[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 53 (Monday, March 18, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 10902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6344]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 29

[Docket No. TB-95-13]


Tobacco Inspection--Growers Referendum

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of referendum.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that a referendum will be conducted by 
mail during the period of April 15-26, 1996, for producers of burley 
tobacco who sell their tobacco at auction in Horse Cave, Glasgow, and 
Greensburg, Kentucky, to determine producer approval of the designation 
of the Horse Cave, Glasgow, and Greensburg tobacco markets as one 
consolidated auction market.

DATES: The referendum will be held April 15-26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Fial, Assistant to the 
Director, Tobacco Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, United 
States Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-
6456; telephone number (202) 260-0151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given of a mail referendum 
on the designation of a consolidated auction market at Horse Cave, 
Glasgow, and Greensburg, Kentucky. Horse Cave was designated on 
November 14, 1936, and Glasgow and Greensburg, Kentucky, were 
designated on October 25, 1941, and June 16, 1950, respectively, (7 CFR 
29.8001) as burley tobacco auction markets under the Tobacco Inspection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 511 et seq.). Under this Act both have been receiving 
mandatory grading services from USDA.
    On February 23, 1995, an application was made to the Secretary of 
Agriculture to consolidate the designated markets of Horse Cave, 
Glasgow, and Greensburg. The application, filed by warehouse operators 
in those markets, was made pursuant to the regulations promulgated 
under the Tobacco Inspection Act (7 CFR Part 29.1-29.3). On September 
13, 1995, a public hearing was held in Cave City, Kentucky, pursuant to 
the regulations. A Review Committee, established pursuant to 
Sec. 29.3(h) of the regulations (7 CFR 29.3(h)), has reviewed and 
considered the application, the testimony presented at the hearing, the 
exhibits received in evidence, and other available information. The 
Committee recommended to the Secretary that the application be granted 
and the Secretary approved the application on February 26, 1996.
    Before a new market can be officially designated, a referendum must 
be held to determine that a two-thirds majority of producers favor the 
designation. It is hereby determined that the referendum will be held 
by mail during the period of April 15-26, 1996. The purpose of the 
referendum is to determine whether farmers who sold their tobacco on 
the designated markets at Horse Cave, Glasgow, and Greensburg are in 
favor of, or opposed to, the designation of the consolidated market for 
the 1996 and succeeding crop years. Accordingly, if a two-thirds 
majority of those tobacco producers voting in the referendum favor this 
consolidation, a new market will be designated as and will be called 
Horse Cave-Glasgow-Greensburg.
    To be eligible to vote in the referendum a tobacco producer must 
have sold burley tobacco on either the Horse Cave, Glasgow, or 
Greensburg, Kentucky, auction markets during the 1995 marketing season. 
Any farmer who believes he or she is eligible to vote in the referendum 
but has not received a mail ballot by April 15, 1996, should 
immediately contact Rebecca Fial at (202) 260-0151.
    The referendum will be held in accordance with the provisions for 
referenda of the Tobacco Inspection Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 511d) and 
the regulations for such referendum set forth in 7 CFR 29.74.

    Dated: March 11, 1996.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-6344 Filed 3-15-96; 8:45 am]
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