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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Applicants and other interested parties
are encouraged to contact: Lydia M.
Astorga, USDA–RMA–RME, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0808,
(South Building, Room 6625),
Washington, DC 20250–0808, phone:
202–260–4728, fax: 202–690–3605, email: RMA.Risk-Ed@rma.usda.gov. You
may also obtain information regarding
this announcement from the RMA Web
site at: https://www.rma.usda.gov/
aboutrma/agreements/.
Signed in Washington, DC, on July 14,
2009.
William J. Murphy,
Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
[FR Doc. E9–17188 Filed 7–17–09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–08–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS–LS–09–0017]
Lamb Promotion, Research, and
Information Program
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service;
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) is announcing that lamb
producers, feeders, seedstock producers,
and first handlers of lamb and lamb
products voting in a national
referendum from February 2, 2009,
through February 27, 2009, have
approved the continuation of the Lamb
Promotion, Research, and Information
Order (Order).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kenneth R. Payne, Chief; Marketing
Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed
Program; Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS), USDA, Room 2628–S; STOP
0251; 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.;
Washington, DC 20250–0251, telephone
number 202/720–1115, fax number 202/
720–1125, or by e-mail at:
Kenneth.Payne@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to the Commodity Promotion, Research,
and Information Act of 1996 (Act) (7
U.S.C. 7411–7425), the Department of
Agriculture conducted a referendum
from February 2, 2009, through
February 27, 2009, among eligible lamb
producers, feeders, seedstock producers,
and first handlers of lamb and lamb
products to determine if the Order
would continue to be effective.
Procedures used in conducting this
referendum are set forth in 7 CFR part
1280, subpart E. A final rule amending
this subpart was published in the
December 16, 2008, issue of the Federal
Register (73 FR 76193).
Of the 1,971 valid ballots cast, 1,678
(85.1 percent) favored and 293 (14.9
percent) opposed the continuation of
the Order. Additionally, of those
persons who cast valid ballots in the
referendum, those who favored the
Order accounted for 93 percent of the
total production voted, and those
opposed account for 7 percent of the
total production voted. For the program
to continue, it must have been approved
by at least a majority of those persons
voting for approval who were engaged
in the production, feeding, or slaughter
of lambs during calendar year 2008 and
who also represent a majority of the
volume of lambs produced, fed, or
slaughtered.
Therefore, based on the referendum
results, the Secretary of Agriculture has
determined that the required majority of
eligible voters who voted in the
nationwide referendum from February
2, 2009, through February 27, 2009,
voted to continue the Order. As a result,
the Lamb Checkoff Program will
continue to be funded by a mandatory
assessment on producers, seedstock
producers (breeders), feeders, and
exporters at the rate of one-half cent
($.005) per pound when live ovine
animals are sold. The first handler,
primarily packers, pay an additional
$.30 cents per head on ovine animals
purchased for slaughter. Importers are
not assessed.
STATE REFERENDUM RESULTS
[February 2, 2009, through February 27, 2009]
Votes
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State
Yes
Arizona .............................................................................................................
California ..........................................................................................................
Colorado ..........................................................................................................
Georgia ............................................................................................................
Idaho ................................................................................................................
Illinois ...............................................................................................................
Indiana .............................................................................................................
Iowa .................................................................................................................
Kansas .............................................................................................................
Kentucky ..........................................................................................................
Maine ...............................................................................................................
Maryland ..........................................................................................................
Massachusetts .................................................................................................
Michigan ...........................................................................................................
Minnesota ........................................................................................................
Missouri ............................................................................................................
Montana ...........................................................................................................
Nebraska ..........................................................................................................
Nevada .............................................................................................................
New Hampshire ...............................................................................................
New Jersey ......................................................................................................
New Mexico .....................................................................................................
New York .........................................................................................................
North Carolina ..................................................................................................
North Dakota ....................................................................................................
Ohio .................................................................................................................
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No
5
126
60
4
38
26
43
89
28
24
15
9
7
55
66
39
146
25
9
7
6
15
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24
25
100
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Yes
0
5
7
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4
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2
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9
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10
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2
0
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50,794
1,099,775
950,095
244
144,237
2,689
3,920
409,003
13,445
3,741
417
1,274
387
15,129
27,367
9,605
120,837
5,575
30,916
844
377
7,459
3,603
2,042
8,287
19,934
No
0
9,188
18,590
12
1,625
1,022
939
2,353
1,496
450
4
102
41
1,768
4,348
526
19,733
2,112
6,000
434
0
54
5,881
307
1,425
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STATE REFERENDUM RESULTS—Continued
[February 2, 2009, through February 27, 2009]
Votes
State
Yes
Volume voted
No
Yes
No
Oregon .............................................................................................................
