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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1046

[DA-93-26]

 

Milk in the Louisville-Lexington-Evansville Marketing Area; 
Termination of Proceeding on Proposed Suspension of Certain Provisions 
of the Order

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Termination of proceeding on proposed suspension of rules.

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SUMMARY: This action terminates the proceeding that was initiated to 
consider a proposal to suspend a portion of the pool plant definition 
of the Louisville-Lexington-Evansville milk order. The suspension was 
requested by Armour Food Ingredients Company (Armour), which operates a 
supply plant at Springfield, Kentucky. After evaluating the data, 
views, arguments, and other pertinent information filed in response to 
the proposed suspension, it has been determined that an alternative 
proposed suspension [DA-93-29] will remove the need for the Armour 
plant to incur inefficient and costly milk movements solely for the 
purpose of pooling its plant under Federal Order 46. Accordingly, this 
proceeding is hereby terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Memoli, Marketing Specialist, 
USDA/AMS/Dairy Division, Order Formulation Branch, room 2971, South 
Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456 (202) 690-1932.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior document in this proceeding:
    Notice of Proposed Suspension: Issued September 22, 1993; published 
September 28, 1993 (58 FR 50527).
    This termination of proceeding is issued pursuant to the provisions 
of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 
U.S.C. 601-674). This proceeding was initiated by a notice of 
rulemaking published in the Federal Register on September 28, 1993 (58 
FR 50527) concerning a proposed suspension of certain provisions of the 
order regulating the handling of milk in the Louisville-Lexington-
Evansville marketing area. Interested parties were invited to comment 
on the proposal in writing by October 5, 1993. The proposal would have 
suspended the need to include diversions under the ``net shipment'' 
provision pursuant to Sec. 1046.7(b).

Statement of Consideration

    At the present time, the Armour supply plant at Springfield, 
Kentucky, is regulated under the Tennessee Valley order (Order 11) by 
virtue of its association with Southern Belle Dairy Company, a pool 
distributing plant regulated under Order 11. In recent months, Southern 
Belle has acquired accounts which could cause it to shift regulation 
from Order 11 to Order 46. If this were to happen, the pooling 
provisions of Order 46 would be applied to the Armour plant which would 
cause the plant to have to incur costly and inefficient movements of 
milk to keep its plant regulated under Order 46.
    In a separate action (DA-93-29), certain provisions of Orders 11 
and 46 have been suspended which will keep the Southern Belle plant 
regulated under Order 11 and remove the problems anticipated by Armour 
that would have been caused by the shift of the Southern Belle plant to 
Order 46. In view of this suspension, there is no reason to proceed 
with Armour's request to suspend the net shipment provision of Order 
46, and, therefore, the proceeding is terminated.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1046

    Milk marketing orders.

    The authority citation for 7 CFR part 1046 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: Secs. 1-19, 48 Stat. 31, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 601-
674.

    Dated: March 28, 1994.
Patricia Jensen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Marketing and Inspection Services.
[FR Doc. 94-7841 Filed 3-31-94; 8:45 am]
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