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insecticide that will kill or control the 

Red Bay Ambrosia beetle. The beetle 

carries the Laurel Wilt fungus which 

can infect and kill avocado trees. 

Research into the beetle and fungus had 

been funded by the University of 

Florida. However, the Committee was 

informed that funding ceased on August 

1, 2010. Without funding, researchers 

will be unable to continue testing to 

determine which insecticides work best 

to kill/control the beetle and at what 

application rate. The Committee 

believes it is essential for the industry 

that the research continues. Therefore, 

they voted to increase the assessment 

rate to provide the additional research 

money. 

The Committee reviewed and 

unanimously recommended 2010–11 

expenditures of $351,502 which 

included increases in research 

programs. Prior to arriving at this 

budget, alternative expenditure levels 

were discussed based upon the relative 

value of various research projects to the 

Florida avocado industry. The 

assessment rate of $0.37 per 55-pound 

bushel container of assessable Florida 

avocados was then determined by 

dividing the total recommended budget 

by the quantity of assessable avocados, 

estimated at 1,000,000 55-pound bushel 

containers for the 2010–11 season. This 

is approximately $18,400 above the 

anticipated expenses, which the 

Committee determined to be acceptable. 

A review of historical information and 

preliminary information pertaining to 

the upcoming crop year indicates that 

the grower price for the 2010–11 season 

could range between $9.00 and $66.00 

per 55-pound bushel container of 

avocados. Therefore, the estimated 

assessment revenue for the 2010–11 

season as a percentage of total grower 

revenue could range between .6 and 4 

percent. 

This action increases the assessment 

obligation imposed on handlers. While 

assessments impose some additional 

costs on handlers, the costs are minimal 

and uniform on all handlers. Some of 

the additional costs may be passed on 

to producers. However, these costs are 

offset by the benefits derived by the 

operation of the marketing order. In 

addition, the Committee’s meeting was 

widely publicized throughout the 

Florida avocados industry and all 

interested persons were invited to 

attend the meeting and participate in 

Committee deliberations on all issues. 

Like all Committee meetings, the July 

22, 2010, meeting was a public meeting 

and all entities, both large and small, 

were able to express views on this issue. 

Finally, interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on this interim rule, 

including the regulatory and 

informational impacts of this action on 

small businesses. 

This action imposes no additional 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

on either small or large Florida avocado 

handlers. As with all Federal marketing 

order programs, reports and forms are 

periodically reviewed to reduce 

information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E-Government Act, to promote the 

use of the Internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

USDA has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this rule. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

MarketingOrdersSmallBusinessGuide. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Antoinette 

Carter at the previously mentioned 

address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

information and recommendation 

submitted by the Committee and other 

available information, it is hereby found 

that this rule, as hereinafter set forth, 

will tend to effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, it is also 

found and determined upon good cause 

that it is impracticable, unnecessary, 

and contrary to the public interest to 

give preliminary notice prior to putting 

this rule into effect, and that good cause 

exists for not postponing the effective 

date of this rule until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register 

because: (1) The 2010–11 fiscal period 

began on April 1, 2010, and the 

marketing order requires that the rate of 

assessment for each fiscal period apply 

to all assessable Florida avocados 

handled during such fiscal period; (2) 

the Committee needs to have sufficient 

funds to pay its expenses which are 

incurred on a continuous basis; (3) 

handlers are aware of this action which 

was unanimously recommended by the 

Committee at an emergency, public 

meeting and is similar to other 

assessment rate actions issued in past 

years; and (4) this interim rule provides 

a 60-day comment period, and all 

comments timely received will be 

considered prior to the finalization of 

this rule. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 915 

Avocados, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 915 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 915—AVOCADOS GROWN IN 

SOUTH FLORIDA 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 915 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Section 915.235 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 915.235 Assessment rate. 

On and after April 1, 2010, an 

assessment rate of 

$0.37 per 55-pound container or 

equivalent is established for avocados 

grown in South Florida. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 984 

[Doc. No. AMS–FV–10–0060; FV10–984–1 

IR] 

Walnuts Grown in California; 

Decreased Assessment Rate 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Interim rule with request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This rule decreases the 

assessment rate established for the 

California Walnut Board (Board) for the 

2010–11 and subsequent marketing 

years from $0.0177 to $0.0174 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts. The Board locally administers 

the marketing order that regulates the 

handling of walnuts grown in 

California. Assessments upon walnut 

handlers are used by the Board to fund 

reasonable and necessary expenses of 

the program. The marketing year begins 

September 1 and ends August 31. The 

assessment rate will remain in effect 

indefinitely unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated. 

