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22526 Proposed Rules Federal Register Vol. 51, No. 119 Friday. June 20, 1986 This section of tha FEDERAL REGISTER will be given the opportunity to vote in a 1986. issue of the Federal Register (51 FR contains notices to the. public ot the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules. OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT S CFR Part 294 Freedom ol Information Act; Availability of Official Information; Service Charges for Information Correction In FR Doc. 06-12970. beginning on page 20833 in the issue of Monday, june. 9.1986. make the following correction: On page 20833. in the first column, in the fourth line under the caption ''Supplementary Information", ''$15'' should read "$14". BILUMQ CODE ISOS-Ot-U. referendum to determine if they favor the proposed changes in the marketing order. OATE: The voting period for purposes of the referendum herein ordered is July 3 through July 12.1986. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald L. Cioffi, Chief, Marketing Order Administration Branch. Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, Washington, DC 20250, telephone 202447-5097. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Prior documents in this proceeding: Notice of Hearing issued June 4.1985, and published in the June 11.1985, issue of the Federal Register (50 FR 24531). The Recommended Decision was issued March 12,1986, and published in the Federal Register (51 FR 9663) on March 20,1986. This administrative action is governed by the provisions of sections 556 and 557 of Title 5 of the United States Code and therefore is excluded from the requirements of Executive Order 12291. 9663). The final date for receipt of written exceptions filed by interested persons was April 4,1986. No exceptions were filed. Small Businesses The Administrator has determined that this action would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number or small entities as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)- As slated in the notice of hearing, interested persons were invited to present evidence at a hearing on the probable regulatory and informational impact of the proposed rule on small businesses for the purposes of the RFA. During the fiscal year ending June 30. 1083, 96 handlers regulated under M.O. 927 handled winter pears for the fresh market with an estimated crop value of 865,500,000. The average value per handler was approximately $680,000. Given an appropriate definition of a small business concern (i.e., for purposes of review pursuant to the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Preliminary Statement This proposed amendment was Regulatory Flexibility Act, an agricultural services firm with average Agricultural Marketing Service formulated on the record of a public annual receipts not exceeding hearing held at Portland, Oregon, on $3,500,000). almost all of the handlers of 7 CFR Part 927 June 20,1985, to consider proposed winter pears would fait within that [Docket No. AO-99-A5I further amendment of the marketing agreement, as amended, and Marketing definition. Thus, few handlers, if any, can be considered large or predominant Winter Pears Grown In Oregon, Washington, and California; Decision on Proposed Further Amendment of Marketing Agreement and Order Order No. 927. as amended, hereinafter referred to as the "order". The hearing was held pursuant to the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended (7 U.S.C. 601 el in a relative or absolute sense. The amendments to the order include provisions which would provide producers an opportunity to periodically evaluate and express support or AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service. seq.), hereinafter referred to as the disapproval of the order, would allow USDA. "act," and the applicable rules of the committee to become more action: Proposed rule and referendum order. practice and procedure governing proceedings to formulate marketing representative of the industry by increasing the number of committee agreements and marketing orders (7 CFR representatives, and would permit summary: This decision proposes Part 900). Notice of this hearing was broad-base participation in the further amendment of the marketing published June 11,1985 in the Federal administration of the order by limiting agreement and Marketing Order 927. Register (50 FR 24531), containing committee tenure, and would authorize . covering winter pears grown in Oregon. several amendment proposals submitted supplemental assessments for research Washington, and California. The by the Control Committee established and promotion. Another amendment . amendment proposals would revise the under the order. The Department would authorize changes in the varieties size and composition'of the Control proposed that it be authorized to make and subvarieties covered under the Committee, limit the tenure of Control any necessary conforming changes. order. The common practice in the Committee members, change the Upon the basis of the evidence industry is for a grower to produce varieties of winter pears covered under introduced at the hearing and the record several varieties of pears and for the order, authorize public advisors, add thereof, the Administrator, on March 12, handlers to handle several varieties. authority for research and development 1986, filed with the Hearing Clerk, U.S. While certain varieties of pears have programs on a varietal basis, provide for Department of Agriculture, the been declining in commercial periodic referenda on the order, and Recommended Decision containing the importance for many years and have provide for certain other minor changes notice of the opportunity to file written minimal commercial value relative to intended to improve program exceptions thereto. That Recommended other varieties, the production of other administration. Winter pear producers Decision was published in the March 20, varieties of pears has been more GLEASON-000791