[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9042]


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NORTHEAST DAIRY COMPACT COMMISSION


Notice of Special Meeting

AGENCY: Northeast Dairy Compact Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Special Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Compact Commission will hold a Special Meeting to consider 
whether to adopt a compact over-order price regulation for the six-
state New England region. The terms and conditions of any such 
regulation will be discussed at the meeting. The Compact Commission 
will also consider certain matters relating to administration, the 
bylaws and referendum, and the ongoing administrative assessment.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for April 16, 1997 commencing at 9:00 
a.m. to adjournment.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Hampshire College, North 
Campus, Conference Center, Route 3, North (Daniel Webster Highway), in 
Hooksett, NH.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel Smith, Executive Director, 
Northeast Dairy Compact Commission, 43 State Street, PO Box 1058, 
Montpelier, VT, 05601-1058, 802-229-1941.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the 
Northeast Dairy Compact Commission will hold a Special Meeting, 
pursuant to Article V(C)(3) of the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
Compact, to debate the adoption of a compact over-order price 
regulation. The Compact Commission has conducted two days of public 
hearings and afforded two separate opportunities for interested 
persons to submit written comments after notice. The Commission 
will now consider the merits of whether a compact over-order price 
regulation should be adopted in light of the comments and the 
evidence in the public record.

    The Compact Commission will also consider certain matters relating 
to its administrative operation, a technical correction of the bylaws 
and the addition of an escrowing provision to the administrative 
assessment, and the referendum procedure.

(Authority: (a) Article V, Section 11 of the Northeast Interstate 
Dairy Compact, and all other applicable Articles and Sections, as 
approved by Section 147 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and 
Reform Act (FAIR ACT), P.L. 104-127, and as thereby set forth in 
S.J. Res. 28(1)(b) of the 104th Congress; Finding of Compelling 
Public Interest by United States Department of Agriculture Secretary 
Dan Glickman, March 20, 1997. (b) Bylaws of the Northeast Dairy 
Compact Commission, adopted November 21, 1996.)
Daniel Smith,
Executive Director.
[FR Doc. 97-9042 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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