Pennsylvania ....................................................................................................
South Dakota ...................................................................................................
Tennessee .......................................................................................................
Texas ...............................................................................................................
Utah .................................................................................................................
Virginia .............................................................................................................
Washington ......................................................................................................
West Virginia ....................................................................................................
Wisconsin .........................................................................................................
Wyoming ..........................................................................................................
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, & Vermont 1
51
49
92
22
158
80
15
35
50
28
72
9
11
43
3
6
3
7
0
4
6
11
37,179
5,321
69,216
1,215
203,437
161,377
4,388
23,677
9,728
4,232
212,224
4,373
30,607
82,413
110
47,536
4,457
997
0
278
4,438
11,406
14
5
6,092
10,407
National Totals ..........................................................................................
1,678
293
3,670,082
280,641
1 To
ensure the confidentiality of the voting process, the results of States in which there were not at least 3 votes in total with a minimum of
one vote in each category are combined for the purpose of this report.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411–7425 and 7
U.S.C. 7401.
Dated: July 14, 2009.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing
Service.
[FR Doc. E9–17032 Filed 7–17–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Availability of Seats for the Monterey
Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council
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AGENCY: Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries (ONMS), National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice and request for
applications.
SUMMARY: The ONMS is seeking
applications for the following vacant
seats on the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council:
Education. Applicants are chosen based
upon their particular expertise and
experience in relation to the seat for
which they are applying; community
and professional affiliations; philosophy
regarding the protection and
management of marine resources; and
possibly the length of residence in the
area affected by the sanctuary.
Applicants who are chosen should
expect to serve until February 2011.
DATES: Applications are due by August
21, 2009.
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Application kits may be
obtained from 299 Foam Street,
Monterey, CA 93940. Completed
applications should be sent to the same
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole Capps, 299 Foam Street,
Monterey, CA 93940, (831) 647–4206,
nicole.capps@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
MBNMS Advisory Council was
established in March 1994 to assure
continued public participation in the
management of the Sanctuary. Since its
establishment, the Advisory Council has
played a vital role in decisions affecting
the Sanctuary along the central
California coast.
The Advisory Council’s twenty voting
members represent a variety of local
user groups, as well as the general
public, plus seven local, state and
federal governmental jurisdictions. In
addition, the respective managers or
superintendents for the four California
National Marine Sanctuaries (Channel
Islands National Marine Sanctuary,
Cordell Bank National Marine
Sanctuary, Gulf of the Farallones
National Marine Sanctuary and the
Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary) and the Elkhorn Slough
National Estuarine Research Reserve sit
as non-voting members.
Four working groups support the
Advisory Council: The Research
Activity Panel (‘‘RAP’’) chaired by the
Research Representative, the Sanctuary
Education Panel (‘‘SEP’’) chaired by the
Education Representative, the
Conservation Working Group (‘‘CWG’’)
chaired by the Conservation
Representative, and the Business and
Tourism Activity Panel (‘‘BTAP’’)
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chaired by the Business/Industry
Representative, each dealing with
matters concerning research, education,
conservation and human use. The
working groups are composed of experts
from the appropriate fields of interest
and meet monthly, or bi-monthly,
serving as invaluable advisors to the
Advisory Council and the Sanctuary
Superintendent.
The Advisory Council represents the
coordination link between the
Sanctuary and the state and federal
management agencies, user groups,
researchers, educators, policy makers,
and other various groups that help to
focus efforts and attention on the central
California coastal and marine
ecosystems.
