[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 165 (Friday, August 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 43474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21489]


      
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Parts 1005, 1007, 1011, and 1046

[Docket No. AO-388-A9, et al.; DA-96-08]


Milk in the Carolina and Certain Other Marketing Areas; Notice of 
Extension of Time for Filing Comments

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of time for filing comments to the tentative partial 
decision.

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     7 CFR Part            Marketing Area                AO Nos.        
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1005...............  Carolina..................  AO-388-A9              
1007...............  Southeast.................  AO-366-A38             
1011...............  Tennessee Valley..........  AO-251-A40             
1046...............  Louisville-Lexington-       AO-123-A67             
                      Evansville.                                       
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SUMMARY: This document extends the time for filing comments to the 
tentative partial decision which would incorporate a transportation 
credit balancing fund into four Federal milk marketing orders in the 
Southern United States. The amendments are based on the record of a 
public hearing held May 15-16, 1996, in Charlotte, North Carolina. 
Carolina Virginia Milk Producers Association requested additional time 
to more accurately comment on the amendments. The time has been 
extended sixty (60) days to October 16, 1996.

DATES: Comments are now due on or before October 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments (six copies) should be filed with the Hearing 
Clerk, Room 1083, South Building, United States Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.

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 documents in this proceeding:
    Notice of Hearing: Issued May 1, 1996; published May 3, 1996 (61 FR 
19861).
    Tentative Partial Decision: Issued July 12, 1996; published July 
18, 1996 (61 FR 37628).
    Interim Amendment of Rules: Issued August 2, 1996; published August 
9, 1996.
    Notice is hereby given that the time for filing comments to the 
tentative partial decision regulating the handling of milk in the 
Carolina, Southeast, Tennessee Valley, and Louisville- Lexington-
Evansville marketing areas is hereby extended from August 17, 1996, to 
October 16, 1996.
    Carolina Virginia Milk Producers Association requested the 
extension of time for comments arguing that an extension was necessary 
in order to have sufficient time to observe the rules once in effect. 
This additional time would allow interested persons to comment more 
accurately on the amendments.
    This notice is issued pursuant to the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-
674), and the applicable rules of practice and procedure governing the 
formulation of marketing agreements and marketing orders (7 CFR Part 
900).

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Parts 1005, 1007, 1011, and 1046

    Milk marketing orders.

    Dated: August 16, 1996.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-21489 Filed 8-22-96; 8:45 am]
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