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Wednesday, December 14, 2005
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
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purpose of these notices is to give interested
persons an opportunity to participate in the
rule making prior to the adoption of the final
rules.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1207
[Docket No. FV–05–711]
Potato Research and Promotion Plan;
Section 610 Review
Agricultural Marketing Service.
Notice of regulatory review and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This document announces the
Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS)
review of the Potato Research and
Promotion Plan (conducted under the
Potato Research and Promotion Act),
under the criteria contained in Section
610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(RFA).
DATES: Written comments on this
document must be received by February
13, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice of review to the
Docket Clerk, Research and Promotion
Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs
(FV), Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS), USDA, Stop 0244, Room 2535–
S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0244.
Comments should be submitted in
triplicate and will be made available for
public inspection at the above address
during regular business hours.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to:
Daniel.manzoni@usda.gov or Internet:
https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments should reference the docket
number and the date and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. A
copy of this notice may be found at:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/
rpdocketlist.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Rafael Manzoni, Research and
Promotion Branch, FV, AMS, USDA,
Stop 0244, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 2535–S, Washington, DC
20250–0244; telephone: (888) 720–9915;
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fax: (202) 205–2800; or e-mail:
daniel.manzoni@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Potato
Research and Promotion Act of 1971, as
amended, (7 U.S.C. 2611 et seq.)
authorized the Potato Research and
Promotion Plan which is industry
operated and funded, with oversight by
USDA. The Potato Research and
Promotion Plan objective is to carry out
an effective and continuous coordinated
program of research, development,
advertising, and promotion designed to
strengthen potatoes’ competitive
position, and to maintain and expand
domestic and foreign markets for
potatoes and potato products.
The Potato Research and Promotion
Plan (7 CFR part 1207) became effective
on March 9, 1972 and was implemented
on September 15, 1972 when
assessments began. The plan was
amended in May 1984, to increase the
maximum assessment rate from 1 cent
per hundredweight to 0.5 percent of the
previous 10-year average price received
by growers.
Assessments under this program are
used to fund promotional campaigns
and to conduct research in the areas of
U.S. marketing, and international
marketing and to enable it to exercise its
duties in accordance with the Plan.
The Potato Research and Promotion
Plan is administered by the National
Potato Promotion Board (Board), which
is composed of producer members,
importer members, and one public
member appointed by the Secretary of
Agriculture from nominations submitted
by eligible groups. Producer
membership on the Board is based upon
potato production within each State.
Importer members, limited to five, are
based upon the amount of potatoes,
potato products, and seed potatoes
imported into the U.S. All members
serve terms of three years.
AMS published in the Federal
Register (63 FR 8014; February 18,
1999) its plan to review certain
regulations, including the Potato
Research and Promotion Plan,
(conducted under the Potato Research
and Promotion Act), under criteria
contained in Section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5
U.S.C. 601–612). The plan was updated
in the Federal Register on August 14,
2003 (68 FR 48574). Because many AMS
regulations impact small entities, AMS
decided, as a matter of policy, to review
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certain regulations which, although they
may not meet the threshold requirement
under section 610 of the RFA, warrant
review. Accordingly, this notice and
request for comments is made for the
Potato Research and Promotion Plan.
The purpose of the review is to
determine whether the Potato Research
and Promotion Plan should be
continued without change, amended, or
rescinded (consistent with the
objectives of the Potato Research and
Promotion Act of 1971) to minimize the
impacts on small entities. AMS will
consider the continued need for the
Potato Research and Promotion Plan;
the nature of complaints or comments
received from the public concerning the
Potato Research and Promotion Plan;
the complexity of the Potato Research
and Promotion Plan; the extent to which
the Potato Research and Promotion Plan
overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with
other Federal rules, and, to the extent
feasible, with State and local
regulations; and the length of time since
the Potato Research and Promotion Plan
has been evaluated or the degree to
which technology, economic conditions,
or other factors have changed in the area
affected by the Potato Research and
Promotion Plan.
Written comments, views, opinions,
and other information regarding the
Potato Research and Promotion Plan’s
impact on small businesses are invited.