DATES: September 16, 2010; comments 

received by November 15, 2010 will be 

considered prior to issuance of a final 

rule. 

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ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments 

concerning this rule. Comments must be 

sent to the Docket Clerk, Marketing 

Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, STOP 0237, 

Washington, DC 20250–0237; Fax: (202) 

720–8938; or Internet: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Comments should 

reference the document number and the 

date and page number of this issue of 

the Federal Register and will be 

available for public inspection in the 

Office of the Docket Clerk during regular 

business hours, or can be viewed at: 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments submitted in response to this 

rule will be included in the record and 

will be made available to the public. 

Please be advised that the identity of the 

individuals or entities submitting the 

comments will be made public on the 

Internet at the address provided above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Smutny, Marketing Specialist, or Kurt J. 

Kimmel, Regional Manager, California 

Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order 

Administration Branch, Fruit and 

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA; 

Telephone: (559) 487–5901, Fax: (559) 

487–5906, or E-mail: 

Jeffrey.Smutny@ams.usda.gov or 

Kurt.Kimmel@ams.usda.gov. 

Small businesses may request 

information on complying with this 

regulation by contacting Antoinette 

Carter, Marketing Order Administration 

Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., STOP 0237, Washington, 

DC 20250–0237; Telephone: (202) 720– 

2491, Fax: (202) 720–8938, or E-mail: 

Antoinette.Carter@ams.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule 

is issued under Marketing Order No. 

984, as amended (7 CFR part 984), 

regulating the handling of walnuts 

grown in California, hereinafter referred 

to as the ‘‘order.’’ The order is effective 

under the Agricultural Marketing 

Agreement Act of 1937, as amended 

(7 U.S.C. 601–674), hereinafter referred 

to as the ‘‘Act.’’ 

The Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) is issuing this rule in 

conformance with Executive Order 

12866. 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. Under the marketing order now 

in effect, California walnut handlers are 

subject to assessments. Funds to 

administer the order are derived from 

such assessments. It is intended that the 

assessment rate will be applicable to all 

assessable walnuts beginning on 

September 1, 2010, and continue until 

amended, suspended, or terminated. 

The Act provides that administrative 

proceedings must be exhausted before 

parties may file suit in court. Under 

section 608c(15)(A) of the Act, any 

handler subject to an order may file 

with USDA a petition stating that the 

order, any provision of the order, or any 

obligation imposed in connection with 

the order is not in accordance with law 

and request a modification of the order 

or to be exempted therefrom. Such 

handler is afforded the opportunity for 

a hearing on the petition. After the 

hearing, USDA will rule on the petition. 

The Act provides that the district court 

of the United States in any district in 

which the handler is an inhabitant, or 

has his or her principal place of 

business, has jurisdiction to review 

USDA’s ruling on the petition, provided 

an action is filed not later than 20 days 

after the date of the entry of the ruling. 

This rule decreases the assessment 

rate established for the Board for the 

2010–11 and subsequent marketing 

years from $0.0177 to $0.0174 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts. 

The California walnut marketing 

order provides authority for the Board, 

with the approval of USDA, to formulate 

an annual budget of expenses and 

collect assessments from handlers to 

administer the program. The members 

of the Board are growers and handlers 

of California walnuts. They are familiar 

with the Board’s needs and with the 

costs for goods and services in their 

local area and are thus in a position to 

formulate an appropriate budget and 

assessment rate. The assessment rate is 

formulated and discussed in a public 

meeting. Thus, all directly affected 

persons have an opportunity to 

participate and provide input. 

For the 2009–10 and subsequent 

marketing years, the Board 

recommended, and USDA approved, an 

assessment rate of $0.0177 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts that would continue in effect 

from year to year unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated by USDA 

upon recommendation and information 

submitted by the Board or other 

information available to USDA. 

The Board met on June 11, 2010, and 

unanimously recommended 2010–11 

expenditures of $6,812,100 and a 

modified assessment rate of $0.0174 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts. In comparison, last year’s 

budgeted expenditures were $5,894,100. 

