United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1996_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be04c054 D09002ee1be04c0f7 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule amends the general regulations for federal marketing orders and marketing agreements covering fruits, vegetables and nuts, by adding a provision for implementing stipulation procedures to resolve certain violations of marketing orders, marketing agreements, Section 8e import regulations, and provisions regulating nonsignatory peanut handlers. Marketing orders, marketing agreements, and the other regulatory provisions listed above regulate handlers and/or importers of various agricultural commodities and are authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act). The Act gives the Department of Agriculture (Department) authority to institute formal administrative proceedings against handlers and/or importers who violate marketing orders, marketing agreements, and other regulatory provisions under the Act. This rule would give the Department another tool for enforcement by allowing the Department to enter into a written agreement with a violator who agrees to waive a hearing and pay a civil penalty without a formal administrative proceeding. 61 FR 20716 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-08/96-11461 96-11461 fr08my96-3 3410-02-P Docket No. FV95-900-1FR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-08/96-11461 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-05-08/html/96-11461.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-05-08/pdf/96-11461.pdf 3 p. 20716 20718 61 FR 20716 Title 7 Part 900 7 CFR Part 900 Amendment of General Regulations for Marketing Orders; Adding Stipulation Procedures; Federal Register Vol. 61, Issue RULE 96-11461 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Docket No. FV95-900-1FR 3410-02-P 96-11461 Final rule.

This rule amends the general regulations for federal marketing orders and marketing agreements covering fruits, vegetables and nuts, by adding a provision for implementing stipulation procedures to resolve certain violations of marketing orders, marketing agreements, Section 8e import regulations, and provisions regulating nonsignatory peanut handlers. Marketing orders, marketing agreements, and the other regulatory provisions listed above regulate handlers and/or importers of various agricultural commodities and are authorized under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act). The Act gives the Department of Agriculture (Department) authority to institute formal administrative proceedings against handlers and/or importers who violate marketing orders, marketing agreements, and other regulatory provisions under the Act. This rule would give the Department another tool for enforcement by allowing the Department to enter into a written agreement with a violator who agrees to waive a hearing and pay a civil penalty without a formal administrative proceeding.

May 9, 1996. Barbara Schulke, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, room 2523-S, Washington, DC. 20090-6456, telephone (202) 720-4607, facsimile (202) 720-5698. Vol. 61, no. 90 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1996-05-08 continuing daily deposited born digital 355 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-08 P0b002ee180a22d04 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr08my96 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1996-05-08 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-05-08/pdf/FR-1996-05-08.pdf fdlp 20701 21045 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1996-05-08 machine generated eng FR FR-1996-05-08 61 90