[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 208 (Friday, October 25, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 55229-55230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27458]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Parts 1005, 1007, 1011, 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

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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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AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

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

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SUMMARY: This notice 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 observe and evaluate the amendments. The time has been extended 
forty-five (45) days to November 30, 1996.

DATES: Comments are now due on or before November 30, 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 (61 FR 41488).
    Notice of Extension of Time for Filing Comments to Tentative 
Partial Decision: Issued August 16, 1996; published August 23, 1996 (61 
FR 43474).

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    A notice was published in the Federal Register on August 23, 1996 
(61 FR 43474), extending the time to file comments to the tentative 
partial final decision regulating the handling of milk in the Carolina, 
Southeast, Tennessee Valley and Louisville-Lexington-Evansville 
marketing areas from August 17 to October 16, 1996. Notice is hereby 
given that the time for filing comments to the tentative partial 
decision regulating the handling of milk in the aforesaid marketing 
areas is hereby further extended from October 16 to November 30, 1996.
    The initial comment period was extended, from August 16 to October 
17, 1996, at the request of Carolina Virginia Milk Producers 
Association, to allow interested persons to comment more accurately on 
the amendments. The cooperative has asked that the comment period be 
extended an additional forty-five (45) days to November 30, 1996, to 
allow more observation time to evaluate the amendments. The cooperative 
stated that the amendments went into effect on August 10, 1996, and it 
has only observed the amendments for one Federal order pool.
    It should be noted that any finalization of the tentative partial 
decision, with or without modification, may only be based on the 
factual record received in evidence at the oral hearing on May 15-16, 
1996. To the extent that any comments will be based on subsequent 
factual occurrences, the Secretary would have to reopen the oral 
hearing if he believed consideration of such subsequent facts to be 
warranted. Nonetheless, the Secretary welcomes full participation by 
all interested persons in the rulemaking process. Thus, the comment 
period is further extended from October 16 to November 30, 1996.
    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: October 18, 1996.
Lon Hatamiya,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-27458 Filed 10-24-96; 8:45 am]
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