[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 66 (Thursday, April 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17513-17514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8427]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[No. LS-95-005]


Notice of Upcoming Soybean Producer Poll

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing a 
producer poll to be held on July 26, 1995, to determine if soybean 
producers support the conducting of a refund referendum on whether 
refunds should continue under the Soybean Promotion, Research, and 
Consumer Information Program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph L. Tapp, Chief; Marketing 
Programs Branch; Livestock and Seed Division; AMS, USDA, Room 2624-S; 
P.O. Box 96456; Washington, D.C. 20090-6456. Telephone number 202/720-
1115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Soybean Promotion, Research, 
and Consumer Information Act (Act) (7 U.S.C. 6301 et. seq.), the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture is conducting the required producer poll on 
July 26, 1995.
    Both registration and signing of the poll to request a refund 
referendum will be held on July 26, 1995, at Consolidated Farm Service 
Agency (CFSA) (formerly the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation 
Service (ASCS)) county offices.
    Absentee forms may be requested by mail or in person from June 19 
through July 14, 1995, from county CFSA offices located in or serving 
the county where the producer resides. Completed forms must be 
postmarked or returned in person no later than July 14, 1995.
    Producers who certify that they produced soybeans between September 
1, 1991, and June 1, 1995, are eligible to request a refund referendum 
by participating in the producer poll. Only those producers who want to 
request that a refund referendum be held are asked to participate. 
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    The purpose of the poll is to determine whether eligible producers 
favor the conducting of a refund referendum on the continuance of 
payments of refunds under the Soybean Promotion and Research Order. If 
at least 20 percent (not in excess of one-fifth of which may be 
producers in any one State) of the 381,000 producers nationwide 
participate in the poll, a refund referendum will be held within 1 year 
from that determination. Refunds would continue until the referendum is 
held. If results of the poll indicate that a referendum is not 
supported, refunds would be discontinued upon that determination.
    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, the 
information collection requirements made in connection with the 
producer poll have been approved by the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) and assigned OMB control number 0581-0093.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301-6311.

    Dated: March 31, 1995.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 95-8427 Filed 4-5-95; 8:45 am]
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