[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 25486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11891]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 985

[Docket No. FV03-985-3 C]


Marketing Order Regulating the Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced 
in the Far West; Revision of Administrative Rules and Regulations 
Governing Issuance of Additional Allotment Base to New and Existing 
Producers; Correction

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is adding provisions 
to the Code of Federal Regulations governing the issuance of additional 
allotment base to existing spearmint oil producers under the marketing 
order regulating the handling of spearmint oil grown in the Far West. 
These provisions were inadvertently removed in May 2000 when additional 
allotment base provisions for new producers were modified.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Curry, Northwest Marketing 
Field Office, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1220 SW Third Avenue, suite 385, 
Portland, Oregon 97204; telephone: (503) 326-2724, Fax: (503) 326-7440; 
or George Kelhart, Technical Advisor, Marketing Order Administration 
Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence 
Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20090-0237; telephone: (202) 720-
2491, Fax: (202) 720-8938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    AMS discovered that an error exists in Sec.  985.153 of the 
codified regulations. A final rule published in the Federal Register on 
Thursday, May 11, 2000 (65 FR 30341), was intended to revise provisions 
in Sec.  985.153(c)(1) governing issuance of additional allotment base 
to new spearmint oil producers in the Far West and to leave the 
provisions in Sec.  985.153(c)(2) on additional allotment base for 
existing producers unchanged. However, the editing instructions 
specified in the final rule resulted in the provisions for existing 
producers being removed from the codified regulations.

Need for Correction

    The codified provisions in paragraph (c) of Sec.  985.153 do not 
include additional allotment base procedures for existing producers. 
This correction document adds such provisions. The provisions added are 
the same as those that were in paragraph (c)(2) prior to the issuance 
of the final rule in May 2000.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 985

    Marketing agreements, Oils and fats, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Spearmint oil.

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Accordingly, 7 CFR Part 985 is corrected by making the following 
amendment:

PART 985--MARKETING ORDER REGULATING THE HANDLING OF SPEARMINT OIL 
PRODUCED IN THE FAR WEST

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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR Part 985 continues to read as 
follows:

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


Sec.  985.153  [Corrected]

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2. In Sec.  985.153, paragraph (c)(2) is added to read as follows:


Sec.  985.153  Issuance of additional allotment base to new and 
existing producers.

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    (c) * * *
    (2) Existing producers. (i) The Committee shall review all requests 
from existing producers for additional allotment base.
    (ii) Each existing producer of a class of spearmint oil who 
requests additional allotment base and who has the ability to produce 
additional quantities of that class of spearmint oil, shall be eligible 
to receive a share of the additional allotment base for that class of 
oil. Additional allotment base to be issued by the Committee for a 
class of oil shall be distributed equally among the eligible producers 
for that class of oil. The Committee shall immediately notify each 
producer who is to receive additional allotment base by issuing that 
producer an allotment base in the appropriate amount.

    Dated: May 7, 2003.
A.J. Yates,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 03-11891 Filed 5-12-03; 8:45 am]
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