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                                                   VOL. 59, NO. 246

                                          Friday, December 23, 1994

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1079

[DA-95-07]

 

Milk in the Iowa Marketing Area; Termination of Proceeding on 
Proposed Revision of Pool Supply Plant Shipping Percentage

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Termination of proceeding on proposed revision of rules.

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SUMMARY: This action terminates the proceeding that was initiated to 
consider a proposal to increase the pool supply plant shipping 
percentage of the Iowa milk order. The revision was requested by 
Anderson-Erickson Dairy Company of Des Moines, Iowa, a proprietary 
distributing plant that is regulated under the order, because the 
handler believed that it would have difficulty obtaining an adequate 
supply of milk for fluid use. According to Anderson-Erickson, a supply 
of milk has been made available, and the proposed revision will be 
unnecessary. Accordingly, this proceeding is hereby terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance M. Brenner, Marketing 
Specialist, USDA/AMS/Dairy Division, Order Formulation Branch, Room 
2968, South Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington DC 20090-6456.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior document in this proceeding: Notice of 
Proposed Revision: Issued November 21, 1994; published November 23, 
1994 (59 FR 60335).
    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 November 23, 1994 (59 
FR 60335), concerning a proposed revision of certain provisions of the 
order regulating the handling of milk in the Iowa marketing area. The 
proposal would have increased the pool supply plant shipping percentage 
of the order pursuant to Sec. 1079.7(b)(1). Interested parties were 
invited to comment on the proposal in writing by November 30, 1994. Two 
comments were received.

Statement of Consideration

    Comments were submitted by Anderson-Erickson Dairy (A-E), the fluid 
milk distributing plant operator who requested the proposed increase in 
the pool supply plant shipping percentage for the months of December 
1994 through March 1995. According to the comments, a committed supply 
of milk for the proposed period was obtained after the proposed 
revision was issued. A-E, therefore, considers there to be no need to 
revise the pool supply plant shipping percentage from 20 percent to 30 
percent of receipts for the proposed period. Swiss Valley Farms, Co., a 
cooperative association that is a milk handler under the Iowa order, 
submitted comments that favored the proposed revision, with no reason 
given for supporting it.
    In view of the fact that an adequate supply of milk appears to have 
been obtained by Anderson-Erickson Dairy, there is no reason to proceed 
with A-E's request to revise the pool supply plant shipping percentage 
for Order 79, and, therefore, the proceeding is terminated.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 1079

    Milk marketing orders.

    The authority citation for 7 CFR Part 1079 continues to read as 
follows:

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

    Dated: December 19, 1994.
Richard M. McKee,
Director Dairy Division.
[FR Doc. 94-31609 Filed 12-22-94; 8:45 am]
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