Department of Agriculture September 1, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Fiscal Year 2007 Veterinary Diagnostic Services User Fees and Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection User Fees
Document Number: E6-14562
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
This notice pertains to user fees for certain veterinary diagnostic services and to fees charged for agricultural quarantine and inspection services that are provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, loaded commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers arriving at ports in the Customs territory of the United States. The purpose of this notice is to remind the public of the user fees for fiscal year 2007 (October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007).
Information Collection; Certified Mediation Program
Document Number: E6-14554
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and entities on the extension and revision of a currently approved information collection that supports the Certified Mediation Program. The collection of information by mail, phone, fax, in person, and by the internet utilized by FSA to initially determine whether the State meets the eligibility criteria to be a recipient of grant funds, and to determine if the grant is being properly administered. Lack of adequate information to make these determinations could result in the improper administration and appropriation of Federal grant funds.
Common Crop Insurance Regulations; Nursery Crop Insurance Provisions
Document Number: E6-14364
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) proposes to amend the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Nursery Crop Insurance Provisions by amending the definition of ``liners.'' FCIC also proposes to amend the Nursery Peak Inventory Endorsement to clarify that the peak amount of insurance is limited to 200% of the amount of insurance established under the Nursery Crop Insurance Provisions. The proposed changes will be effective for the 2008 and succeeding crop years.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages
Document Number: C6-6627
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Agencies and Commissions, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
Adjustment of Appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2006 Tariff-Rate Quota Year
Document Number: 06-7418
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Office of the Secretary, Department of Agriculture
This document sets forth the revised appendices to the Dairy Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing Regulation for the 2006 quota year reflecting the cumulative annual transfers from Appendix 1 to Appendix 2 for certain dairy product import licenses permanently surrendered by licensees or revoked by the Licensing Authority.
Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import Licenses for the 2007 Tariff-Rate Import Quota Year
Document Number: 06-7417
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service
This notice announces that the fee to be charged for the 2007 tariff-rate quota (TRQ) year for each license issued to a person or firm by the Department of Agriculture authorizing the importation of certain dairy articles which are subject to tariff-rate quotas set forth in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) will be $150.00 per license.
Nectarines and Peaches Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rates
Document Number: 06-7377
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This rule increases the assessment rates established for the Nectarine Administrative Committee and the Peach Commodity Committee (committees) for the 2006-07 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.20 to $0.21 per 25-pound container or container equivalent of nectarines and peaches handled. The committees locally administer the marketing orders that regulate the handling of nectarines and peaches grown in California. Assessments upon nectarine and peach handlers are used by the committees to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the programs. The fiscal period runs from March 1 through the last day of February. The assessment rates will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.
Pistachios Grown in California; Modification of Small Handler Exemption
Document Number: 06-7376
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-09-01
Agency: Agricultural Marketing Service, Department of Agriculture
This rule modifies the current handling requirements prescribed under the California pistachio marketing order (order). The order regulates the handling of pistachios grown in California and is administered locally by the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (committee). The modification increases the exemption threshold for pistachio handlers who handle small amounts of pistachios, primarily for home or personal use. Currently, handlers of 1,000 pounds or less of hulled and dried pistachios (assessed weight) are exempt from most handling requirements. Under this modification, the exemption is extended to handlers of less than 5,000 pounds of assessed weight pistachios. This change is not expected to have a significant impact on the overall quality of California pistachios found in the marketplace.
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