Milk marketing orders: Nevada; exemption,

[Federal Register: November 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 219)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 61776-61777]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Parts 1001, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1012, 1013, 1030, 1032, 1033, 1036, 1040, 1044, 1046, 1049, 1050, 1064, 1065, 1068, 1076, 1079, 1106, 1124, 1126, 1131, 1134, 1135, 1137, 1138, and 1139

[Docket No. DA-00-01]

Milk in the New England and Other Marketing Areas; Exemption of Handlers Operating Plants in Clark County, Nevada, From Order Requirements

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of statutory amendment.

SUMMARY: This document informs interested parties of an amendment to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA). A provision of the Agriculture Appropriations Bill, which was signed into law on October 22, 1999, amended the AMAA to exempt any handler operating a plant in Clark County, Nevada, from the pricing provisions of any Federal milk marketing order. The exemption is effective October 1, 1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John F. Borovies, Chief, Order Formulation Branch, USDA/AMS/Dairy Programs, Room 2971, South Building, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456, (202) 720-7183, e-mail address john.borovies@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document informs interested parties of an amendment to the AMAA which exempts any handler operating a plant in Clark County, Nevada, from the pricing provisions of any Federal milk marketing order. The effect of this amendment is to remove any handler operating a plant in Clark County, Nevada, from the Federal milk marketing order framework. The amendment appears in the Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (P.L. 106-78), (i.e., Agriculture Appropriations Bill). In passing this amendment, the congressional intent was that ``the price of milk paid by a handler at a plant operating in Clark County, Nevada, shall not be subject to the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.''

Beginning October 1, 1999, in addition to being exempted from complying with the pricing provisions of any federal milk marketing order, any handler operating a plant in Clark County, Nevada, will not be subject to other order provisions such as pooling, reporting, and assessments. This is because the major objective of every Federal milk marketing order is the pricing of milk in order to achieve orderly marketing. Once the enforcement of minimum pricing is no longer applicable, other order provisions, such as pooling, classification, and reporting, which are used to determine who should be regulated and the degree to which such persons should be regulated would serve no useful purpose.

Accordingly, this action is effective October 1, 1999, as indicated by the law.

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Parts 1001, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1012, 1013, 1030, 1032, 1033, 1036, 1040, 1044, 1046, 1049, 1050, 1064, 1065, 1068, 1076, 1079, 1106, 1124, 1126, 1131, 1134, 1135, 1137, 1138, and 1139

Milk marketing orders.

The authority citation for 7 CFR Parts 1001 through 1139 continues to read as follows:

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Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601-674.

Dated: November 9, 1999. Richard M. McKee, Deputy Administrator, Dairy Programs.

[FR Doc. 99-29725Filed11-12-99; 8:45 am]

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