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--- schema: federal-register doc_type: fedreg source_file: FR-2011-06-28.xml --- 76 124 Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Contents Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Marketing Service RULES Changes in Late Payment and Interest Requirements on Past Due Assessments: Vidalia Onions Grown in Georgia, 37618-37620 2011-16139 Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California; Section 610 Review, 37617-37618 2011-16136 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals:
Specified Commodities Imported Into the United States, Exempt from Import Regulations, 37766-37767 2011-16129 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service See Food and Nutrition Service See Forest Service See Rural Business-Cooperative Service See Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37766 2011-16071 Air Force Air Force Department NOTICES Meetings:
U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, 37794-37795 2011-16109 Animal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service NOTICES Determinations of Nonregulated Status: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., Corn Genetically Engineered to Produce Male Sterile/Female Inbred Plants, 37767-37768 2011-16128 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Bayer CropScience LP, Genetically Engineered Cotton, 37769-37770 2011-16126 Monsanto Co., Genetically Engineered Soybean, 37770-37772 2011-16123 2011-16124 Centers Medicare Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37813-37814 2011-16233 Civil Rights Civil Rights Commission NOTICES Meetings: Arkansas Advisory Committee, 37779-37780 2011-16102 Connecticut Advisory Committee, 37780 2011-16114 Vermont Advisory Committee, 37780 2011-16108 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Safety Zones: 4th of July Festival Berkeley Marina Fireworks Display Berkeley, CA, 37650-37652 2011-16093 Delta Independence Day Foundation Celebration, Mandeville Island, CA, 37643-37646 2011-16099 Independence Day Fireworks Celebration for the City of Half Moon Bay, CA, 37641-37643 2011-16092 Independence Day Fireworks Celebration for the City of Martinez, CA, 37653-37655 2011-16095 Missouri River from Border between Montana and North Dakota, 37647-37649 2011-16096 Northern California Annual Fireworks Events, Fourth of July Fireworks, City of Sausalito, CA, 37646 2011-16105 Northern California Annual Fireworks Events, Fourth of July Fireworks, Lake Tahoe, CA, 37646 2011-16107 Northern California Annual Fireworks Events, Fourth of July Fireworks, South Lake Tahoe Gaming Alliance, 37650 2011-16097 Northern California Annual Fireworks Events, Independence Day Fireworks, 37649 2011-16106 Northern California Annual Fireworks Events, July 4th Fireworks Display, 37649-37650 2011-16104 PROPOSED RULES Safety Zones:
Myrtle Beach Triathlon, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Myrtle Beach, SC, 37700-37703 2011-16098 Special Local Regulations and Safety Zones: Recurring Events in Captain of Port Boston Zone, 37690-37700 2011-15784 Commerce Commerce Department See Foreign-Trade Zones Board See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37780-37781 2011-16078 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency RULES Risk-Based Capital Standards:
Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework—Basel II; Establishment of Risk-Based Capital Floor, 37620-37629 2011-15669 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37889-37890 2011-16061 Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission RULES Substantial Product Hazard List: Hand-Supported Hair Dryers, 37636-37641 2011-15981 NOTICES Provisional Acceptance of Settlement Agreements and Orders: Viking Range Corp., 37793-37794 2011-16198 Defense Department Defense Department See Air Force Department See Navy Department PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulations:
Documenting Contractor Performance, 37704-37706 2011-16169 Department of Transportation See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration PROPOSED RULES Wage Methodology for Temporary Non-agricultural Employment H-2B Program: Amendment of Effective Date, 37686-37689 2011-16310 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment:
Determination of Commercial and Industrial Fans, Blowers, and Fume Hoods as Covered Equipment, 37678-37682 2011-16134 NOTICES Applications to Export Electric Energy: Freepoint Commodities, LLC, 37797-37798 2011-16145 2011-16146 Response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation: Pulse Jet Mixing at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, 37798-37799 2011-16138 Safety Analysis Requirements for Defining Adequate Protection for the Public and the Workers, 37799-37801 2011-16141 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Standards of Performance for Stationary Compression Ignition and Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines, 37954-37978 2011-15004 PROPOSED RULES Regulation of Fuels and Fuel Additives: 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards;
