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

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Vol. 74, No. 63 

Friday, April 3, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agriculture Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 1216 

[Document Number AMS–FV–08–0110; FV– 

08–704] 

Peanut Promotion, Research, and 

Information Order; Section 610 Review 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of regulatory review and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS) 

review of the Peanut Promotion, 

Research, and Information Order 

(Order), conducted under the 

Commodity Promotion, Research, and 

Information Act of 1996 (Act), under the 

criteria contained in Section 610 of the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA). 

DATES: Written comments on this 

document must be received by June 2, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments on 

the Internet at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov or to the Research 

and Promotion Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (Department), Room 0632– 

S, Stop 0244, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0244; facsimile: (202) 205–2800. All 

comments should reference the docket 

number and the date and page number 

of this issue of the Federal Register and 

will be made available for public 

inspection in the above office during 

regular business hours or it can be 

viewed at http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeanette Palmer, Marketing Specialist, 

Research and Promotion Branch, Fruit 

and Vegetable Programs, Agricultural 

Marketing Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Stop 0244, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 

0632–S, Washington, DC 20250–0244; 

telephone: (888) 720–9917; facsimile: 

(202) 205–2800; or electronic mail: 

Jeanette.Palmer@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commodity Promotion, Research, and 

Information Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7411– 

7425) authorized the Peanut Promotion, 

Research, and Information Order (7 CFR 

part 1216) which is administered by the 

National Peanut Board, with oversight 

by the Department. The Order’s 

objective is to carry out an effective, 

continuous, and coordinated program of 

promotion, research, and information 

designed to strengthen peanuts’ 

competitive position, and to maintain 

and expand the domestic market for 

peanuts. 

The Order became effective on July 

30, 1999. The program is funded by a 

mandatory assessment on all peanut 

producers at the rate of one percent of 

the total value of all farmers stock 

peanuts. The first handler collects from 

each peanut producer and pays 

assessments to the Board on all peanuts 

handled. For peanuts placed under a 

marketing assistance loan with the 

Department’s Commodity Credit 

Corporation, the Commodity Credit 

Corporation will deduct and remit to the 

Board, from the proceeds of the loan 

paid to the peanut producer, one 

percent of the loan value of the peanuts 

as determined by the warehouse receipt 

accompanying such peanuts. 

The Order is administered by the 

National Peanut Board, which is 

composed of 11 producer members and 

their alternates: One member and 

alternate from each primary peanut 

producing State (Alabama, Florida, 

Georgia, Mississippi, New Mexico, 

North Carolina, Oklahoma, South 

Carolina, Texas, and Virginia) and one 

at-large member and alternate 

collectively from the minor peanut 

producing States. The members and 

alternates are nominated by peanut 

producers or peanut producer groups. 

The producer and alternate members 

were appointed to the Board by the 

Secretary of Agriculture. All Board 

members serve a term of three years. 

The AMS published in the Federal 

Register on March 24, 2006 (71 FR 

14828), its plan to review certain 

regulations, including the Peanut 

Promotion, Research, and Information 

program, under criteria contained in 

section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C. 601–612). Because 

many AMS regulations impact small 

entities, AMS decided, as a matter of 

policy, to review certain regulations 

which, although they may not meet the 

threshold requirement under section 

610 of the RFA, warrant review. 

According to the schedule published in 

2006, this notice and request for 

comments is made for the Order. 

The purpose of the review is to 

determine whether the Order should be 

continued without change, amended, or 

rescinded (consistent with the 

objectives of the Act) to minimize the 

impacts on small entities. AMS will 

consider the following factors: (1) The 

continued need for the Order; (2) the 

nature of complaints or comments 

received from the public concerning the 

Order; (3) the complexity of the Order; 

(4) the extent to which the Order 

overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with 

other Federal rules, and, to the extent 

feasible, with State and local 

regulations; and (5) the length of time 

since the Order has been evaluated or 

the degree to which technology, 

economic conditions, or other factors 

have changed in the area affected by the 

Order. 

Written comments, views, opinions, 

and other information regarding the 

Order’s impact on small businesses are 

invited. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411–7425; 7 U.S.C. 

7401. 

Dated: March 30, 2009. 

Robert C. Keeney, 

Acting Associate Administrator. 

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POSTAL SERVICE 

39 CFR Part 111 

Price Marking Requirements for 

Commercial Base and Commercial 

Plus Pricing 

AGENCY: Postal Service. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Postal Service proposes 

new price markings on Express Mail®

and Priority Mail® pieces mailed at 

commercial base and commercial plus 

prices. The new markings are needed to 

fulfill our revenue reporting and 

revenue assurance requirements. 


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