Dated: December 8, 2005.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1209
[Docket No. FV–05–710]
Mushroom Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Order; Section
610 Review
Agricultural Marketing Service.
Notice of regulatory review and
request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This document announces the
Agricultural Marketing Service’s (AMS)
review of the Mushroom Promotion,
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Research, and Consumer Information
Order (conducted under the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer
Information Act), under the criteria
contained in Section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
DATES: Written comments on this
document must be received by February
13, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice of review to the
Docket Clerk, Research and Promotion
Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs
(FV), Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS), USDA, Stop 0244, Room 2535–
S, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0244.
Comments should be submitted in
triplicate and will be made available for
public inspection at the above address
during regular business hours.
Comments may also be submitted
electronically to:
Deborah.simmons@usda.gov or Internet:
https://www.regulations.gov. All
comments should reference the docket
number and the date and page number
of this issue of the Federal Register. A
copy of this notice may be found at:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/
rpdocketlist.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debbie Simmons, Research and
Promotion Branch, FV, AMS, USDA,
Stop 0244, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Room 2535–S, Washington, DC
20250–0244; telephone: (888) 720–9915
fax: (202) 205–2800; or e-mail:
Deborah.simmons@usda.gov.
The
Mushroom Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act of 1990, (7
U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) authorized the
Mushroom Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Program which
is industry operated and funded, with
oversight by USDA. The program’s
objective is to carry out an effective,
continuous, and coordinated program of
promotion, research, consumer
information, and industry information
designed to strengthen the mushroom
industry’s position in the marketplace,
maintain and expand existing markets
and uses for mushrooms, develop new
markets and uses for mushrooms, and to
carry out programs, plans, and projects
designed to provide maximum benefits
to the mushroom industry.
The program became effective on
January 8, 1993, when the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer
Information Order (7 CFR part 1209)
was issued. Assessments began in 1993
at the rate of 0.0025 cents per pound
and have fluctuated from 0.0010 to
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0.0045 cents per pound. The current
rate is 0.0024 cents per pound.
Assessments under this program are
used to fund retail category
management, research concerning
nutritional attributes of mushrooms,
foodservice training, and industry
information and to enable it to exercise
its duties in accordance with the Order.
The program is administered by the
Mushroom Council (Council) which is
composed of producers and may
include importers, appointed by the
Secretary of Agriculture from
nominations submitted by eligible
producers or importers. Producer
membership on the Board is based upon
mushroom production within each of
four predestinated geographic regions
within the U.S. and a fifth region
representing importers, when imports,
on average, equal or exceed 35,000,000
pounds of mushrooms annually. All
members serve terms of three years.
AMS published in the Federal
Register (63 FR 8014; February 18,
1999) its plan to review certain
regulations, including the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer
Information Order, (conducted under
the Mushroom Promotion, Research,
and Consumer Information Act), under
criteria contained in Section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5
U.S.C. 601–612). The plan was updated
in the Federal Register on August 14,
2003 (68 FR 48574). Because many AMS
regulations impact small entities, AMS
decided, as a matter of policy, to review
certain regulations which, although they
may not meet the threshold requirement
under section 610 of the RFA, warrant
review. Accordingly, this notice and
request for comments is made for the
Mushroom Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Order.
The purpose of the review is to
determine whether the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer
Information Order should be continued
without change, amended, or rescinded
(consistent with the objectives of the
Mushroom Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act of 1990) to
minimize the impacts on small entities.
AMS will consider the continued need
for the Order; the nature of complaints
or comments received from the public
concerning the Order; the complexity of
the Order; the extent to which the Order
overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with
other Federal rules, and, to the extent
feasible, with State and local
regulations; and the length of time since
the Order has been evaluated or the
degree to which technology, economic
conditions, or other factors have
changed in the area affected by the
Order.
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Written comments, views, opinions,
and other information regarding the
Order’s impact on small businesses are
invited.