Public Hearing, 37703-37704 2011-16144 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Continuous Release Reporting Regulations under CERCLA, 37809-37811 2011-16193 Exchange Network Grants Progress Report, 37811-37813 2011-16194 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: Lycoming Engines and Teledyne Continental Motors Turbocharged Reciprocating Engine, 37629-37632 2011-16087 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives:
Diamond Aircraft Industries GmbH Model (Diamond) DA 40 Airplanes Equipped With Certain Cabin Air Conditioning Systems, 37684-37686 2011-16137 Teledyne Continental Motors and Rolls-Royce Motors Ltd. Series Reciprocating Engines, 37682-37684 2011-16088 NOTICES Requests to Release Airport Property: Lehigh Valley International Airport, Allentown, PA, 37874-37875 2011-16153 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission RULES Amendment of Schedule of Application Fees, 37660-37661 2011-16152 Federal Deposit Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation RULES Risk-Based Capital Standards:
Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework—Basel II; Establishment of Risk-Based Capital Floor, 37620-37629 2011-15669 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: National Fire Academy Long-Term Evaluation Student/Trainee, NFA Long-Term Evaluation Supervisors, 37824-37825 2011-16122 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Combined Filings, 37802-37804 2011-16076 2011-16077 Declaratory Order Petitions:
Mid-America Pipeline Co., LLC, 37804-37805 2011-16175 NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, 37804 2011-16181 Filings: New York Independent System Operator, Inc., 37805 2011-16173 Initial Market-Based Rate Filings Including Requests for Blanket Section 204 Authorizations: Calpine Greenleaf, Inc., 37805 2011-16172 Meetings: Progress Energy Carolinas, 37805 2011-16176 Preliminary Permit Applications: Albion Hydro, LLC, 37807 2011-16179 Ashton Hydro, LLC, 37806-37807 2011-16180 Keechelus Hydropower, LLC and Qualified Hydro 32, LLC, 37807-37808 2011-16177 Natural Currents Energy Services, LLC, 37806 2011-16178 Technical Conferences:
PJM Interconnection, LLC, 37808-37809 2011-16174 Waiver or Exemption Requests: Connecticut Transmission Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative, 37809 2011-16171 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Temporary Closures to Vehicular Traffic: I-395 Just South of Conway Street, City of Baltimore; Construction and Operation of Baltimore Grand Prix, 37875-37876 2011-16113 Federal Motor Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration NOTICES Hours of Service of Drivers; Exemption Renewals:
American Pyrotechnics Association from 14-Hour Rule during Independence Day Celebrations, 37876-37880 2011-16192 Hours of Service of Drivers; Granting of Exemptions: American Pyrotechnics Association, 37880-37882 2011-16195 Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Diabetes Mellitus, 37882-37883 2011-16191 Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Vision, 37883-37887 2011-16154 2011-16189 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Risk-Based Capital Standards:
Advanced Capital Adequacy Framework—Basel II; Establishment of Risk-Based Capital Floor, 37620-37629 2011-15669 Fiscal Fiscal Service NOTICES Certification Pursuant to Energy Policy Act of 2005, 37890-37891 2011-16009 Surety Companies Acceptable on Federal Bonds; Terminations: Western Insurance Co., 37891 2011-16008 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designation of Critical Habitat for Tumbling Creek Cavesnail, 37663-37677 2011-16016 PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: 12-Month Finding on a Petition to List Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis as Threatened or Endangered, 37706-37716 2011-16190 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration PROPOSED RULES Filing of Color Additive Petitions:
CooperVision, Inc., 37690 2011-16089 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: New Animal Drugs for Investigational Uses, 37814-37815 2011-16090 Cooperative Agreement to Support Shellfish Safety Assistance Project, 37815-37817 2011-16119 Cooperative Agreement With the World Health Organization Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses: Strategies That Address Food Safety Problems That Align Domestically and Globally, 37817-37819 2011-16120 Proyecto Informar;
Hispanic Outreach Initiative, 37820-37821 2011-16091 Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: User Access Request, 37773 2011-16202 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Designation of Four Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 13224, 37891-37892 2011-16185 Unblocking of Specially Designated National and Blocked Person Pursuant to Executive Order 13566, 37892 2011-16187 Unblocking of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Pursuant to Executive Orders 13288 and 13391, 37892-37893 2011-16182 Foreign Claims Foreign Claims Settlement Commission NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 37831 2011-16322 Foreign Trade Foreign-Trade Zones Board NOTICES Application for Temporary/Interim Manufacturing Authority: Foreign-Trade Zone 26, Makita Corporation of America, Atlanta, GA, 37781 2011-16210 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Meetings: Ashley Resource Advisory Committee, 37773 2011-16094 Central Montana Resource Advisory Committee, 37773-37774 2011-15686 General Services General Services Administration PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulations: Documenting Contractor Performance, 37704-37706 2011-16169 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37821 2011-16127 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: General Meeting Registration and Evaluation, 37822-37823 2011-16064 Published Privacy Impact Assessments on the Web, 37823-37824 2011-16160 Industry Industry and Security Bureau RULES Entity List: Addition of Persons Acting Contrary to National Security or Foreign Policy Interests of United States, 37632-37634 2011-16165 Revisions to Validated End-User Authorizations:
