Milk in California; Recommended Decision and Opportunity To File Written Exceptions on Proposal To Establish a Federal Milk Marketing Order

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service 7 CFR Part 1051 [Doc. No. AO-15-0071; AMS-DA-14-0095] AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule and opportunity to file exceptions. SUMMARY: This Recommended Decision proposes the issuance of a Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) regulating the handling of milk in California. The proposed FMMO incorporates the entire state of California and would adopt the same dairy product classification and pricing provisions used throughout the current FMMO system. The proposed FMMO provides for the recognition of producer quota as administered by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. This proposed rule also announces the Agricultural Marketing Service's (AMS) intent to request approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) of new information collection requirements to implement the order. DATES: Written exceptions to this proposed rule must be submitted on or before May 15, 2017. Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act, comments on the information collection burden must be received by April 17, 2017. AMS will conduct a public meeting on February 22, 2017, to review the rulemaking process, explain and answer questions relating to how the proposed California FMMO would operate, and inform the public how they can submit public comments for consideration. ADDRESSES: Comments should be submitted at the Federal eRulemaking portal: http://www.regulations.gov . Comments may also be filed with t…