[Federal Register: March 27, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 59)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
7 CFR Part 932
[Docket No. FV99-932-610 REVIEW]
California Olives; Section 610 Review of Marketing Order
AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
ACTION: Review of marketing order; Continuation of regulations.
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SUMMARY: This action summarizes the results of an Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) review of Marketing Order 932 for olives grown
in California, under the criteria contained in section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA).
DATES: Effective: March 27, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons may obtain a copy of the review. Requests
for copies should be sent to the Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable
Programs, AMS, USDA, Room 2525-S, Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456;
Fax: (202) 720-5698; or E-mail: moab.docketclerk@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt Kimmel, Regional Manager,
California Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order Administration
Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, 2202 Monterey Street,
Suite 102B, Fresno, California 93721; telephone: (209) 487-5901; Fax:
(209) 487-5906; E-mail: Kurt.Kimmel@usda.gov; or George Kelhart,
Marketing Order Administration Branch, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,
AMS, USDA, room 2525-S, P.O. Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090-6456;
telephone: (202) 720-
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2491; Fax: (202) 720-5698; E-mail: George.Kelhart@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Marketing Order No. 932, as amended (7 CFR
Part 932), regulates the handling of olives grown in California. The
marketing order is effective under the Agricultural Marketing Agreement
Act of 1937 (Act), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601-674).
AMS published in the Federal Register (63 FR 8014; February 18,
1999), its plan to review certain regulations, including Marketing
Order No. 932, under criteria contained in section 610 of the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA; 5 U.S.C. 601-612). Accordingly, AMS
published a notice of review and request for written comments on the
California olive marketing order in the August 5, 1999, issue of the
Federal Register (64 FR 42619). No written comments were received.
The review was undertaken to determine whether the California
marketing order for olives 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or rescinded to minimize the impacts on small entities.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.
Currently, there are about 1,000 olive growers in California and
two handlers processing canned olives under the marketing order.
AMS has determined that the marketing order should be continued
without change. The marketing order was established in 1965 to
eliminate inconsistencies in and to improve the quality of canned ripe
olives in the marketplace, and to assure that the growers are paid a
fair return for the olives delivered by them to canners. The marketing
order's regulations on the uniform application of size and quality
requirements, through third party inspection continue to be beneficial
to growers, canners, and end-users.
The AMS has received no complaints about the marketing order
regulations. The marketing order is not unduly complex, and AMS has not
identified any relevant Federal rules, or State and local regulations
that duplicate, overlap, or conflict with the California olive
marketing order.
AMS and the California olive industry monitor marketing operations
on a continuing basis. Changes in regulations are 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 marketing order and the regulations implemented under it fit the
needs of the industry and are consistent with the Act.
Over the years, regulation changes have been made to address
industry operation changes and to improve program administration.
AMS plans to continue working with the California olive industry in
maintaining an effective marketing order program.
Dated: March 21, 2001.
Kenneth C. Clayton,
Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service.
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