The assessment rate of $0.0174 is 

$0.0003 per pound lower than the rate 

currently in effect. The quantity of 

assessable walnuts for the 2010–11 

marketing year is estimated at 435,000 

tons (inshell), which is 65,000 tons 

more than the 370,000 tons assessed 

during the 2009–10 marketing year. At 

the recommended lower assessment rate 

of $0.0174 per kernelweight pound, the 

Board should collect approximately 

$6,812,100 in assessment income, 

which would be adequate to cover its 

2010–11 budgeted expenses of 

$6,812,000. 

The following table compares major 

budget expenditures recommended by 

the Board for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 

marketing years: 

Budget expense categories 2009–10 2010–11 

Employee expenses ........................................................................................................................................ $535,000 $577,500 

Travel/Board Expenses/Annual Audit .............................................................................................................. 161,000 208,000 

Office Expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 123,750 118,850 

Program Expenses Including Research: 

Controlled Purchases ............................................................................................................................... 5,000 20,000 

Crop Acreage Survey ............................................................................................................................... 0 95,000 

Crop Estimate ........................................................................................................................................... 120,000 105,000 

Production Research Director .................................................................................................................. 80,000 88,500 

Production Research ................................................................................................................................ 725,000 1,042,000 

Grades and Standards Research ............................................................................................................. 100,000 125,000 

Domestic Market Development ................................................................................................................ 4,030,500 4,400,000 

Reserve for Contingency .......................................................................................................................... 13,850 32,250 

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The assessment rate recommended by 

the Board was derived by dividing 

anticipated expenses by expected 

shipments of California walnuts 

certified as merchantable. The 435,000- 

ton (inshell) estimate for merchantable 

shipments is an average of the two prior 

years’ shipments. The Board met on 

June 11, 2010, and unanimously 

approved using a two prior years’ 

average to formulate the 2010–11 

estimate. Pursuant to § 984.51(b) of the 

order, this figure is converted to a 

merchantable kernelweight basis using a 

factor of 0.45 (435,000 tons × 2,000 

pounds per ton × 0.45), which yields 

391,500,000 kernelweight pounds. At 

$0.0174 per pound, the new assessment 

rate should generate $6,812,100 in 

assessment income and allow the Board 

to cover its expenses. 

Section 984.69 of the order authorizes 

the Board to maintain a financial reserve 

of not more than two years’ budgeted 

expenses. Excess assessment funds may 

be retained in the reserve or may be 

used temporarily to defray expenses of 

the subsequent marketing year, but if so 

used, must be made available to the 

handlers from whom they were 

collected within five months after the 

end of the marketing year. 

The assessment rate established in 

this rule will continue in effect 

indefinitely unless modified, 

suspended, or terminated by USDA 

upon recommendation and information 

submitted by the Board or other 

available information. Although this 

assessment rate is effective for an 

indefinite period, the Board will 

continue to meet prior to or during each 

marketing year to recommend a budget 

of expenses and consider 

recommendations for modification of 

the assessment rate. The dates and times 

of Board meetings are available from the 

Board or USDA. Board meetings are 

open to the public and interested 

persons may express their views at these 

meetings. USDA will evaluate Board 

recommendations and other available 

information to determine whether 

modification of the assessment rate is 

needed. Further rulemaking will be 

undertaken as necessary. The Board’s 

2010–11 budget and those for 

subsequent marketing years will be 

reviewed and, as appropriate, approved 

by USDA. 

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) has 

considered the economic impact of this 

action on small entities. Accordingly, 

AMS has prepared this initial regulatory 

flexibility analysis. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

business subject to such actions in order 

that small businesses will not be unduly 

or disproportionately burdened. 

Marketing orders issued pursuant to the 

Act, and the rules issued thereunder, are 

unique in that they are brought about 

through group action of essentially 

small entities acting on their own 

behalf. 

There are approximately 4,500 

growers of California walnuts in the 

production area and approximately 58 

handlers subject to regulation under the 

marketing order. Small agricultural 

producers are defined by the Small 

Business Administration (SBA) (13 CFR 

121.201) as those having annual receipts 

of less than $750,000. Small agricultural 

service firms are defined as those whose 

annual receipts are less than $7,000,000. 

