[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 2, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 21]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31574]



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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 1 / Tuesday, January 2, 1996 / 
Proposed Rules

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 930

[Docket No. AO-370-A5; FV93-930-1]


Proposed Tart Cherry Marketing Agreement and Order; Reopening of 
Comment Period To File Written Exceptions to the Proposed Marketing 
Agreement and Order for Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, 
New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Reopening of the comment period to file written exceptions to 
the proposed marketing agreement and order.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the time period for filing written 
exceptions to the proposed marketing agreement and order for tart 
cherries grown in the States of Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin is reopened until January 16, 
1996.

DATES: Comments must be received by January 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments in 
triplicate to the Hearing Clerk, U.S. Department of Agriculture, room 
1079-S, Washington, DC, 20050-9200. All written comments will be 
available for public inspection at the Office of the Hearing Clerk 
during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (1) R. Charles Martin or Kenneth G. 
Johnson, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable 
Division, room 2523-S, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-
6456; telephone number (202) 720-5053.
    (2) Robert Curry, Northwest Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order 
Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, 1220 
S.W. Third Avenue, room 369, Portland, Oregon, 97204; telephone: (503) 
326-2725.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior documents in this proceeding: Notice 
of Hearing issued on November 23, 1993, and published in the November 
30, 1993, issue of the Federal Register (58 FR 63108); Notice of 
Additional Hearings on the Proposed Agreement and Order issued on 
December 20, 1993, and published in the December 23, 1993, issue of the 
Federal Register (58 FR 68065); and an Amendment to the Notice of 
Hearing issued on January 25, 1994, and published in the Federal 
Register (59 FR 4259) on January 31, 1994. The Notice Reopening the 
Hearing was issued on December 5, 1994, and published in the Federal 
Register on December 8, 1994 (59 FR 63273). The Recommended Decision 
and Opportunity To File Written Exceptions to the proposed marketing 
agreement and order was issued on November 20, 1995, and published in 
the November 29, 1995, Federal Register (60 FR 61292).
    The proposed marketing agreement and order are based on the record 
of a public hearing held December 15-17, 1993, in Grand Rapids, 
Michigan; January 10-11, 1994, in Rochester, New York; January 13, 
1994, in Provo, Utah; February 15-17, 1994, in Portland, Oregon; 
January 9-10, 1995, in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and, January 12-13, 
1995, in Portland, Oregon. These multiple hearing sessions were held to 
receive evidence on marketing order proposals from growers, handlers, 
processors and other interested parties located throughout the proposed 
production area.
    The Recommended Decision was issued pursuant to the provisions of 
the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended [7 U.S.C. 
601-674], hereinafter referred to as the Act, and the applicable rules 
of practice and procedure governing the formulation of marketing 
agreements and marketing orders [7 CFR part 900]. The deadline for 
filing written exceptions with the Hearing Clerk on the Recommended 
Decision was December 29, 1995.
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has received three 
requests from interested parties to provide more time for interested 
persons to analyze the Recommended Decision and prepare and file with 
the Hearing Clerk their written comments. These requesters cite severe 
weather (that led to extended electrical power outages) in their 
respective growing areas, the holiday season and the voluminous hearing 
record as the reasons for requesting a 30-day extension for filing 
written comments to January 31, 1996.
    Reopening the period in which written comments may be filed will 
provide interested persons more time to review the Recommended Decision 
and submit written comments thereto. Extending the comment period by 18 
days to January 16, 1996, would provide additional time for commenters, 
to fairly address their concerns. A delay of 18 days should not 
substantially add to the time required to complete this proceeding. 
Accordingly, the period in which to file written comments is reopened 
until January 16, 1996. This notice is issued pursuant to the Act and 
the applicable rules of practice governing the formulation of marketing 
agreements and marketing orders (7 CFR part 900).

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.

    Dated: December 27, 1995.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 95-31574 Filed 12-27-95; 3:36 pm]
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