Excessive Manufacturing (Make) Allowance in State Marketing Orders for Milk

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Office of the Secretary

7 CFR Part 13

RIN 0560-AC23

Excessive Manufacturing (Make) Allowance in State Marketing

Orders for Milk

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, USDA.

ACTION: Supplemental proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: This document announces a 60-day extension of the time for

submitting comments on the supplemental proposed rule, published in the

Federal Register on November 1, 1993 (58 FR 58299), and additional

comments on the original proposed rule, published in the Federal

Register on June 19, 1992 (57 FR 27371), for implementing section 102

of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990, as

amended.

DATES: All comments on the original and supplemental proposed rules

must be received on or before April 1, 1994, in order to be assured of

consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted to Dr. Charles N. Shaw,

Director, Dairy Analysis Division, Agricultural Stabilization and

Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box

2415, Washington, DC 20013-2415.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Charles N. Shaw, Director, Dairy

Analysis Division, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service,

United States Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 2415, Washington, DC

20013-2415, on 202-720-7601.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 102 of the Food, Agriculture,

Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 provides that no State shall

provide for (and no person shall collect, directly or indirectly) a

greater allowance for the processing of milk (``make allowance'') than

is permitted under a Federal program to establish a Grade A price for

manufacturing butter, nonfat dry milk, or cheese.

On November 1, 1993, a supplemental proposed rule was published to

implement section 102. A supplemental proposed rule was deemed

necessary because of (1) comments received on the original proposed

rule published on June 19, 1992, and (2) regulations issued by the

Agricultural Marketing Service concerning the pricing of milk used to

produce nonfat dry milk after the publication of the original proposed

rule for section 102. The supplemental proposed rule specified that all

comments had to be received by January 31, 1994, in order to be assured

of consideration.

Requests have been received from interested parties who indicate

that they need additional time to prepare an analysis of the

supplemental proposed rule. Based upon our review of those requests, it

has been determined that an additional 60 days will be allowed for

comment. Accordingly, comments on the proposed rule must now be

received by April 1, 1994, in order to be assured of consideration.

Notice

Notice is hereby given that the period of time for submitting

comments on the supplemental proposed rule published on November 1,

1993 (58 FR 58299), and for submitting additional comments on the

original proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on June 19,

1992 (57 FR 27371), is extended to April 1, 1994.

Signed this 10th day of January 1994 in Washington, DC.

Mike Espy,

Secretary of Agriculture.

[FR Doc. 94-988 Filed 1-13-94; 8:45 am]

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