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Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 63 / Friday, April 2, 1999 / Proposed Rules 16075 Southwest market area, particularly in Texas, with a population of 4.7 million; About 455 million pounds of milk New Mexico (ranging from deserts to the Houston-Galveston-Brazoria were pooled on either Order 126 or 138 high mountain ranges). Northwest New (Houston) MSA in southeastern Texas from 1,345 producers in 118 Texas Mexico is part of the Colorado Plateau, near the Gulf of Mexico, with a counties in October 1997. Three Texas an area of broad valleys and plains as population of 4.3 million; the San counties were among the top 6 in well as deep canyons and mesas. The Antonio MSA in south central Texas, volume pooled: Erath (1st), Hopkins Rocky Mountains extend into the north with a population of 1.5 million; the (4th) and Comanche (6th). Erath central area of the state. The Basin and Austin-San Marcos (Austin) MSA in CountyÐlocated about 75 miles west of Range region, generally characterized by central Texas, with a population of 1 DallasÐpooled 104.5 million pounds on ranges or isolated mountains million; the El Paso MSA located in the Order 126 (and an additional 9 million interspersed with valleys, desert basins far western corner of Texas on the pounds on 3 other Federal orders). or high plains, is located in central and Texas-New Mexico-Mexico border, with Hopkins CountyÐlocated about 50 southwestern New Mexico, as well as a population of 702,000; and the miles east of DallasÐpooled 34 million western Texas. The Great Plains cover McAllen-Pharr-Edinburg MSA located pounds on Order 126 and another 15 the eastern third of New Mexico and at the southern tip of Texas, with a million pounds on 4 other Federal extend through the Texas Panhandle in population of 511,000. orders. Contiguous to and lying north Texas and much of central Texas. New Mexico's population is about 1.7 southwest of Erath County, Comanche This area is characteristically dry and million. The remaining 3 of the 26 County pooled 33 million pounds on treeless and also encompasses Texas hill Southwest market MSAs are located in Order 126 and about .5 million pounds country and the Edwards Plateau. The New Mexico. About 40 percent of the on 3 other Federal orders. Osage Plains covers the area in Texas state's population is located in the Of the 271 million pounds of milk from the Oklahoma-Texas border into Albuquerque area, just northwest of pooled on either Order 126 or 138 from the south central part of the state and central New Mexico. 185 producers in 12 New Mexico counties, 69 percent was produced in the low and flat West Gulf Coastal Plain In the remainder of the Southwest the following three counties, all among covers the eastern two-fifths of the state. marketing area, the 3 Colorado counties Climates in this region also vary. The the top 6 in volume pooled: Chaves have a population of about 71,000. western part of the region, including (2nd), Dona Ana (3rd) and Roosevelt New Mexico, southwest Texas and the Fluid Per Capita Consumption (5th). Chaves CountyÐlocated about Texas Panhandle, is semi-arid to arid 200 miles southeast of AlbuquerqueÐ Estimates of fluid per capita with wide ranges in both daily and pooled 92 million pounds on Orders consumption vary from 17.1 pounds of annual temperatures. The southern tip 126 and 138 in October 1997 and an fluid milk per month per person in of Texas and the Gulf coast are more additional 28 million pounds on 3 other Texas to 17.5 in New Mexico to 18.8 in humid and subtropical. For some of the Federal orders. Dona Ana County, Colorado. Multiplying the individual area there are few agricultural uses other located over 200 miles south of states' consumption rate by its than dairy farming. Dairy products were Albuquerque, contiguous to El Paso the 2nd and 3rd highest revenue- population in the consolidated County, TX, and the U.S.-Mexico producing agricultural commodities in marketing area results in a fluid milk border, pooled 61 million pounds of New Mexico and Texas, respectively, in consumption rate of 364.5 million producer milk on Order 138. Contiguous 1996, accounting for nearly one-third of pounds of fluid milk per month for the to and lying northeast of Chaves County, agricultural receipts in New Mexico, but consolidated Southwest marketing area. Roosevelt County pooled 33 million less than 10 percent in Texas. In October 1997, the fully regulated pounds on Orders 126 and 138 and plants in Orders 126 and 138 had route another 6.6 million on 4 other Federal Population distribution totaling 342.5 million orders. According to July 1, 1997, population pounds. Ninety-eight percent, or 328 In October 1997, producer milk for estimates, the total population in the million