[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 124 (Wednesday, June 26, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 33047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16207]



      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Parts 911 and 944

[Docket No. FV96-911-2PR]


Limes Grown in Florida and Imported Limes; Reopening of Comment 
Period To File Written Comments to the Change in Regulatory Period

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Reopening of the comment period to file written comments to the 
proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the time period for filing written 
comments on the proposed changes to the regulatory period currently 
prescribed under the lime marketing order and the lime import 
regulations is reopened until July 8, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments 
concerning this proposal. Comments must be sent in triplicate to the 
Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, room 2525-S, 
P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456, FAX Number (202) 720-5698. 
All comments should reference the docket number and the date and page 
number of this issue of the Federal Register and will be available for 
public inspection in the Office of the Docket Clerk during regular 
business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Britthany Beadle, Marketing Order 
Administration Branch, F&V, AMS, USDA, room 2522-S, P.O. Box 96456, 
Washington, DC 20090-6456: telephone: (202) 720-5127; or Aleck Jonas, 
Southeast Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order Administration 
Branch, F&V, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 2276, Winter Haven, Florida 33883; 
telephone: (941) 299-4770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A proposed rule was issued on May 2, 1996, 
and published in the Federal Register (61 FR 20754). The proposed rule 
would modify language in both the domestic and import regulations to 
change the regulatory period to January 1 through May 31, from its 
current continuous, year round, implementation. A 30-day comment period 
was provided for interested persons to respond to the proposed rule. 
The comment period ended June 7, 1996. One comment was received.
    The Department of Agriculture (Department) has received a request 
from Gail A. Knodel, Manager of the Florida Lime Administrative 
Committee, asking that additional time be provided for interested 
persons to analyze the proposed rule. Manager Knodel stated that the 
proposal is a major change in the industry. Reopening the comment 
period to July 8, 1996, would allow interested person more time to 
review the proposed rule and address their concerns.
    This delay should not substantially add to the time required to 
complete this action. Accordingly, the period in which to file written 
comments is reopened until July 8, 1996. This notice is issued pursuant 
to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.

    Dated: June 19, 1996.
Sharon Bomer Lauritsen,
Acting Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.
[FR Doc. 96-16207 Filed 6-25-96; 8:45 am]
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