The Advisory Council functions in an
advisory capacity to the Sanctuary
Superintendent and is instrumental in
helping develop policies, program goals,
and identify education, outreach,
research, long-term monitoring, resource
protection, and revenue enhancement
priorities. The Advisory Council works
in concert with the Sanctuary
Superintendent by keeping him or her
informed about issues of concern
throughout the Sanctuary, offering
recommendations on specific issues,
and aiding the Superintendent in
achieving the goals of the Sanctuary
program within the context of
California’s marine programs and
policies.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. Sections 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Doc. No. AMS-LS-09-0017]
Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Program
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service; USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is announcing that
lamb producers, feeders, seedstock producers, and first handlers of
lamb and lamb products voting in a national referendum from February 2,
2009, through February 27, 2009, have approved the continuation of the
Lamb Promotion, Research, and Information Order (Order).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth R. Payne, Chief; Marketing
Programs Branch, Livestock and Seed Program; Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS), USDA, Room 2628-S; STOP 0251; 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW.; Washington, DC 20250-0251, telephone number 202/720-1115, fax
number 202/720-1125, or by e-mail at: Kenneth.Payne@ams.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Commodity Promotion,
Research, and Information Act of 1996 (Act) (7 U.S.C. 7411-7425), the
Department of Agriculture conducted a referendum from February 2, 2009,
through February 27, 2009, among eligible lamb producers, feeders,
seedstock producers, and first handlers of lamb and lamb products to
determine if the Order would continue to be effective. Procedures used
in conducting this referendum are set forth in 7 CFR part 1280, subpart
E. A final rule amending this subpart was published in the December 16,
2008, issue of the Federal Register (73 FR 76193).
Of the 1,971 valid ballots cast, 1,678 (85.1 percent) favored and
293 (14.9 percent) opposed the continuation of the Order. Additionally,
of those persons who cast valid ballots in the referendum, those who
favored the Order accounted for 93 percent of the total production
voted, and those opposed account for 7 percent of the total production
voted. For the program to continue, it must have been approved by at
least a majority of those persons voting for approval who were engaged
in the production, feeding, or slaughter of lambs during calendar year
2008 and who also represent a majority of the volume of lambs produced,
fed, or slaughtered.
Therefore, based on the referendum results, the Secretary of
Agriculture has determined that the required majority of eligible
voters who voted in the nationwide referendum from February 2, 2009,
through February 27, 2009, voted to continue the Order. As a result,
the Lamb Checkoff Program will continue to be funded by a mandatory
assessment on producers, seedstock producers (breeders), feeders, and
exporters at the rate of one-half cent ($.005) per pound when live
ovine animals are sold. The first handler, primarily packers, pay an
additional $.30 cents per head on ovine animals purchased for
slaughter. Importers are not assessed.
State Referendum Results
[February 2, 2009, through February 27, 2009]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Votes Volume voted
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
State Yes No Yes No
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arizona......................................... 5 0 50,794 0
California...................................... 126 5 1,099,775 9,188
Colorado........................................ 60 7 950,095 18,590
Georgia......................................... 4 1 244 12
Idaho........................................... 38 1 144,237 1,625
Illinois........................................ 26 5 2,689 1,022
Indiana......................................... 43 4 3,920 939
Iowa............................................ 89 15 409,003 2,353
Kansas.......................................... 28 7 13,445 1,496
Kentucky........................................ 24 1 3,741 450
Maine........................................... 15 1 417 4
Maryland........................................ 9 2 1,274 102
Massachusetts................................... 7 1 387 41
Michigan........................................ 55 9 15,129 1,768
Minnesota....................................... 66 16 27,367 4,348
Missouri........................................ 39 9 9,605 526
Montana......................................... 146 40 120,837 19,733
Nebraska........................................ 25 10 5,575 2,112
Nevada.......................................... 9 1 30,916 6,000
New Hampshire................................... 7 2 844 434
New Jersey...................................... 6 0 377 0
New Mexico...................................... 15 2 7,459 54
New York........................................ 21 10 3,603 5,881
North Carolina.................................. 24 1 2,042 307
North Dakota.................................... 25 11 8,287 1,425
Ohio............................................ 100 24 19,934 5,209
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Oregon.......................................... 51 9 37,179 4,373
Pennsylvania.................................... 49 11 5,321 30,607
South Dakota.................................... 92 43 69,216 82,413
Tennessee....................................... 22 3 1,215 110
Texas........................................... 158 6 203,437 47,536
Utah............................................ 80 3 161,377 4,457
Virginia........................................ 15 7 4,388 997
Washington...................................... 35 0 23,677 0
West Virginia................................... 50 4 9,728 278
Wisconsin....................................... 28 6 4,232 4,438
Wyoming......................................... 72 11 212,224 11,406
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, 14 5 6,092 10,407
Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, & Vermont \1\........................
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National Totals............................. 1,678 293 3,670,082 280,641
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\1\ To ensure the confidentiality of the voting process, the results of States in which there were not at least
3 votes in total with a minimum of one vote in each category are combined for the purpose of this report.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7411-7425 and 7 U.S.C. 7401.
Dated: July 14, 2009.
David R. Shipman,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. E9-17032 Filed 7-17-09; 8:45 am]
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