pounds, was distributed within Orders 126 and 138 also originated in consolidated marketing area is 21.3 the consolidated Southwest marketing one of the Colorado counties in the million. The 26 Metropolitan Statistical area. Handlers fully regulated under Southwest marketing area, and in Areas (MSA) in the consolidated other Federal orders had about 21 counties in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Southwest market account for 81.3 million pounds of route distribution However, the combined amount of percent of the total market area into the Southwest market area. producer milk pooled from these areas population. About 55 percent of the Producer-handlers in the Southwest is less than 1 percent of the total Southwest population is located in the area distributed about 5 million pounds producer milk pooled in these Orders. 4 most populous MSAs. Seven MSAs of route distribution in the Southwest have populations greater than 500,000; marketing area in October 1997, while Distributing Plants their total population is 63.4 percent of partially-regulated plants and plants Using distributing plant lists included the Southwest population. Because of that would be exempt on the basis of in the proposed rule, with the pooling the large number of MSAs in the size distributed approximately .5 standards adjusted to 25 percent of Southwest market, only those areas with million pounds. route disposition as in-area sales, updated for known plant closures populations greater than 500,000 are Production described in detail. through December 1998, 31 distributing Almost 92 percent of the Southwest In October 1997, 1,570 producers plants located in the consolidated market's population is located in Texas, from 144 counties in 5 states pooled 650 Southwest marketing area would be which has 19.5 million people. Twenty- million pounds of producer milk on expected to be associated with the three of the 26 Southwest market MSAs Orders 126 and 138. Over 99 percent of Southwest market, including 21 fully are in Texas. About 66 percent of Texas' this producer milk came from counties regulated distributing plants, 2 partially population is concentrated in 6 areas, included in the consolidated Southwest regulated, 2 exempt and 6 producer- which include the Southwest area's top marketing area. About 55 percent of the handlers. None of these plants' 5 population centers: the Dallas-Fort combined market's producer milk was regulatory status is expected to change Worth (Dallas) MSA in northeastern provided by producers in six counties. as a result of the consolidation process. VerDate 23-MAR-99 11:04 Apr 01, 1999 Jkt 183247 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\A02AP2.063 pfrm08 PsN: 02APP2 16076 Federal Register / Vol. 64, No. 63 / Friday, April 2, 1999 / Proposed Rules Of the 21 fully regulated plants, 17 are Other Plants (Order 139) marketing area, and located in the top six MSA regions. Located within the Southwest currently unregulated counties in Since October 1997, it is known that marketing area during May 1997 were Arizona. There are 16 counties in this 3 plants (2 fully regulated and 1 17 manufacturing plants: 11 in Texas (2 consolidated marketing area. This area producer-handler) have gone out of in the Dallas MSA and 1 in the El Paso remains unchanged from the proposed rule. business. The fully regulated plants MSA) and six in New Mexico. Six of the were located in El Paso, Texas, and in 17 plants were pool plants. All of these Geography pool plants were manufacturing Albuquerque, New Mexico. The The Arizona-Las Vegas market is plantsÐone manufactured primarily producer-handler was located in Hobbs, described geographically as follows: All Class II products, two manufactured New Mexico. counties (15) in Arizona (6 whole and primarily powder, two manufactured 1 partial currently are part of Order 131, Of the 31 distributing plants that primarily cheese and one manufactured and 8 whole and 1 partial currently are would be located in the consolidated primarily other products. Of the 11 unregulated) and Clark County, Nevada, Southwest marketing area, 24 are in nonpool plants in the Southwest which currently is part of the Great Texas, and 7 are in New Mexico. marketing area, all were manufacturing Basin marketing area. The market Twenty of the Texas plants would be plantsÐone manufactured primarily extends about 400 miles north to south fully regulated. They are as follows: 6 in powder, four manufactured primarily from Arizona's border with Utah (and the Dallas area, 3 in the Houston area, cheese, one manufactured primarily Nevada's southernmost county) to the 2 in the San Antonio area, 1 in the other products and five manufactured U.S.-Mexico border. The market ranges Austin area, and 2 in the El Paso area, primarily Class II products.