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Washington, Wednesday, January 12, 1955

TITLE 7 AGRICULTURE
Chapter IX Agricultural Marketing Service Marketing Agreements and Orders, Department of Agriculture P art
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1952 S U R P L U S

TONNAGE OF M USCAT R AIS IN S

This action involves 989.68 a of Marketing Agreement No. 109 and Order No. 89 7 CFR, 1953 Rev., Part 989 reg ulating the handling of raisins produced from raisin variety grapes grown in Cali fornia, effective pursuant to the provi sions of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended 7
. S . C. 601 et seq. It is provided in said section that the Raisin Adminis trative Committee, the administrative agency for the operation of this program, may dispose of surplus tonnage raisins by sale, gift or otherwise, except that such disposition shall be limited to outlets which it finds will not interfere with the normal marketing of raisins or raisin variety grapes.
At an official meeting of the Raisin Administrative Committee which was held on December 9, 1954, the following findings and détermin&tion with respect to the disposition of surplus Muscat raisins of the 1952 crop were made and set forth in a .resolution adopted by it:
W h e rea s, t h e R a is i n A d m in i s t r a t i v e C o m
mittee h a s g iv e n c o n s id e r a t io n t o t h e d i s
position o f s o m e 2,400 s w e a t b o x t o n s o f 1952 c ro p s u r p lu s M u s c a t s h e ld b y s a id C o m
mittee; a n d W h ereas, t h e C o m m it t e e h a s d e la y e d a c
tion o n d is p o s itio n o f s u c h r a is in s u n t i l c o m
pletion o f t h e 1954 g r a p e h a r v e s t t o a v o id inference t h a t s u c h d is p o s it io n i n f lu e n c e d the m a rk e t f o r g r a p e s ; a n d W h ereas, t h e c r u s h i n g s e a s o n o n 1954 c ro p grapes h a s b e e n c o m p le te d ; a n d W h ereas, t h e s u p p ly o f c u l l g r a p e s f r o m packing o p e r a tio n s a n d v i n e y a r d s t r i p p in g s norm ally u s e d t o p ro d u c e , t h e h i g h p r o o f a l
cohol u tiliz e d b y t h e w i n e i n d u s t r y h a v e b e e n reduced b y t h e g e n e r a l a b o v e a v e r a g e q u a li t y of th e 1954 g r a p e c ro p ; a n d W h ereas, t h e s m a lle r c r o p o f r a is in s p r o
duced in 1954 a n d t h e a b o v e a v e r a g e q u a li t y
o f s u c h p r o d u c t io n h a s r e s u lt e d i n a r e d u c e d v o lu m e o f s t e m m e r w a s t e , b lo w o v e r s a n d d a m a g e d r a is in s a v a ila b le f o r m a n u f a c t u r e o f h i g h p r o o f a lc o h o l; a n d W h e r e a s , d a t a o b t a in e d f r o m t h e W i n e I n s t it u t e s h o w s a n in v e n t o r y o f h i g h p r o o f a lc o h o l o n O c t o b e r 31, 1954 o f 13,614,139
g a llo n s c o m p a r d w i t h 14,257,610 g a llo n s o n O c t o b e r 31, 1953; a n d W h e r e a s , t h e s u p p ly o f h ig h p r o o f a lc o h o l m a n u fa c tu re d fr o m g ra p e s a n d g ra p e p r o d
u c t s is p r e s e n t ly i n s h o r t s u p p ly a n d h i g h p r o o f o b t a in e d f r o m t h e s a i d 1952 c r o p M u s c a t r a is in s w o u ld b e q u ic k ly a b s o r b e d b y lo c a l a n d e a ste rn b o t t le r s ;
N o w , t h e r e fo r e b e i t r e s o lv e d , t h a t t h e R a is i n A d m in i s t r a t i v e C o m m it t e e fin d s t h a t t h e d is p o s it io n p f t h e 1952 c ro p s u r p lu s M u s c a t s h e ld b y t h e C o m m it t e e t o m a n u
f a c t u r e r s o f h i g h p r o o f a lc o h o l w i l l n o t i n
t e r f e r e w i t h t h e n o r m a l m a r k e t i n g o f r a is in s
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Agricultural Marketing Service PaS
Proposed rule making:
Peaches, fresh, g r o w n in Georgia___________________ ____
Rules and regulations:
Pecans grown in certain south ern States, handling of; mail voting in connection with nomination e l e c t i o n s for members of Pecan Adminis trative Committee and Han dlers Advisory Council------
Raisins produced from raisin variety grapes grown in Cali fornia, handling of; disposi tion of 1952 surplus tonnage of muscat raisins____________ _

o r r a i s i n v a r ie t y g r a p e s . ___

Army Department
The findings and determination set forth in the above quotation are hereby approved, it being agreed that the sale of such surplus Muscat raisins of the 1952 crop to the .indicated outlets will be consistent with the provisions o f said marketing agreement and order and will tend to effectuate the declared policy of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, as amended.
It is hereby further found and deter mined that, insofar as requirements 6f section 4 of the Administrative Pro cedure Act 5 U. S. C. 1001 et seq. may be applicable to this action, it is im practicable, unnecessary and contrary to the public interest to give preliminary notice, engage in public rule-making procedure, or postpone the effective date of this document latr than the time of its publication in the F e d e r a l R e g i s t e r .
In order to maximize returns to pro ducers it is necessary to make 1952 sur plus Muscat raisins immediately avail able for disposition to manufacturers of high proof alcohol.

See Engineers Corps.

S e c . 5, 49 S t a t . 753, a s a m e n d e d ; 7 U . S . C .
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Issued this 7th day of January 1955.
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Civil Aeronautics Board Notices:
Pan American World Airways, Inc., et al.; informal confer ences-.________________________-

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Commerce Department See Foreign Commerce Bureau.

Defense Department See Engineers Corps.

Engineers Corps Proposed rule making:
General bridge regulations
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Federal Power Commission Notices:
Hearings, etc.:
Bakke, W . E., et al___________
Brown, J. F ___________________ Brown, J. Frank____ .______
Bush, E. L., et al_____________ Cabell Oil and Gas Co________
California Co_____________ Gray Wolfe Co. et al_------- Midstates Oil Corp-------------Midstates Oil Corp. et al-----Morris, Joseph S., et al--------Null, D. A_____________________
Quin, Bee, et al------------------Russel Gas Co--------------------Shaffer, Paul-----------------------Stumbo, O. H., Trustee--------Taylor, Vernon F., Inc-----------

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