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Decreased Assessment Rate, 3139-3140 2015-01016 Agricultural Research Agricultural Research Service NOTICES Intent to Grant Exclusive Licenses, 3213 2015-00950 2015-00951 Agriculture Agriculture Department See Agricultural Marketing Service See Agricultural Research Service Alcohol Tobacco Tax Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau PROPOSED RULES Establishment of the Squaw Valley-Miramonte Viticultural Area, 3184-3189 2015-01015 Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are See Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Census Bureau Census Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
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Port of New York; Correction, 3179 2015-00922 Drawbridge Operations: Atchafalaya River, Morgan City, LA, 3179-3180 2015-00924 Commerce Commerce Department See Census Bureau See Economic Analysis Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Institute of Standards and Technology See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Committee for Purchase Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled NOTICES Procurement List; Additions and Deletions, 3225-3226 2015-01011 Consumer Product Consumer Product Safety Commission NOTICES Petitions:
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Airbus Airplanes, 3153-3158, 3161-3163 2015-00713 2015-00714 2015-00716 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Airplanes, 3164-3168 2015-00007 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 3158-3161 2015-00009 NOTICES Meetings: RTCA Special Committee 233; Addressing Human Factors/Pilot Interface Issues for Avionics, 3301-3302 2015-01025 Noise Exposure Maps: Receipt of Noise Compatibility Program and Request for Review San Antonio International Airport San Antonio, TX, 3302-3303 2015-01004 Requests to Release Airport Property:
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Domestic Policy Directive of December 16-17, 2014, 3236 2015-01008 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service PROPOSED RULES Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designation of Critical Habitat for Consolea corallicola (Florida semaphore cactus) and Harrisia aboriginum (aboriginal prickly-apple), 3316-3378 2015-00344 NOTICES Permits: Endangered Species, 3249-3251 2015-00916 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Blocking or Unblocking of Persons and Properties, 3313 2015-01049 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See National Institutes of Health NOTICES Designations of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort:
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Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan, 3218-3219 2015-01053 Certain Preserved Mushrooms from the People's Republic of China, 3216-3218 2015-01052 Melamine from the People's Republic of China and Trinidad and Tobago, 3219 2015-01050 Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Business Directory Survey, 3219-3220 2015-01073 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Lightweight Thermal Paper from China and Germany, 3252 2015-00948 Justice Department Justice Department See Justice Programs Office See Prisons Bureau NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;
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Transnuclear, Inc. Standardized Advanced NUHOMS Horizontal Modular Storage System; Certificate of Compliance No. 1029, Amendments, 3147-3153 2015-01031 NOTICES Exemptions: Entergy Operations, Inc., Arkansas Nuclear One, Unit 2, 3260-3264 2015-01032 Guidance: Laboratory Investigations of Soils and Rocks for Engineering Analysis and Design of Nuclear Power Plants, 3264-3265 2015-00985 Meetings: Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Subcommittee on Planning and Procedures, 3265 2015-01027 Ocean Energy Management Ocean Energy Management Bureau NOTICES Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and Supplemental Official Outer Continental Shelf Block Diagrams, 3251 2015-00930 Overseas Overseas Private Investment Corporation NOTICES Meetings;
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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. 80 14 Thursday, January 22, 2015 Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 906 [Doc. No. AMS-FV-14-0054; FV14-906-3 FIR] Oranges and Grapefruit Grown in Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas;
Decreased Assessment Rate AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Affirmation of interim rule as final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of Agriculture
(USDA)is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that decreased the assessment rate established for the Texas Valley Citrus Committee (Committee) for the 2014-15 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.16 to $0.11 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent of oranges and grapefruit handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order, which regulates the handling of oranges and grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The interim rule was necessary to decrease the assessment rate to reflect reductions to the marketing program and management fees while still providing adequate funding to meet program expenses. DATES: Effective January 23, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Jamieson, Marketing Specialist or Christian D. Nissen, Regional Director, Southeast Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA; Telephone:
(863)324-3375, Fax:
(863)291-8614, or Email: *Doris.Jamieson@ams.usda.gov* or *Christian.Nissen@ams.usda.gov.* Small businesses may obtain information on complying with this and other marketing order regulations by viewing a guide at the following Web site: *http://www.ams.usda.gov/MarketingOrdersSmallBusinessGuide;* or by contacting Jeffrey Smutny, Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0237, Washington, DC 20250-0237; Telephone:
(202)720-2491, Fax:
