[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15338-15339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-7634]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 966

[Docket No. FV03-966-03 C]


Tomatoes Grown in Florida; Decreased Assessment Rate; Correction

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published an interim 
final rule in the Federal Register on November 9, 2001 (66 FR 56599), 
which decreased the assessment rate for tomatoes grown in Florida. The 
interim final rule fixed the assessment rate at $0.20 per 25-pound 
container or equivalent of assessable tomatoes for the 2001-02 and 
subsequent fiscal periods. The rate should have been fixed at $0.02 per 
25-pound container or equivalent. This document corrects the assessment 
rate.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Jamieson, Marketing Specialist, 
Southeast Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order Administration 
Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 799 Overlook Drive, 
Suite A, Winter Haven, Florida 33884-1671; telephone: (863) 324-3375; 
Fax: (863) 325-8793; E-Mail: [email protected]; or George 
Kelhart, Technical Advisor, Marketing Order Administration Branch, 
Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Ave, SW., 
STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237, telephone: (202) 720-2491, Fax: 
(202) 720-8938; E-Mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    AMS published an interim final rule in the Federal Register on 
November 9, 2001 (66 FR 56599), decreasing the assessment rate for 
tomatoes grown in Florida [7 CFR part 966]. The interim final rule was 
subsequently finalized without change in a document published on March 
13, 2002 (67 FR 11213).

Need for Correction

    As published, the assessment rate was incorrectly identified as 
$0.20 per 25-pound container or equivalent. This correction document 
replaces the incorrect assessment rate with the correct assessment rate 
of $0.02 per 25-pound container or equivalent for Florida tomatoes.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 966

    Marketing agreements, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, 
Tomatoes.

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Accordingly, 7 CFR part 966 is corrected by making the following 
amendment:

PART 966--TOMATOES GROWN IN FLORIDA

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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 966 continues to read as 
follows:

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

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Sec.  966.234  [Corrected]

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2. In Sec.  966.234, the figure ``$0.20'' is revised to ``$0.02''.

    Dated: March 24, 2003.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 03-7634 Filed 3-28-03; 8:45 am]
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