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Vol. 61, No. 122

Monday, June 24, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 96–008–2]

Secretary’s Advisory Committee on

Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases;

Notice of Renewal

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the

Secretary of Agriculture has renewed

the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on

Foreign Animal and Poultry Diseases for

a 2-year period. The Secretary has

determined that the Committee is

necessary and in the public interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

John Williams, Chief Staff Veterinarian,

Emergency Programs, VS, APHIS, Suite

3B08, 4700 River Road Unit 41,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1236, (301) 734–

8073.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Secretary’s Advisory

Committee on Foreign Animal and

Poultry Diseases (Committee) is to

advise the Secretary of Agriculture

regarding program operations and

measures to suppress, control, or

eradicate an outbreak of foot-and-mouth

disease, or other destructive foreign

animal or poultry diseases, in the event

these diseases should enter the United

States. The Committee also advises the

Secretary of Agriculture of means to

prevent these diseases.

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of

June 1996.

Wardell Townsend, Jr.,

Assistant Secretary for Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–16031 Filed 6–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

[Docket No. 96–007–2]

National Animal Damage Control

Advisory Committee; Notice of

Renewal

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of renewal.

SUMMARY: We are giving notice that the

Secretary of Agriculture has renewed

the National Animal Damage Control

Advisory Committee for a 2-year period.

The Secretary has determined that the

Committee is necessary and in the

public interest.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Bill Clay, Director, Operational Support

Staff, ADC, APHIS, 4700 River Road

Unit 87, Riverdale, MD 20737–1234,

(301) 734–7921 or e-mail:

A347ADCOSS@ATTMAIL.COM.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the National Animal Damage

Control Advisory Committee

(Committee) is to advise the Secretary of

Agriculture on policies, program issues,

and research needed to conduct the

Animal Damage Control (ADC) program.

The Committee also serves as a public

forum enabling those affected by the

ADC program to have a voice in the

program’s policies.

Done in Washington, DC, this 12th day of

June 1996.

Wardell Townsend, Jr.,

Assistant Secretary for Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–16032 Filed 6–21–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

Farm Service Agency

1996–1997 Marketing Year Penalty

Rates for All Kinds of Tobacco Subject

to Quotas

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of determination.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

determination of the 1996–1997

marketing year penalty rate for excess

tobacco for all kinds of tobacco subject

to marketing quotas. In accordance with

section 314 of the Agricultural

Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended

(the 1938 Act), the marketing quota

penalty for a kind of tobacco is assessed

at the rate of 75 percent of the average

market price for that kind of tobacco for

the immediately preceding marketing

year.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe

Lewis, Jr., Tobacco and Peanuts

Division, Farm Service Agency (FSA),

United States Department of

Agriculture, AG Box 0514, P.O. Box

2415, Washington, DC 20013–2415,

telephone (202) 720–0795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12886

This action has been determined to be

not significant for purposes of Executive

Order 12886 and therefore has not been

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget.

Federal Assistance Program

The title and number of the Federal

Assistance Program, as found in the

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance,

to which this rule applies are:

Commodity Loans and Purchases—

10.051.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

It has been determined that the

Regulatory Flexibility Act is not

applicable to this notice since the FSA

is not required by 5 U.S.C. 553 or any

other provision of law to publish a

notice of proposed rulemaking with

respect to the subject matter of this

notice.

Executive Order 12372

This activity is not subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372

which requires intergovernmental

consultation with State and local

officials. See the notice related to 7 CFR

part 3015, subpart V, published at 48 FR

29115 (June 24, 1983).

Executive Order 12778

Executive Order 12778 is not

applicable to this notice.

Discussion

Section 314 of the 1938 Act, provides

that the rate of penalty per pound for a

kind of tobacco that is subject to

marketing quotas shall be 75 percent of

the average market price for such

tobacco for the immediately preceding

marketing year.

For all kinds of tobacco subject to

marketing quotas, except Puerto Rico

(type 46) tobacco, the Agricultural

Statistics Board, National Agricultural