USDA’s National Agricultural 

Statistics Service (NASS) reports that 

California walnuts were harvested from 

a total of 223,000 bearing acres during 

2009–10. The average yield for the 

2009–10 crop was 1.96 tons per acre, 

which was higher than the 1.65 tons per 

acre average for the previous five years. 

NASS reported the value of the 2009– 

10 crop at $1,690 per ton, which was 

higher than the previous five-year 

average of $1,632 per ton. 

At the time of the 2007 Census of 

Agriculture, which is the most recent 

information available, approximately 89 

percent of California’s walnut farms 

were smaller than 100 acres. Fifty-four 

percent were between 1 and 15 acres. A 

100-acre farm with an average yield of 

1.96 tons per acre would have been 

expected to produce about 196 tons of 

walnuts during 2009–10. At $1,690 per 

ton, that farm’s production would have 

had an approximate value of $331,240. 

Assuming that the majority of 

California’s walnut farms are still 

smaller than 100 acres, it could be 

concluded that the majority of the 

growers had receipts of less than 

$331,240 in 2009–10. This is well below 

the SBA threshold of $750,000; thus, the 

majority of California’s walnut growers 

could be considered small growers 

according to SBA’s definition. 

According to information supplied by 

the industry, approximately two-thirds 

of California’s walnut handlers shipped 

merchantable walnuts valued under 

$7,000,000 during the 2009–10 

marketing year and would therefore be 

considered small handlers according to 

the SBA definition. 

This rule decreases the assessment 

rate established for the Board and 

collected from handlers for the 2010–11 

and subsequent marketing years from 

$0.0177 to $0.0174 per kernelweight 

pound of assessable walnuts. The Board 

unanimously recommended 2010–11 

expenditures of $6,812,100 and an 

assessment rate of $0.0174 per 

kernelweight pound of assessable 

walnuts, which is $0.0003 lower than 

the assessment rate currently in effect. 

The quantity of assessable walnuts for 

the 2010–11 marketing year is estimated 

to be 65,000 tons greater than the 

quantity assessed for the 2009–10 

marketing year. Therefore, even at the 

reduced assessment rate, the Board 

should collect approximately 

$6,812,100 in assessment income, 

which should be adequate to cover its 

budgeted expenses. 

The following table compares major 

budget expenditures recommended by 

the Board for the 2009–10 and 2010–11 

marketing years: 

Budget expense categories 2009–10 2010–11 

Employee expenses ........................................................................................................................................ $535,000 $577,500 

Travel/Board Expenses/Annual Audit .............................................................................................................. 161,000 208,000 

Office Expenses ............................................................................................................................................... 123,750 118,850 

Program Expenses Including Research: 

Controlled Purchases ............................................................................................................................... 5,000 20,000 

Crop Acreage Survey ............................................................................................................................... 0 95,000 

Crop Estimate ........................................................................................................................................... 120,000 105,000 

Production Research Director .................................................................................................................. 80,000 88,500 

Production Research ................................................................................................................................ 725,000 1,042,000 

Grades and Standards Research ............................................................................................................. 100,000 125,000 

Domestic Market Development ................................................................................................................ 4,030,500 4,400,000 

Reserve for Contingency .......................................................................................................................... 13,850 32,250 

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The Board reviewed and unanimously 

recommended 2010–11 expenditures of 

$6,812,100. Prior to arriving at this 

budget, the Board considered alternative 

expenditure levels but ultimately 

decided that the recommended levels 

were reasonable to properly administer 

the order. The assessment rate of 

$0.0174 per kernelweight pound of 

assessable walnuts was derived by 

dividing anticipated expenses of 

$6,812,100 by expected 2010–11 

shipments of California walnuts 

certified as merchantable. Merchantable 

shipments for the year are estimated at 

391,500,000 kernelweight pounds, 

which should provide $6,812,100 in 

assessment income and allow the Board 

to cover its expenses. Unexpended 

funds may be retained in a financial 

reserve, provided that funds in the 

financial reserve do not exceed 

approximately two years’ budgeted 

expenses. If not retained in a financial 

reserve, unexpended funds may be used 

temporarily to defray expenses of the 

subsequent marketing year, but must be 

made available to the handlers from 

whom they were collected within five 

months after the end of the year, 

according to § 984.69 of the order. 

