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Done in Washington, DC, this 3rd day of
June 2009.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. E9–13507 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1220
[Doc. No. AMS–LS–09–0026]
Soybean Promotion and Research:
Amend the Order To Adjust
Representation on the United Soybean
Board
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
SUMMARY: This proposed rule would
adjust the number of members on the
United Soybean Board (Board) to reflect
changes in production levels that have
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occurred since the Board was last
reapportioned in 2006. As required by
the Soybean Promotion, Research, and
Consumer Information Act (Act),
membership on the Board is reviewed
every 3 years and adjustments are made
accordingly. This proposed change
would result in an increase in Board
membership for one State, increasing
the total number of Board members from
68 to 69. These changes would be
reflected in the Soybean Promotion and
Research Order (Order) and would be
effective for the 2010 appointment
process.
DATES: Comments must be received by
August 10, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be posted
online at https://www.regulations.gov.
Comments received will be posted
without change, including any personal
information provided. All comments
should reference the docket number,
AMS–LS–09–0026; the date of
submission; and the page number of this
issue of the Federal Register. Comments
may also be sent to Kenneth R. Payne,
Chief, Marketing Programs Branch,
Livestock and Seed Program,
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS),
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Room 2628–S, STOP 0251, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth R. Payne, Chief, Marketing
Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed
Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2628–S,
STOP 0251, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
0251; Telephone 202/720–1115; Fax
202/720–1125; or e-mail to
Kenneth.Payne@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) has waived the review process
required by Executive Order 12866 for
this action.
Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule was reviewed
under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. It is not intended to
have a retroactive effect. This action
would not preempt any State or local
laws, regulations, or policies unless they
present an irreconcilable conflict with
this rule.
The Act provides that administrative
proceedings must be exhausted before
parties may file suit in court. Under
section 1971 of the Act, a person subject
to the Order may file a petition with
USDA stating that the Order, any
provision of the Order, or any obligation
imposed in connection with the Order,
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is not in accordance with the law and
request a modification of the Order or
an exemption from the Order. The
petitioner is afforded the opportunity
for a hearing on the petition. After a
hearing, USDA would rule on the
petition. The Act provides that district
courts of the United States in any
district in which such person is an
inhabitant, or has their principal place
of business, has jurisdiction to review
USDA’s ruling on the petition, if a
complaint for this purpose is filed
within 20 days after the date of the entry
of the ruling.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
AMS has determined that this rule
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities, as defined by the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601–
612), because it only adjusts
representation on the Board to reflect
changes in production levels that have
occurred since the Board was last
reapportioned in 2006. The purpose of
the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the
scale of businesses subject to such
actions so that small businesses will not
be disproportionately burdened. As
such, these changes will not impose a
significant impact on persons subject to
the program.
There are an estimated 589,182
soybean producers and an estimated
10,000 first purchasers who collect the
assessment, most of whom would be
considered small businesses under the
criteria established by the Small
Business Administration (SBA) [13 CFR
121.201]. SBA defines small agricultural
producers as those having annual
receipts of less than $750,000.
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Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements included in
7 CFR part 1220 were previously
approved by OMB and were assigned
control number 0581–0093.
Background and Proposed Changes
The Act (7 U.S.C. 6301–6311)
provides for the establishment of a
coordinated program of promotion and
research designed to strengthen the
soybean industry’s position in the
marketplace, and to maintain and
expand domestic and foreign markets
and uses for soybeans and soybean
products. The program is financed by an
assessment of 0.5 percent of the net
market price of soybeans sold by
producers. Pursuant to the Act, an Order
was made effective July 9, 1991. The
Order established an initial Board with
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60 members. For purposes of
establishing the Board, the United States
was divided into 31 States and
geographical units. Representation on
the Board from each unit was
determined by the level of production in
each unit. The initial Board was
appointed on July 11, 1991. The Board
is composed of soybean producers.
Section 1220.201(c) of the Order
provides that at the end of each 3-year
period, the Board shall review soybean
production levels in the geographic
units throughout the United States. The
Board may recommend to the Secretary
of Agriculture (Secretary) modification
in the levels of production necessary for
Board membership for each unit.
Section 1220.201(d) of the Order
provides that at the end of each 3-year
period, the Secretary must review the
volume of production of each unit and
adjust the boundaries of any unit and
the number of Board members from
each such unit as necessary to conform
with the criteria set forth in
§ 1220.201(e): (1) To the extent
practicable, States with annual average
soybean production of less than
3,000,000 bushels shall be grouped into
geographically contiguous units, each of
which has a combined production level
equal to or greater than 3,000,000
bushels, and each such group shall be
entitled to at least one member on the
Board; (2) units with at least 3,000,000
bushels, but fewer than 15,000,000
bushels shall be entitled to one board
member; (3) units with 15,000,000
bushels or more but fewer than
70,000,000 bushels shall be entitled to
two Board members; (4) units with
70,000,000 bushels or more but fewer
than 200,000,000 bushels shall be
entitled to three Board members; and (5)
units with 200,000,000 bushels or more
shall be entitled to four Board members.
