[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 3267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1601]


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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.

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NORTHEAST DAIRY COMPACT COMMISSION

7 CFR Part 1301


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Northeast Dairy Compact Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Compact Commission will hold its monthly meeting to 
consider whether to adopt as a Final Rule the Proposed Rule to exempt 
from the compact over-order price regulation fluid milk utilized for 
child nutrition programs and distributed by handlers during the 1998-
1999 contract year. The Commission will also deliberate and make a 
final ruling on a handler petition for exemption from the price 
regulation. Certain matters relating to administration will also be 
considered and acted upon. This is a rescheduling of a previously 
noticed meeting (63 FR 1396, Jan. 9, 1998) for January 16, 1998, 
cancelled due to a winter storm in the Northeast.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for January 26, 1998 commencing at 
10:00 a.m. to adjournment.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, Capitol Room, 
172 North Main Street, Concord, NH (exit 14 off Interstate 93).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Smith, Executive Director, 
Northeast Dairy Compact Commission, 43 State Street, PO Box 1058, 
Montpelier, VT 05601. Telephone (802) 229-1941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the Northeast 
Dairy Compact Commission will hold its regularly scheduled monthly 
meeting. The Compact Commission will deliberate and act upon whether to 
adopt as a Final Rule the Proposed Rule to exempt from the regulation 
fluid milk distributed by handlers during the 1998-1999 contract year 
under competitive bid contracts with School Food Authorities in New 
England for Child Nutrition Programs qualified for reimbursement under 
the National School Lunch Act of 1946 and the Child Nutrition Act. See 
62 F.R. 65226. The Commission will also deliberate and make a final 
ruling on Horizon Organic Dairy's petition for exemption from the price 
regulation. Docket # HEP-97-009. Certain matters relating to 
administration, including final approval of the contract with 
participating universities to conduct the market impact study required 
by the price regulation, will also be considered and acted upon.

(Authority: (a) Article V, Section 11 of the Northeast Interstate 
Dairy Compact, and all other applicable Articles and Sections, as 
approved by Section 147, of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act (FAIR ACT), Pub. L. 104-127, and as thereby set forth in 
S.J. Res. 28(1)(b) of the 104th Congress; Finding of Compelling 
Public Interest by United States Department of Agriculture Secretary 
Dan Glickman, August 8, 1996 and March 20, 1997. (b) Bylaws of the 
Northeast Dairy Compact Commission, adopted November 21, 1996.)
Daniel Smith,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 98-1601 Filed 1-21-98; 8:45 am]
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