CSMC Technologies Corp., People's Republic of China, 37634-37636 2011-16156 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See Office of Natural Resources Revenue See Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Meetings: Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Small Business/Self Employed Correspondence Exam Toll Free Project Committee, 37893 2011-16066 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 37781-37786 2011-16216 Preliminary Results of Full Third Sunset Review of Countervailing Duty Orders:
Fresh and Chilled Atlantic Salmon From Norway, 37786-37788 2011-16217 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations: Polyester Staple Fiber from Korea and Taiwan, 37830-37831 2011-16110 Justice Department Justice Department See Foreign Claims Settlement Commission Labor Department Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Mine Safety and Health Administration See Workers Compensation Programs Office Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Emergency Withdrawal of Public and National Forest System Lands:
Coconino and Mohave Counties, AZ, 37826 2011-16056 Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Sage Creek Holdings, LLC, Federal Coal Lease Application, COC-74219, 37826-37827 2011-16052 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards, 37831-37842 2011-16084 2011-16082 2011-16083 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration PROPOSED RULES Federal Acquisition Regulations: Documenting Contractor Performance, 37704-37706 2011-16169 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings:
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 37821-37822 2011-16130 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PROPOSED RULES Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: Electronic Dealer Reporting Requirements; Public Hearings, 37750-37761 2011-16208 Fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Pacific Cod Allocations in Gulf of Alaska; Amendment 83, 37763-37765 2011-16163 Fisheries Off West Coast States: Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries;
Amendment 13 to Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan; Annual Catch Limits, 37761-37763 2011-16184 List of Fisheries for 2012, 37716-37750 2011-16209 NOTICES Meetings: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 2011-16168 37788 2011-16170 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities: Coastal Commercial Fireworks Displays at Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, CA, 37788-37793 2011-16204 National Transportation National Transportation Safety Board NOTICES Meetings;
Sunshine Act, 37842 2011-16297 Navy Navy Department NOTICES Government-Owned Inventions; Available for Licensing, 2011-16135 37795-37796 2011-16140 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, Unit 1, York and Lancaster Counties, PA, 37842-37843 2011-16150 Exemptions: Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Diablo Canyon Power Plant, Unit 1 and 2, 37843-37845 2011-16196 Facility Operating Licenses:
Applications and Amendments Involving No Significant Hazards Considerations, 37845-37851 2011-16030 Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, 37852-37853 2011-16151 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 37853 2011-16257 Requests for License Amendments: Arizona Public Service Co., 37853-37856 2011-16149 Office of Natural Resources Revenue NOTICES Proposed Audit Delegation Renewals for the States of Oklahoma and Montana, 37827-37828 2011-16116 Update to Indian Index Zone Price Points, 37828-37829 2011-16125 Pension Benefit Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Disclosure of Termination Information, 37856-37857 2011-16157 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RULES Anticipated Delay in Administrative Appeal Decisions, 37661-37663 2011-15956 NOTICES Applications for Special Permits, 37887-37888 2011-15787 Postal Service Postal Service RULES Combined Mailings of Standard Mail and Periodicals Flats, 37655-37659 2011-16081 Rules of Practice before Postal Service Board of Contract Appeals, 37660 2011-15961 Public Debt Public Debt Bureau See Fiscal Service Rural Business Rural Business-Cooperative Service NOTICES Value-Added Producer Grant Application Deadlines, 37774-37779 2011-16121 Rural Utilities Rural Utilities Service NOTICES Rural Broadband Access Loans and Loan Guarantees Program, 37779 2011-16073 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Applications:
Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust, et al., 37857-37863 2011-16142 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 37863 2011-16230 Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 37868-37872 2011-16075 International Securities Exchange, LLC, 37863-37866 2011-16033 NASDAQ OMX PHLX LLC, 37866-37867 2011-16148 NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 37872-37873 2011-16085 Small Business Small Business Administration NOTICES Meetings: National Women's Business Council, 37873-37874 2011-16207 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Meetings:
Advisory Committee for Women's Services, 37822 2011-16200 Surface Mining Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 37829-37830 2011-16011 Surface Transportation Surface Transportation Board NOTICES Discontinuances of Service Exemptions: Yellowstone Valley Railroad, LLC, Dawson and Richland Counties, MT, 37888 2011-16050 Thrift Supervision Thrift Supervision Office NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Amendment of a Savings Associations Bylaws, 37894-37895 2011-16079 Loans in Areas Having Special Flood Hazards, 37893-37894 2011-16074 Merger Applications, 37895 2011-16080 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration See Surface Transportation Board Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Fiscal Service See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service See Thrift Supervision Office NOTICES Survey of Foreign Ownership of U.S.
Securities, 37888-37889 2011-16063 Customs U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 37825-37826 2011-16131 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Meetings: Advisory Committee on Disability Compensation, 37895-37896 2011-16201 Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, 37896 2011-16206 Workers' Workers Compensation Programs Office RULES Performance of Functions;
Claims for Compensation Under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act; Compensation for Disability and Death of Noncitizen Federal Employees Outside the United States, 37898-37952 2011-14915 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Labor Department, Workers Compensation Programs Office, 37898-37952 2011-14915 Part III Environmental Protection Agency, 37954-37978 2011-15004 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this page for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, reminders, and notice of recently enacted public laws.
To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents LISTSERV electronic mailing list, go to http://listserv.access.gpo.gov and select Online mailing list archives, FEDREGTOC-L, Join or leave the list (or change settings); then follow the instructions. 76 124 Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 925 [Doc. No. AMS-FV-06-0185; FV06-925-610 Review] Grapes Grown in a Designated Area of Southeastern California;
Section 610 Review AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Confirmation of regulations. SUMMARY: This action summarizes the results under the criteria contained in section 610 of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), of an Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS)review of Marketing Order No. 925 regulating the handling of grapes grown in a designated area of southeastern California (order). Based upon its review, AMS has concluded that there is a continued need for the order. ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of the review. Requests for copies should be sent to the Docket Clerk, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237; Fax:
(202)720-8938; or Internet: *http://www.regulations.gov.* The review may also be viewed online at: *http://www.regulations.gov.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathie Notoro, Marketing Specialist, or Kurt J. Kimmel, Regional Manager, California Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA; Telephone:
(559)487-5901, Fax:
(559)487-5906; or E-mail: *Kathie.Notoro@ams.usda.gov* or *Kurt.Kimmel@ams.usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Marketing Order 925, as amended (7 CFR part 925), regulates the handling of grapes grown in a designated area of southeastern California. The marketing order is effective under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (Act), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674). The desert grape marketing order establishes the California Desert Grape Administrative Committee (Committee) as the administrative body charged with overseeing program operations. Staff is hired to conduct the daily administration of the program. The Committee consists of 12 members. Five members represent producers, five represent handlers, one represents either producers or handlers (the “at large” member), and one member represents the public. Each member has an alternate. Members and alternate members are elected at annual nomination meetings. Currently, there are approximately 50 producers and 14 handlers of California desert grapes. In addition, there are approximately 100 importers of grapes. The majority of the handlers and importers may be classified as small entities and the majority of producers may not be classified as small entities. The regulations implemented under the order are applied uniformly to small and large entities, and are