The Board was last reapportioned in
2006. The total Board membership
increased from 64 to 68 members, with
Nebraska, North Dakota, Pennsylvania,
and Virginia each gaining one
additional member. Additionally,
Florida was grouped with the Eastern
Region due to lower production levels.
These changes were effective with the
2007 appointments.
Currently, the Board has 68 members
representing 30 geographical units. This
membership is based on average
production levels for the years 2001–
2005 (excluding crops in years that
production was the highest and that
production was the lowest) as reported
by USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS).
This proposed rule would increase
total membership on the Board from 68
to 69. Production data for years 2003–
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2008 (excluding the crops in years in
which production was the highest and
in which production was the lowest)
was gathered from NASS. This change
would not affect the number of
geographical units.
This proposed rule would adjust
representation on the Board as follows:
State
Current
representation
Proposed
representation
Ohio ..........
3
4
Board adjustments as proposed by
this rulemaking would become effective,
if adopted, with the 2010 appointment
process.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR 1220
Administrative practice and
procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Marketing agreements,
Soybeans and soybean products,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, it is proposed that Title 7,
part 1220 be amended as follows:
PART 1220—SOYBEAN PROMOTION,
RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER
INFORMATION
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR
Part 1220 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301–6311 and 7
U.S.C. 7401.
2. In § 1220.201, the table
immediately following paragraph (a) is
revised to read as follows:
§ 1220.201
Membership of board.
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Unit
Illinois ........................................
Iowa ..........................................
Minnesota .................................
Indiana ......................................
Nebraska ..................................
Ohio ..........................................
Missouri ....................................
Arkansas ...................................
South Dakota ............................
Kansas ......................................
Michigan ...................................
North Dakota ............................
Mississippi ................................
Louisiana ..................................
Tennessee ................................
North Carolina ..........................
Kentucky ...................................
Pennsylvania ............................
Virginia ......................................
Maryland ...................................
Wisconsin .................................
Georgia .....................................
South Carolina ..........................
Alabama ....................................
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Delaware ...................................
Texas ........................................
Oklahoma .................................
New York ..................................
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Eastern Region:
(Florida, Massachusetts, New
Jersey,Connecticut, Florida, Rhode Island,
Vermont, New Hampshire,
Maine, West Virginia, District of Columbia, and
Puerto Rico ........................
Western Region:
(Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho,
Utah, Arizona, Washington,
Oregon, Nevada, California, Hawaii, and Alaska)
NUHOMS ®–24PTH DSC, allow storage
of control components in the
NUHOMS ®–32PT DSC, and add a new
1 Technical Specification, which applies
1 to Independent Spent Fuel Storage
1
Installation sites located in a coastal
1
marine environment, that any load
bearing carbon steel component which
Number of
is part of the HSM must contain at least
members
0.20 percent copper as an alloy
addition.
Number of
members
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule
must be received on or before July 10,
2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any one of the following methods.
1 Comments submitted in writing or in
electronic form will be made available
for public inspection. Because your
comments will not be edited to remove
any identifying or contact information,
the NRC cautions you against including
1
any information in your submission that
you do not want to be publicly
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disclosed.
Dated: June 3, 2009.
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to
David R. Shipman,
https://www.regulations.gov and search
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing for documents filed under Docket ID
Service.
[NRC–2009–0162]. Address questions
about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher
[FR Doc. E9–13533 Filed 6–9–09; 8:45 am]
301–492–3668; e-mail
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Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov.
Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
Washington, DC 20555–0001, ATTN:
COMMISSION
Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
E-mail comments to:
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Rulemaking.Comments@nrc.gov. If you
[NRC–2009–0162]
do not receive a reply e-mail confirming
that we have received your comments,
RIN 3150–AI62
contact us directly at 301–415–1677.
Hand deliver comments to: 11555
List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
Casks: Standardized NUHOMS ®
20852, between 7:30 am and 4:15 pm
System Revision 10
Federal workdays. (Telephone 301–415–
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory
1677)
Commission.
Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission at 301–
ACTION: Proposed rule.
