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. 61, No. 124

Wednesday, June 26, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Parts 911 and 944

[Docket No. FV96–911–2PR]

Limes Grown in Florida and Imported

Limes; Reopening of Comment Period

To File Written Comments to the

Change in Regulatory Period

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Reopening of the comment

period to file written comments to the

proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the time period for filing written

comments on the proposed changes to

the regulatory period currently

prescribed under the lime marketing

order and the lime import regulations is

reopened until July 8, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received by

July 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit written comments

concerning this proposal. Comments

must be sent in triplicate to the Docket

Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable Division,

AMS, USDA, room 2525–S, P.O. Box

96456, Washington, DC 20090–6456,

FAX Number (202) 720–5698. All

comments should reference the docket

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Britthany Beadle, Marketing Order

Administration Branch, F&V, AMS,

USDA, room 2522–S, P.O. Box 96456,

Washington, DC 20090–6456: telephone:

(202) 720–5127; or Aleck Jonas,

Southeast Marketing Field Office,

Marketing Order Administration

Branch, F&V, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box

2276, Winter Haven, Florida 33883;

telephone: (941) 299–4770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A

proposed rule was issued on May 2,

1996, and published in the Federal

Register (61 FR 20754). The proposed

rule would modify language in both the

domestic and import regulations to

change the regulatory period to January

1 through May 31, from its current

continuous, year round,

implementation. A 30-day comment

period was provided for interested

persons to respond to the proposed rule.

The comment period ended June 7,

1996. One comment was received.

The Department of Agriculture

(Department) has received a request

from Gail A. Knodel, Manager of the

Florida Lime Administrative

Committee, asking that additional time

be provided for interested persons to

analyze the proposed rule. Manager

Knodel stated that the proposal is a

major change in the industry. Reopening

the comment period to July 8, 1996,

would allow interested person more

time to review the proposed rule and

address their concerns.

This delay should not substantially

add to the time required to complete

this action. Accordingly, the period in

which to file written comments is

reopened until July 8, 1996. This notice

is issued pursuant to the Agricultural

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674.

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Sharon Bomer Lauritsen,

Acting Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.

[FR Doc. 96–16207 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

7 CFR Part 927

[Docket No. AO–99–A7; FV96–927–1]

Winter Pears Grown in Oregon,

Washington, and California; Hearings

on Proposed Amendment of Marketing

Order No. 927

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public hearings on

proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

public hearings to consider amending

Marketing Agreement and Order No.

927 (order). The order regulates the

handling of winter pears grown in

Oregon, Washington, and California.

The purpose of the hearings is to receive

evidence on proposed amendments to

provisions of the order. With the

exception of a proposal submitted by

the Fruit and Vegetable Division,

Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS),

to make conforming changes and

necessary revisions, the proposed

amendments were submitted by the

Winter Pear Control Committee

(Committee), the agency responsible for

the local administration of the order.

The proposals would remove the State

of California from the order and make

related changes to the key provisions

concerning the production area, districts

and establishment and membership of

the Committee. Another proposal would

allow use of ‘‘Telecopiers’’ in the mail

voting procedures. The Committee

believes that the proposed changes

would improve the administration,

operation, and functioning of the order.

DATES: The hearings will begin July 9,

1996, at the Red Lion Inn, 1401 Arden

Way, Sacramento, California, and July

10, 1996, at the Holiday Inn Airport,

8439 N. East Columbia Blvd., Portland,

Oregon. Both hearing sessions will

begin at 9:00 am.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Britthany E. Beadle, Marketing

Specialist, Marketing Order

Administration Branch, Fruit and

Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, Room

2523–S., P.O. Box 96456, Washington,

DC 20090–6456; telephone: (202) 720–

5127 or FAX (202) 720–5698; or Teresa

Hutchinson, Marketing Specialist,

Northwest Marketing Field Office, Fruit

and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA,

1220 S.W. Third Avenue, room 369,

Portland, OR 97204–2807; telephone:

(509) 326–2724 or FAX (509) 326–7440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

action is governed by the provisions of

sections 556 and 557 of title 5 of the

United States Code and is therefore

excluded from the requirements of

Executive Order 12866. The hearings are

called pursuant to the provisions of the

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act

of 1937 (Act), as amended (7 U.S.C.

601–674), and the applicable rules of

practice and procedure governing the

formulation of marketing agreements

and orders (7 CFR part 900).

The Regulatory Flexibility Act (95

U.S.C. 601 et seq.) seeks to ensure that

within the statutory authority of a

program, the regulatory and

informational requirements are tailored

to the size and nature of small

businesses. Interested persons are

invited to present evidence at the