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. 75, No. 85 

Tuesday, May 4, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

7 CFR Part 1530 

Sugar Re-Export Program, the SugarContaining Products Re-Export 

Program, and the Polyhydric Alcohol 

Program 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The Foreign Agricultural 

Service (FAS) is withdrawing the 

proposed rule published at 70 FR 3150 

on January 21, 2005, to implement 

Chapter 17 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTS), 

Additional U.S. Note 6, which 

authorizes entry of raw cane sugar 

under subheading 1701.11.20 of the 

HTS for the production of polyhydric 

alcohols, except polyhydric alcohols for 

use as a substitute for sugar in human 

food consumption, or to be refined and 

re-exported in refined form or in sugarcontaining products, or to be substituted 

for domestically produced raw cane 

sugar that has been or will be exported. 

The proposed rule would have revised 

the current regulation at 7 CFR part 

1530. 

DATES: Effective date: May 4, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ronald C. Lord, Chief, Sugar and Dairy 

Branch, Import Programs and Export 

Reporting Division, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 

or by phone (202) 720–2916; or by fax 

(202) 720–0876; or by e-mail: 

Ronald.Lord@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The U.S. and Mexican sugar markets 

have become increasingly integrated 

since duty-free, quota-free trade in sugar 

was fully implemented on January 1, 

2008 under the North American Free 

Trade Agreement (NAFTA). FAS is 

withdrawing this proposed rule because 

market conditions have changed. FAS 

intends to publish an advance notice of 

proposed rulemaking concerning trade 

under the Sugar Re-Export Program with 

Mexico, requesting comments on 

revisions to the regulation, in particular 

with respect to issues not fully 

addressed in previous comments on the 

proposed rule that is being withdrawn 

by this action. 

Signed at Washington, DC on the 26th of 

April, 2010. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10425 Filed 5–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD 

12 CFR Part 956 

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE 

AGENCY 

12 CFR Part 1267 

RIN 2590–AA32 

Federal Home Loan Bank Investments 

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance 

Agency, Federal Housing Finance 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Housing Finance 

Agency (FHFA) is proposing to reorganize and re-adopt existing 

investment regulations that apply to the 

Federal Home Loan Banks (Banks) and 

that were previously adopted by the 

Federal Housing Finance Board 

(Finance Board) as new part 1267 of the 

FHFA’s regulations. FHFA is also 

proposing to incorporate into the new 

part 1267 limits on the Banks’ 

investment in mortgage-backed 

securities (MBS) and certain assetbacked securities (ABS) that are now set 

forth in the Financial Management 

Policy (FMP) that had been issued by 

the Finance Board. If the proposed rule 

is adopted in its current form, FHFA 

expects to terminate the FMP as of the 

effective date of the new rule. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule 

must be received on or before July 6, 

2010. For additional information, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit your 

comments on the proposed rule, 

identified by regulatory information 

number (RIN) 2590–AA32 by any of the 

following methods: 

• E-mail: Comments to Alfred M. 

Pollard, General Counsel, may be sent 

by e-mail to RegComments@FHFA.gov. 

Please include ‘‘RIN 2590–AA32’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. If 

you submit your comments to the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, please also 

send it by e-mail to FHFA at 

RegComments@FHFA.gov to ensure 

timely receipt by the agency. Please 

include ‘‘RIN 2590–AA32’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: The hand 

delivery address is: Alfred M. Pollard, 

General Counsel, Attention: Comments/ 

RIN 2590–AA32, Federal Housing 

Finance Agency, Fourth Floor, 1700 G 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552. The 

package should be logged at the Guard 

Desk, First Floor, on business days 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

• U.S. Mail, United Parcel Service, 

Federal Express, or Other Mail Service: 

The mailing address for comments is: 

Alfred M. Pollard, General Counsel, 

Attention: Comments/RIN 2590–AA32, 

Federal Housing Finance Agency, 

Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Louis Scalza, Associate Director, 202– 

408–2953, Division of Federal Home 

Loan Bank Regulation, Federal Housing 

Finance Agency, 1625 Eye Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20006; or Thomas E. 

Joseph, Senior Attorney-Advisor, 202– 

414–3095, Office of General Counsel, 

Federal Housing Finance Agency, 

Fourth Floor, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. The telephone 

number for the Telecommunications 

Device for the Deaf is (800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Comments 

FHFA invites comments on all aspects 

of the proposed rule, and will adopt a 

final regulation with appropriate 

changes after taking all comments into 

consideration. Copies of all comments 

will be posted on the Internet Web site 

at https://www.fhfa.gov. In addition, 

copies of all comments received will be 

available for examination by the public 

on business days between the hours of 

10 a.m. and 3 p.m., at the Federal 


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