[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31183]
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Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 225 / Monday, November 23, 1998 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
[S&T-98-001]
Presiding Officer Designated for Administrative Cases Involving
Violations of the Pesticide Recordkeeping Requirements of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990
Agency
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA.
Action
Notice of designation.
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Summary
The Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service has designated the administrative law judges of the Office of the Administrative Law Judges, USDA, as the Presiding Officer for administrative civil penalty cases involving certified applicators of restricted use pesticides who violate the recordkeeping requirements of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990.
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 23, 1998.
For Further Information Contact
Bonnie Poli, Chief, Pesticide Records Branch, AMS, USDA, 8700 Centreville Road, Suite 202, Manassas, VA 20110, Telephone (703) 330-7826.
Supplementary Information
Background
The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized by Section 1491 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (FACT Act) to require certified applicators of restricted use pesticides (RUPs) to maintain records of all RUP applications. The FACT Act also authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations implementing the recordkeeping requirements and to enforce those requirements by the imposition of civil penalties for violations. A violator's first offense is subject to a civil penalty of up to $550 and each subsequent offense is subject to a penalty of not less than $1,100. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) promulgated regulations implementing the recordkeeping requirements on April 9, 1993 (7 CFR part 110). The regulations include rules of practice for administrative civil penalty proceedings (7 CFR part 110.8), which provide that AMS may initiate an administrative civil penalty proceeding by filing a notice of violation with the Presiding Officer. The Presiding Officer is defined in the regulations as ``any individual designated in writing by the Administrator'' to preside at the proceedings (7 CFR part 110.2). Accordingly, the Administrator of AMS hereby designates the administrative law judges of the Office of the Administrative Law Judges, USDA, to preside over administrative civil penalty cases involving violations of the pesticide recordkeeping requirements of the FACT Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Dated: November 16, 1998. Enrique E. Figueroa, Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. [FR Doc. 98-31183 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-02-P