[Federal Register: May 11, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 92)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[Docket No. FV01-945-610 Review]
Idaho-Eastern Oregon Potatoes; Section 610 Review
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of review and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS) plans to review Marketing Order 945, which regulates the handling
of Irish potatoes grown in certain designated counties in Idaho and
Malheur County, Oregon, under the criteria contained in section 610 of
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by July 10,
2001.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments
concerning this notice of review. Comments must be sent to the Docket
Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, Room 2525-S, P. O. Box
96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456; Fax: (202) 720-8938; or E-mail:
moab.docketclerk@usda.gov. All comments should reference the docket
number and the date and page number of this issue of the Federal
Register and will be made available for public inspection in the Office
of the Docket Clerk during regular business hours, or may be viewed at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Curry, Northwest Marketing
Field Office, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and
Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1220 SW Third Avenue, Suite 385,
Portland, Oregon 97204; telephone: (503) 326-2724; Fax: (503) 326-7440;
E-mail: Robert.Curry@usda.gov; or George Kelhart, Marketing Order
Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, room
2525-S, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456; telephone: (202)
720-2491; Fax: (202) 720-8938; E-mail: George.Kelhart@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Marketing Order No. 945, as amended (7 CFR
part 945), regulates the handling of Irish potatoes grown in certain
designated counties in Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon. The marketing
order is effective under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of
1937 (AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674).
AMS published in the Federal Register (63 FR 8014; February 18,
1999), its plan to review certain regulations, including Marketing
Order No. 945, under criteria contained in section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C. 601-612). 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. The
February 18 notice stated that AMS would list the regulations to be
reviewed in AMS' regulatory agenda which is published in the Federal
Register as part of the Unified Agenda. However, after further
consideration, AMS has decided to announce the reviews in the Federal
Register separate from the Unified Agenda. Accordingly, this notice and
request for comments is made for Idaho-Eastern Oregon potatoes.
The purpose of the review will be to determine whether the Idaho-
Eastern Oregon potato marketing order should be continued without
change, amended, or rescinded (consistent with the objectives of the
AMAA) to minimize the impacts on small entities. In conducting this
review, AMS will consider the following factors: (1) The continued need
for the marketing order; (2) the nature of complaints or comments
received from the public concerning the marketing order; (3) the
complexity of the marketing order; (4) the extent to which the
marketing order overlaps, duplicates, or conflicts with other Federal
rules, and, to the extent feasible, with State and local governmental
rules; and (5) the length of time since the marketing order has been
evaluated or the degree to which technology, economic conditions, or
other factors have changed in the area affected by the marketing order.
Written comments, views, opinions, and other information regarding
the potato marketing order's impact on small businesses are invited.
Dated: May 7, 2001.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 01-11864 Filed 5-10-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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