[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 70646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-9545]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 981

[Docket No. FV06-981-2 C]


Almonds Grown in California; Changes to Incoming Quality Control 
Requirements; Correction

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published in the 
Federal Register on November 8, 2006, a document concerning quality 
control requirements under the California almond marketing order. 
Language was inadvertently omitted in the regulatory text to specify 
that the changes apply to all almonds received by handlers beginning 
August 1, 2006.

DATES: Effective Date: December 6, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maureen T. Pello, Assistant Regional 
Manager, or Kurt J. Kimmel, Regional Manager, California Marketing 
Field Office, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and 
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, telephone: (559) 487-5901, Fax: (559) 
487-5906, or e-mail: [email protected], or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The AMS published a document in the Federal 
Register on November 8, 2006 (71 FR 65373) that inadvertently omitted 
language in the regulatory text to indicate that the changes apply to 
all almonds received by handlers beginning August 1, 2006. This 
document corrects the regulatory text.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 981

    Almonds, Marketing agreements, Nuts, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

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Accordingly, 7 CFR part 981 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendments:

PART 981--ALMONDS GROWN IN CALIFORNIA

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1. The authority citation for 7 CFR part 981 continues to read as 
follows:

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

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2. In Sec.  981.442 revise the first sentence of paragraph (a)(4)(i) 
and the 11th sentence in paragraph (a)(5) to read as follows:


Sec.  981.442  Quality Control.

    (a) * * *
    (4) Disposition obligation. (i) Beginning August 1, 2006, the 
weight of inedible kernels in excess of 0.50 percent of kernel weight 
reported to the Board of any variety received by a handler shall 
constitute that handler's disposition obligation. * * *
    (5) * * * Beginning August 1, 2006, at least 50 percent of a 
handler's total crop year inedible disposition obligation shall be 
satisfied with dispositions consisting of inedible kernels as defined 
in Sec.  981.408: Provided, That this 50 percent requirement shall not 
apply to handlers with total annual obligations of less than 1,000 
pounds. * * *

    Dated: December 1, 2006.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 06-9545 Filed 12-1-06; 2:50 pm]
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