for the general public in

developing a range of emergency

planning protective actions. In addition,

the petitioner has filed supplemental

information in support of his amended

petition which is available in the NRC

Public Document Room. The comment

period on the amended petition was to

have expired on January 16, 1998. In

response to several requests, the NRC

has decided to extend the comment

period for this action.

DATES: The comment period has been

extended and now expires on February

17, 1998. Comments received after this

date will be considered if it is practical

to do so, but assurance of consideration

cannot be given except to those

comments received on or before this

date.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to:

Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555–

0001, Attention: Rulemakings and

Adjudications Staff.

Deliver comments to 11555 Rockville

Pike, Rockville, Maryland, between 7:30

a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal workdays.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website through the NRC home page

(http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides

the availability to upload comments as

files (any format), if your web browser

supports that function. For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher,

301–415–5905; E-mail CAG@nrc.gov.

For a copy of the amended petition,

write: Rules and Directives Branch,

Division of Administrative Services,

Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555–0001. A copy of the

amended petition and other

documentation filed by the petitioner

are also available for public inspection,

and copying for a fee, in the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW

(Lower Level), Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Jamgochian, Office of Nuclear

Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

D.C. 20555–0001, telephone: 301–415–

6534, E-mail: MTJ1@nrc.gov; or Michael

T. Lesar, Office of Administration, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20555–0001,

telephone: 301–415–7163 or Toll Free:

1–800–368–5642, E-mail: MTL@nrc.gov.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 14th day

of January, 1998.

Annette Vietti-Cook,

Acting Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–1379 Filed 1–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy

10 CFR Part 430

Energy Efficiency Test Procedures for

Distribution Transformers

[Docket Number EE–DET–97–550]

RIN 1904–AA85

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, Department of

Energy.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop.

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy

(DOE) will hold an informal public

workshop to discuss issues and gather

information related to test procedures

for electric distribution transformers.

All persons are hereby given notice of

the opportunity to attend this public

workshop and to submit written

comments.

DATES: The public workshop will be

held on Tuesday, February 10, 1998,

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the U.S. Department of Energy,

Forrestal Building, Room 1E–245, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585.

Written comments are welcome,

especially following the workshop.

Please submit 10 copies (no faxes) to:

Ms. Kathi Epping, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, ‘‘Energy

Conservation Program for Consumer

Products: Test Procedures for

Distribution Transformers, Docket No.

EE–DET–97–550,’’ EE–43, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121.

Telephone: (202) 586–7425; Telefax:

(202) 586–4617.

Copies of the transcript of the public

workshop, public comments received,

and this notice may be read (or copied)

at the Freedom of Information Reading

Room, U.S. Department of Energy,

Forrestal Building, Room 1E–190, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7574,

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathi Epping, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and

Renewable Energy, EE–43, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202) 586–

7425, email: Kathi.Epping@hq.doe.gov,

or Edward Levy, Esq., U.S. Department

of Energy, Office of General Counsel,

GC–72, 1000 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–

9507, email: Edward.Levy@hq.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

October 22, 1997, the Secretary

determined, based on the best

information currently available, that

energy conservation standards for

electric distribution transformers are

technologically feasible, economically

justified, and would result in a

significant energy savings. This

determination initiated the process of

establishing, by notice and comment

rulemaking, test procedures and energy

conservation standards for this product.

The Department of Energy is drafting

a proposed rule to implement the

provisions of the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act, 42 U.S.C. 6317, for

test procedures for distribution

transformers. However, several issues

have been raised. The purpose of the

public workshop is to discuss the

following issues for developing the

notice of proposed rulemaking:

a. Adoption of national and

international consensus standards in the

test procedures for determining energy

efficiency of distribution transformers;

b. Burden imposed on industry,

especially on manufacturers, by

additional testing and data processing;

c. The definition of ‘‘basic model’’ for

distribution transformers;

d. Sampling plan for units to be

tested;

e. Selection of a measure of energy

consumption for distribution

transformers;

f. Selecting reference temperatures—

the reference temperatures in the

consensus standards lack uniformity;

g. Requirement for applying

corrections to measurement data of both

liquid-immersed and dry-types of

transformers; and

h. Requirement for quality assurance

in testing.

The Department has prepared a paper

entitled ‘‘Issues Paper for the

Distribution Transformers Test

Procedures Workshop on February 10,

1998’’ that explains and discusses these