According to NASS, the season 

average grower prices for the years 2008 

and 2009 were $1,280 and $1,690 per 

ton, respectively. Although no official 

NASS data is yet available regarding the 

2010 average grower price, the 2008 and 

2009 prices provide a range within 

which the 2010–11 season average price 

could fall. Dividing these average 

grower prices by 2,000 pounds per ton 

provides an inshell price per pound 

range of $0.640 to $0.845. Dividing 

these inshell prices per pound by the 

0.45 conversion factor (inshell to 

kernelweight) established in the order 

yields a 2010–11 price range estimate of 

$1.42 to $1.88 per kernelweight pound 

of assessable walnuts. 

To calculate the percentage of grower 

revenue represented by the assessment 

rate, the assessment rate of $0.0174 per 

kernelweight pound is divided by the 

low and high estimates of the price 

range. The estimated assessment 

revenue for the 2010–11 marketing year, 

stated as a percentage of total grower 

revenue, will thus likely range between 

1.22 and 0.927 percent. 

This action decreases the assessment 

obligation imposed on handlers. 

Assessments are applied uniformly on 

all handlers, and some of the cost 

savings may be passed on to growers. In 

addition, the Board’s meeting was 

widely publicized throughout the 

California walnut industry, and all 

interested persons were invited to 

attend the meeting and participate in 

Board deliberations on all issues. Like 

all Board meetings, the June 11, 2010, 

meeting was a public meeting, and all 

entities, both large and small, were able 

to express their views on this issue. 

Finally, interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on this interim rule, 

including the regulatory and 

informational impacts of this action on 

small businesses. 

This rule imposes no additional 

reporting or recordkeeping requirements 

on either small or large California 

walnut handlers. As with all Federal 

marketing order programs, reports and 

forms are periodically reviewed to 

reduce information requirements and 

duplication by industry and public 

sector agencies. 

AMS is committed to complying with 

the E–Government Act, to promote the 

use of the Internet and other 

information technologies to provide 

increased opportunities for citizen 

access to Government information and 

services, and for other purposes. 

USDA has not identified any relevant 

Federal rules that duplicate, overlap, or 

conflict with this rule. 

A small business guide on complying 

with fruit, vegetable, and specialty crop 

marketing agreements and orders may 

be viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

MarketingOrdersSmallBusinessGuide. 

Any questions about the compliance 

guide should be sent to Antoinette 

Carter at the previously mentioned 

address in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

Board’s recommendation, and other 

information, it is found that this rule, as 

hereinafter set forth, will tend to 

effectuate the declared policy of the Act. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, it is also 

found and determined upon good cause 

that it is impracticable and contrary to 

the public interest to give preliminary 

notice prior to putting this rule into 

effect and that good cause exists for not 

postponing the effective date of this rule 

until 30 days after publication in the 

Federal Register because: (1) The 2010– 

11 marketing year begins on September 

1, 2010, and the marketing order 

requires that the rate of assessment for 

each marketing year apply to all 

assessable walnuts handled during the 

year; (2) the Board needs to have 

sufficient funds to pay its expenses, 

which are incurred on a continuous 

basis; and (3) handlers are aware of this 

action, which was unanimously 

recommended by the Board at a public 

meeting and is similar to other 

assessment rate actions issued in past 

years. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 984 

Marketing agreements, Nuts, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Walnuts. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 984 is amended as 

follows: 

PART 984—WALNUTS GROWN IN 

CALIFORNIA 

■ 1. The authority citation for 7 CFR 

part 984 continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Section 984.347 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 984.347 Assessment rate. 

On and after September 1, 2010, an 

assessment rate of $0.0174 per 

kernelweight pound is established for 

California merchantable walnuts. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 109 

[Notice 2010–17] 

Coordinated Communications 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Final rules. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission is revising its regulations 

regarding coordinated communications. 

The Commission is issuing these rules 

and offering a more complete 

explanation and justification for parts of 

the existing rules to comply with the 

decision of the Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit in Shays v. 

FEC and to address other issues 

involving the coordinated 

communications rules. 

DATES: These rules are effective on 

December 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General 

Counsel, Ms. Jessica Selinkoff, Attorney, 

Ms. Joanna S. Waldstreicher, Attorney, 

or Ms. Esther D. Heiden, Attorney, 999 

E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463, 

(202) 694–1650 or (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is revising its regulations 

regarding coordinated communications 

at 11 CFR 109.21. The Commission is: 

(1) Adding a new content standard at 11 

CFR 109.21(c)(5) for communications 

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