Dated: December 8, 2005.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
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Coordinated Communications
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Notice of proposed rulemaking.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Federal Election
Commission requests comment on
proposed revisions to its regulations
regarding communications that have
been coordinated with Federal
candidates and political party
committees. The Commission’s current
rules set out a three-prong test for
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in-kind contribution to, a Federal
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and must include a request to testify in
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writing, must be addressed to Mr. Brad
C. Deutsch, Assistant General Counsel,
and must be submitted in either e-mail,
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Commenters are strongly encouraged to
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[FR Doc No: E5-7336]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1209
[Docket No. FV-05-710]
Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order;
Section 610 Review
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service.
ACTION: Notice of regulatory review and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This document announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's
(AMS) review of the Mushroom Promotion,
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Research, and Consumer Information Order (conducted under the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act), under the criteria
contained in Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
DATES: Written comments on this document must be received by February
13, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice of review to the Docket Clerk, Research and
Promotion Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs (FV), Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS), USDA, Stop 0244, Room 2535-S, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0244. Comments should be
submitted in triplicate and will be made available for public
inspection at the above address during regular business hours. Comments
may also be submitted electronically to: Deborah.simmons@usda.gov or
Internet: https://www.regulations.gov. All comments should reference the
docket number and the date and page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. A copy of this notice may be found at: https://
www.ams.usda.gov/fv/rpdocketlist.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Debbie Simmons, Research and Promotion
Branch, FV, AMS, USDA, Stop 0244, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Room
2535-S, Washington, DC 20250-0244; telephone: (888) 720-9915 fax: (202)
205-2800; or e-mail: Deborah.simmons@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mushroom Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act of 1990, (7 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) authorized
the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Program
which is industry operated and funded, with oversight by USDA. The
program's objective is to carry out an effective, continuous, and
coordinated program of promotion, research, consumer information, and
industry information designed to strengthen the mushroom industry's
position in the marketplace, maintain and expand existing markets and
uses for mushrooms, develop new markets and uses for mushrooms, and to
carry out programs, plans, and projects designed to provide maximum
benefits to the mushroom industry.
The program became effective on January 8, 1993, when the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order (7 CFR part 1209)
was issued. Assessments began in 1993 at the rate of 0.0025 cents per
pound and have fluctuated from 0.0010 to 0.0045 cents per pound. The
current rate is 0.0024 cents per pound.
Assessments under this program are used to fund retail category
management, research concerning nutritional attributes of mushrooms,
foodservice training, and industry information and to enable it to
exercise its duties in accordance with the Order.
The program is administered by the Mushroom Council (Council) which
is composed of producers and may include importers, appointed by the
Secretary of Agriculture from nominations submitted by eligible
producers or importers. Producer membership on the Board is based upon
mushroom production within each of four predestinated geographic
regions within the U.S. and a fifth region representing importers, when
imports, on average, equal or exceed 35,000,000 pounds of mushrooms
annually. All members serve terms of three years.
AMS published in the Federal Register (63 FR 8014; February 18,
1999) its plan to review certain regulations, including the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order, (conducted under
the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act), under
criteria contained in Section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(RFA; 5 U.S.C. 601-612). The plan was updated in the Federal Register
on August 14, 2003 (68 FR 48574). Because many AMS regulations impact
small entities, AMS decided, as a matter of policy, to review certain
regulations which, although they may not meet the threshold requirement
under section 610 of the RFA, warrant review. Accordingly, this notice
and request for comments is made for the Mushroom Promotion, Research,
and Consumer Information Order.
The purpose of the review is to determine whether the Mushroom
Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Order should be continued
without change, amended, or rescinded (consistent with the objectives
of the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of
1990) to minimize the impacts on small entities. AMS will consider the
continued need for the Order; the nature of complaints or comments
received from the public concerning the Order; the complexity of the
Order; the extent to which the Order overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts
with other Federal rules, and, to the extent feasible, with State and
local regulations; and the length of time since the Order has been
evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or
other factors have changed in the area affected by the Order.
Written comments, views, opinions, and other information regarding
the Order's impact on small businesses are invited.
Dated: December 8, 2005.
Lloyd C. Day,
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E5-7336 Filed 12-13-05; 8:45 am]
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