designed to benefit all entities, regardless of size. AMS published in the **Federal Register** (64 FR 8014; February 18, 1999), its plan to review certain regulations, including Marketing Order 925, under criteria contained in section 610 of the RFA (5 U.S.C. 601-612). Updated plans were published in the **Federal Register** on January 4, 2002 (67 FR 525), August 14, 2003 (68 FR 48574), and again on March 24, 2006 (71 FR 14827). Accordingly, AMS published a notice of review and request for written comments on the California desert grape marketing order in the February 21, 2006, issue of the **Federal Register** (71 FR 8810). The deadline for comments ended April 24, 2006. Five comments were received in response to the notice, and are discussed later in this document. The review was undertaken to determine whether the desert grape marketing order should be continued without change, amended, or rescinded to minimize the impacts on small entities. In conducting this review, AMS considered 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. The marketing order authorizes the following activities: Quality control with mandatory outgoing inspection; container and pack requirements; packing holidays; production research; market research and development; and reporting requirements for collection and dissemination of shipment information. The quality control provisions of the order have helped to ensure a good quality of fruit is provided to consumers. Pack and container requirements provide uniformity in the marketing of grapes. Wholesalers and retailers are assured of consistency in the packaging of the product they receive and market. Packing holidays can help reduce buildup of excess inventories in handlers' warehouses. This can help to provide a more stable flow of product to market and relieve downward pressure on pricing. Collection and dissemination of handler information is useful to the industry in making production and marketing decisions. Finally, production research activities have helped the industry address specific issues that impact the growing of grapes in the production area. The quality control and inspection regulations are also applied to imported grapes under section 608e of the Act. Market research and development activities are authorized under the order but have not been implemented. Should the industry determine such programs may be beneficial in the future, it may choose to implement them. Funds to administer the marketing order are obtained from handler assessments. Based on the potential benefits of the marketing order to producers, handlers, and consumers, AMS has determined that the order should continue without change. In regard to complaints or comments received from the public regarding this review, USDA received five comments from interested parties. In general, the comments addressed issues that were the subject of a separate notice and comment informal rulemaking action concerning proposed changes to the regulatory period under the marketing order that was completed with publication of a final rule on February 5, 2010 (75 FR 5879). It is noted that the commenters also submitted similar comments in response to that rulemaking action. The comments have been addressed in that rulemaking proceeding. In considering the order's complexity, AMS has determined that the marketing order is not unduly complex. During the review, the order was also checked for duplication and overlap with other regulations. AMS did not identify any relevant Federal rules, or State and local regulations that duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the marketing order for California desert grapes. The marketing order was established in 1980. Since its inception, AMS and the California desert grape industry have continuously monitored its operations. Changes in regulations have been implemented to reflect current industry operating practices, and to solve marketing problems as they occur. The goal of these evaluations is to assure that the order and the regulations implemented under it fit the needs of the industry and are consistent with the Act. The Committee meets whenever needed to discuss the marketing order and the various regulations issued thereunder, and to determine if, or what, changes may be necessary to reflect current industry practices. As a result, numerous regulatory changes have been made over the years to address industry operation changes and to improve program administration. The marketing order itself has never been amended since its inception, but several regulatory changes have been made through informal rulemaking, as noted above, to ensure the program continues to meet the industry's needs. Accordingly, AMS has determined that the California desert grape marketing order should be continued. The marketing order was established to help the desert grape industry work with USDA to solve marketing problems. The marketing order continues to be beneficial to producers, handlers, and consumers. AMS will continue to work with the California desert grape industry in maintaining an effective program. Dated: June 22, 2011. Rayne Pegg, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2011-16136 Filed 6-27-11; 8:45 am]
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