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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

CFR Citation: 7 CFR Part 1423

RIN ID: RIN 0560-AE50

NOTICE: PROPOSED RULES

ACTION: Loan and purchase programs:

DOCUMENT ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening and extension of comment period.

SUBJECT CATEGORY: Standards for Approval of Warehouses for CCC Interest Commodity Storage

DATES: Comments are due March 11, 2004.

DOCUMENT SUMMARY: 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 requests from warehouse operators to provide more time to comment on the proposed rule.

SUMMARY: Warehouses for interest commodity storage; approval standards,


SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

On November 20, 2003, CCC published a proposed rule, ``Standards for Approval of Warehouses for CCC Interest Commodity Storage'' in the Federal Register (68 FR 65412). The rule proposed to revise regulations covering the storage of commodities in which CCC has an interest. For the most part, those commodities are acquired in connection with nonrecourse commodity loan programs that benefit farmers. The rule will consolidate the regulations for all commodities stored by CCC into one set of regulations. In addition, the rule would, in some instances, revise the substantive provisions that are in effect under the existing regulations.

The Agency believes that the request for additional time to comment on the proposed rule is reasonable and will still allow the rulemaking to proceed in a timely manner. As a result of the reopening and extension, the comment period for the proposed rule will close on March 11, 2004.

Signed in Washington, DC, January 23, 2004.
James R. Little,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 042785 Filed 2904; 8:45 am]
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