415–1101.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
You can access publicly available
Commission (NRC) is proposing to
documents related to this document
amend its spent fuel storage cask
using the following methods:
regulations by revising the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR):
Transnuclear, Inc. (TN), Standardized
The public may examine and have
NUHOMS ® System listing within the
copied for a fee publicly available
‘‘List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage
documents at the NRC’s PDR, Public
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Certificate of Compliance (CoC) Number North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
1004. Amendment No. 10 would modify Maryland.
the CoC to add a dry shielded canister
NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access
(DSC) designated the NUHOMS ®–
and Management System (ADAMS):
61BTH DSC, add a dry shielded canister Publicly available documents created or
designated the NUHOMS ®–32PTH1
received at the NRC are available
DSC, add an alternate high-seismic
electronically at the NRC’s Electronic
option of the horizontal storage module
Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/
(HSM) for storing the 32PTH1 DSC,
reading-rm/adams.html. From this page,
allow storage of Westinghouse 15×15
the public can gain entry into ADAMS,
Partial Length Shield Assemblies in the
which provides text and image files of
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NRC’s public documents. If you do not
have access to ADAMS or if there are
problems in accessing the documents
located in ADAMS, contact the NRC’s
PDR Reference staff at 1–800–397–4209,
301–415–4737 or by e-mail to
pdr.resource@nrc.gov. An electronic
copy of the proposed CoC No. 1004, the
proposed technical specifications (TS),
and the preliminary safety evaluation
report (SER) can be found under
ADAMS Package Number
ML090400180.
The proposed CoC No. 1004, the
proposed TS, the preliminary SER, and
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Single copies of these documents may
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and Environmental Management
Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001, telephone (301) 415–6219, e-mail
Jayne.McCausland@nrc.gov.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 1220
[Doc. No. AMS-LS-09-0026]
Soybean Promotion and Research: Amend the Order To Adjust
Representation on the United Soybean Board
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed rule.
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SUMMARY: This proposed rule would adjust the number of members on the
United Soybean Board (Board) to reflect changes in production levels
that have occurred since the Board was last reapportioned in 2006. As
required by the Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information
Act (Act), membership on the Board is reviewed every 3 years and
adjustments are made accordingly. This proposed change would result in
an increase in Board membership for one State, increasing the total
number of Board members from 68 to 69. These changes would be reflected
in the Soybean Promotion and Research Order (Order) and would be
effective for the 2010 appointment process.
DATES: Comments must be received by August 10, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be posted online at https://www.regulations.gov. Comments received will be posted without change,
including any personal information provided. All comments should
reference the docket number, AMS-LS-09-0026; the date of submission;
and the page number of this issue of the Federal Register. Comments may
also be sent to Kenneth R. Payne, Chief, Marketing Programs Branch,
Livestock and Seed Program, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS),
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Room 2628-S, STOP 0251, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0251.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Payne, Chief, Marketing
Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed Program, AMS, USDA, Room 2628-S,
STOP 0251, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-0251;
Telephone 202/720-1115; Fax 202/720-1125; or e-mail to
Kenneth.Payne@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Executive Order 12866
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has waived the review
process required by Executive Order 12866 for this action.
Executive Order 12988
This proposed rule was reviewed under Executive Order 12988, Civil
Justice Reform. It is not intended to have a retroactive effect. This
action would not preempt any State or local laws, regulations, or
policies unless they present an irreconcilable conflict with this rule.
The Act provides that administrative proceedings must be exhausted
before parties may file suit in court. Under section 1971 of the Act, a
person subject to the Order may file a petition with USDA stating that
the Order, any provision of the Order, or any obligation imposed in
connection with the Order,
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is not in accordance with the law and request a modification of the
Order or an exemption from the Order. The petitioner is afforded the
opportunity for a hearing on the petition. After a hearing, USDA would
rule on the petition. The Act provides that district courts of the
United States in any district in which such person is an inhabitant, or
has their principal place of business, has jurisdiction to review
USDA's ruling on the petition, if a complaint for this purpose is filed
within 20 days after the date of the entry of the ruling.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
AMS has determined that this rule will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, as defined
by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601-612), because it
only adjusts representation on the Board to reflect changes in
production levels that have occurred since the Board was last
reapportioned in 2006. The purpose of the RFA is to fit regulatory
actions to the scale of businesses subject to such actions so that
small businesses will not be disproportionately burdened. As such,
these changes will not impose a significant impact on persons subject
to the program.
There are an estimated 589,182 soybean producers and an estimated
10,000 first purchasers who collect the assessment, most of whom would
be considered small businesses under the criteria established by the
Small Business Administration (SBA) [13 CFR 121.201]. SBA defines small
agricultural producers as those having annual receipts of less than
$750,000.
Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35), the reporting and recordkeeping requirements included in 7
CFR part 1220 were previously approved by OMB and were assigned control
number 0581-0093.
Background and Proposed Changes
The Act (7 U.S.C. 6301-6311) provides for the establishment of a
coordinated program of promotion and research designed to strengthen
the soybean industry's position in the marketplace, and to maintain and
expand domestic and foreign markets and uses for soybeans and soybean
products. The program is financed by an assessment of 0.5 percent of
the net market price of soybeans sold by producers. Pursuant to the
Act, an Order was made effective July 9, 1991. The Order established an
initial Board with 60 members. For purposes of establishing the Board,
the United States was divided into 31 States and geographical units.
Representation on the Board from each unit was determined by the level
of production in each unit. The initial Board was appointed on July 11,
1991. The Board is composed of soybean producers.
Section 1220.201(c) of the Order provides that at the end of each
3-year period, the Board shall review soybean production levels in the
geographic units throughout the United States. The Board may recommend
to the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) modification in the levels
of production necessary for Board membership for each unit.
Section 1220.201(d) of the Order provides that at the end of each
3-year period, the Secretary must review the volume of production of
each unit and adjust the boundaries of any unit and the number of Board
members from each such unit as necessary to conform with the criteria
set forth in Sec. 1220.201(e): (1) To the extent practicable, States
with annual average soybean production of less than 3,000,000 bushels
shall be grouped into geographically contiguous units, each of which
has a combined production level equal to or greater than 3,000,000
bushels, and each such group shall be entitled to at least one member
on the Board; (2) units with at least 3,000,000 bushels, but fewer than
15,000,000 bushels shall be entitled to one board member; (3) units
with 15,000,000 bushels or more but fewer than 70,000,000 bushels shall
be entitled to two Board members; (4) units with 70,000,000 bushels or
more but fewer than 200,000,000 bushels shall be entitled to three
Board members; and (5) units with 200,000,000 bushels or more shall be
entitled to four Board members.
The Board was last reapportioned in 2006. The total Board
membership increased from 64 to 68 members, with Nebraska, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Virginia each gaining one additional member.
Additionally, Florida was grouped with the Eastern Region due to lower
production levels. These changes were effective with the 2007
appointments.
Currently, the Board has 68 members representing 30 geographical
units. This membership is based on average production levels for the
years 2001-2005 (excluding crops in years that production was the
highest and that production was the lowest) as reported by USDA's
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
This proposed rule would increase total membership on the Board
from 68 to 69. Production data for years 2003-2008 (excluding the crops
in years in which production was the highest and in which production
was the lowest) was gathered from NASS. This change would not affect
the number of geographical units.
This proposed rule would adjust representation on the Board as
follows:
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Current Proposed
State representation representation
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Ohio.................................. 3 4
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Board adjustments as proposed by this rulemaking would become
effective, if adopted, with the 2010 appointment process.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR 1220
Administrative practice and procedure, Advertising, Agricultural
research, Marketing agreements, Soybeans and soybean products,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, it is proposed that
Title 7, part 1220 be amended as follows:
PART 1220--SOYBEAN PROMOTION, RESEARCH, AND CONSUMER INFORMATION
1. The authority citation for 7 CFR Part 1220 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 6301-6311 and 7 U.S.C. 7401.
2. In Sec. 1220.201, the table immediately following paragraph (a)
is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 1220.201 Membership of board.
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Number of
Unit members
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Illinois................................................... 4
Iowa....................................................... 4
Minnesota.................................................. 4
Indiana.................................................... 4
Nebraska................................................... 4
Ohio....................................................... 4
Missouri................................................... 3
Arkansas................................................... 3
South Dakota............................................... 3
Kansas..................................................... 3
Michigan................................................... 3
North Dakota............................................... 3
Mississippi................................................ 2
Louisiana.................................................. 2
Tennessee.................................................. 2
North Carolina............................................. 2
Kentucky................................................... 2
Pennsylvania............................................... 2
Virginia................................................... 2
Maryland................................................... 2
Wisconsin.................................................. 2
Georgia.................................................... 1
South Carolina............................................. 1
Alabama.................................................... 1
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Delaware................................................... 1
Texas...................................................... 1
Oklahoma................................................... 1
New York................................................... 1
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Number of
Unit members
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Eastern Region:
(Florida, Massachusetts, New Jersey,Connecticut, Florida, 1
Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, West
Virginia, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.........
Western Region:
(Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, 1
Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Hawaii,
and Alaska).............................................
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Dated: June 3, 2009.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E9-13533 Filed 6-9-09; 8:45 am]
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