(202)720-8938, or Email: *Jeffrey.Smutny@ams.usda.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This rule is issued under Marketing Agreement and Order No. 906, as amended (7 CFR part 906), regulating the handling of oranges and grapefruit grown in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas, hereinafter referred to as the “order.” The order is effective under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674), hereinafter referred to as the “Act.” USDA is issuing this rule in conformance with Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13175. Under the order, Texas orange and grapefruit handlers are subject to assessments, which provide funds to administer the order. Assessment rates issued under the order are intended to be applicable to all assessable Texas oranges and grapefruit for the entire fiscal period, and continue indefinitely until amended, suspended, or terminated. The Committee's fiscal period begins on August 1, and ends on July 31. In an interim rule published in the **Federal Register** on August 14, 2014, and effective on August 15, 2014, (79 FR 47551, Doc. No. AMS-FV-14-0054, FV14-906-3 IR), § 906.235 was amended by decreasing the assessment rate established for Texas citrus for the 2014-2015 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.16 to $0.11 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent. The decrease in the assessment rate is based on reductions in funding for its marketing program and management fees while still providing adequate funding to meet program expenses. Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Pursuant to requirements set forth in the Regulatory Flexibility Act
(RFA)(5 U.S.C. 601-612), the Agricultural Marketing Service
(AMS)has considered the economic impact of this rule on small entities. Accordingly, AMS has prepared this final regulatory flexibility analysis. The purpose of the RFA is to fit regulatory actions to the scale of businesses subject to such actions in order that small businesses will not be unduly or disproportionately burdened. Marketing orders issued pursuant to the Act, and the rules issued thereunder, are unique in that they are brought about through group action of essentially small entities acting on their own behalf. There are approximately 170 producers of oranges and grapefruit in the production area and 13 handlers subject to regulation under the marketing order. Small agricultural producers are defined by the Small Business Administration
(SBA)as those having annual receipts of less than $750,000, and small agricultural service firms are defined as those whose annual receipts are less than $7,000,000 (13 CFR 121.201). According to Committee data and information from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the weighted average grower price for Texas citrus during the 2012-13 season was around $12.98 per box and total shipments were near 8.5 million boxes. Using the weighted average price and shipment information, and assuming a normal distribution, the majority of growers would have annual receipts of less than $750,000. In addition, based on available information, the majority of handlers have annual receipts of less than $7,000,000 and could be considered small businesses under SBA's definition. Thus, the majority of producers and handlers of Texas citrus may be classified as small entities. This rule continues in effect the action that decreased the assessment rate established for the Committee and collected from handlers for the 2014-15 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.16 to $0.11 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent of Texas citrus. The Committee recommended 2014-15 expenditures of $809,500 and an assessment rate of $0.11 per 7/10-bushel carton or equivalent handled. The assessment rate of $0.11 is $0.05 lower than the 2013-14 rate. The quantity of assessable oranges and grapefruit for the 2014-15 fiscal period is estimated at 8.2 million 7/10-bushel cartons. Thus, the $0.11 rate should provide $902,000 in assessment income and be adequate to meet this year's expenses. This action decreases the assessment rate to reflect reduced funding for the marketing program and management fees while still providing adequate funding to meet program expenses. This rule continues in effect the action that decreased the assessment obligation imposed on handlers. Assessments are applied uniformly on all handlers, and some of the costs may be passed on to producers. However, decreasing the assessment rate reduces the burden on handlers, and may reduce the burden on producers. In addition, the Committee's meeting was widely publicized throughout the Texas citrus industry and all interested persons were invited to attend the meeting and participate in Committee deliberations on all issues. Like all Committee meetings, the June 5, 2014, meeting was a public meeting and all entities, both large and small, were able to express views on this issue. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the order's information collection requirements have been previously approved by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB)and assigned OMB No. 0581-0189 Generic Fruit Crops. No changes in those requirements as a result of this action are anticipated. Should any changes become necessary, they would be submitted to OMB for approval. This action imposes no additional reporting or recordkeeping requirements on either small or large Texas orange and grapefruit handlers. As with all Federal marketing order programs, reports and forms are periodically reviewed to reduce information requirements and duplication by industry and public sector agencies. USDA has not identified any relevant Federal rules that duplicate, overlap or conflict with this rule. Comments on the interim rule were required to be received on or before October 14, 2014. No comments were received. Therefore, for reasons given in the interim rule, we are adopting the interim rule as a final rule, without change. To view the interim rule, go to: *http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=AMS-FV-14-0054-0001.* This action also affirms information contained in the interim rule concerning Executive Orders 12866, 12988, 13175, and 13563; the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35); and the E-Gov Act (44 U.S.C. 101). After consideration of all relevant material presented, it is found that finalizing the interim rule, without change, as published in the **Federal Register** (79 FR 47551, August 14, 2014) will tend to effectuate the declared policy of the Act. List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 906 Grapefruit, Marketing agreements, Oranges, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. PART 906—ORANGES AND GRAPEFRUIT GROWN IN LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY IN TEXAS Accordingly, the interim rule amending 7 CFR part 906, which was published at 79 FR 47551 on August 14, 2014, is adopted as a final rule, without change. Dated: January 15, 2015. Rex A. Barnes, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 2015-01016 Filed 1-21-15; 8:45 am]
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