The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice which sets forth the establishment of the sugar overall allotment quantity for the 2004 crop year (FY 2005) which runs from October 1, 2004 through September 30, 2005. Although CCC already has announced all of the information in this notice, CCC is statutorily required to publish in the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Farm Service Agency (FSA), Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations regarding a new information collection. This collection is necessary for the procurement of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This rule amends the regulations governing the tobacco price support program to remove the requirement that fluecured tobacco farmers designate the auction warehouses where they will sell their tobacco and that burley tobacco farmers designate all locations where they will sell their tobacco. Currently price support is available only at designated

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

Section 2503 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107171) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to include the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), formerly known as the Farmland Protection Program (FPP). Congress delegated authority to administer FRPP to the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

On November 2, 2004, the President, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), who is the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, determined that 65,000 metric tons of nonfortified, low heat, nonfat dry milk in CCC inventory will be made available for donation overseas under section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This document corrects a final rule published on September 13, 2004 that amended the sugar marketing allotment regulations with respect to the definitions of ``ability to market,'' ``market,'' and ``sugar.'' Also, the rule modified procedures used to reassign allocation deficits. A correction is needed as a result of a typographical error.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice which sets forth the establishment and adjustments to the sugar overall allotment quantity for the 2003 crop year (FY 2004), which runs from October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004. Although CCC already has announced all of the information in this notice, CCC is statutorily required

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This rule amends the Sugar Program regulations of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). Specifically, the definitions of ``ability to market'', ``market'' and ``sugar'' are revised. Also, the regulation is modified to describe the procedure used to reassign allocation deficits. These changes are intended to reduce the uncertainty and burden of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice to inform interested parties that additional payments are available under the 2003 New Mexico Tebuthiuron Program (NMTP). The Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (the 2003 Act) required the Secretary to reimburse certain agricultural producers on farms in New Mexico for losses claimed

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This interim final rule amends the regulations governing the Honey Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loan (MAL) and Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) Programs of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). This rule allows honey pledged as collateral for securing an MAL or to be eligible for an LDP to be stored in CCCapproved, fivegallon plastic storage

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This document corrects a final rule published on July 1, 2004 that amended the sugar marketing allotment regulations with respect to processors' marketings of sugar, the permanent termination of processor operations, processors purchasing assets of another processor, processors sharing allocations among producers, appeals, and other related

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has provided significant environmental benefits across the nation, primarily by providing wildlife habitat, improving stream quality, and reducing soil erosion. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is committed to full enrollment of CRP up to the authorized level of 39.2 million acres. To ensure that the

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This final rule amends the sugar marketing allotment regulations with respect to processors' marketings of sugar, the permanent termination of processor operations, processors purchasing assets of another processor, processors sharing allocations among producers, appeals, and other related matters.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This rule provides more specific criteria to help handlers take better advantage of exempt use/diversion credit activities in meeting volume regulation requirements, and to help the Cherry Industry Administrative Board (Board) better assess the validity of handler requests for such diversion credit. It also clarifies the current definitions of

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This rule proposes to establish regulations applicable to the Emerging Markets Program (EMP). The regulations would provide details concerning program administration, including participant eligibility, application requirements, review and allocation process, reimbursement rules and procedures, financial reporting and project evaluation

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) proposes to rescind the price support eligibility provision that requires fluecured tobacco farmers to designate the auction warehouse(s) where they will sell their tobacco and burley tobacco farmers to designate all locations where they will sell their tobacco, both auction warehouse(s) and the central

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (2002 Farm Bill) amended the Food Security Act of 1985, to add the Grassland Reserve Program (GRP). The purpose of this program is to assist landowners and others in restoring and protecting eligible grassland and certain other lands through rental agreements and easements. This interim final rule

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This final rule adopts as final an interim final rule for the Conservation Reserve Program published on May 8, 2003. The interim rule set out the existing program regulations in their entirety, including revisions conforming to new legislation. Those revisions included, among others, a change to the definition of ``conserving use.''

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice to inform interested parties of the availability of $500,000 to provide assistance to producers who suffered livestock losses due to wild fires in Southern California. Assistance will be provided in the same manner as the assistance provided under terms applicable to a previous

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to request the extension of a currently approved information collection. This information collection is used by CCC to document or determine whether heirs or beneficiaries of a producer are entitled to receive

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

Section 2503 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107171) amended the Food Security Act of 1985 to include the Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), formerly called the Farmland Protection Program (FPP). Congress delegated authority to administer FRPP to the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

This rule revises and adopts as final an interim rule published on August 18, 2003. The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) uses these regulations to provide marketing assistance loans for extra long staple (ELS) cotton that is stored outside while pledged as loan collateral. This final rule revises the interim rule in three ways. First, it more

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is reopening and extending the comment period for the proposed rulemaking, ``Standards for Approval of Warehouses for CCC Interest Commodity Storage.'' The original comment period for the proposed rule closed on January 20, 2004, and CCC is reopening and extending it for 30 days. This action responds to

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

Correction

In notice document 041453 beginning on page 3304 in the issue of Friday, January 23, 2004, make the following correction:

On page 3304, in the second column, in the first line, ``genetic'' should read ``generic''.
[FR Doc. C41453 Filed 12804; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 150501D

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension and revision of an approved information collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act. CCC procures various processed foods and commodities to be exported and donated

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Commodity Credit Corporation