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Written Comments Must Be Which the Santa Cruz-Monterey County Line South to the Township Line Dividing Received by August 27 1984 28260 Federal Register / Vol. 49, No. 134 / Wednesday, July 11, 1984. / Proposed Rules [1) The beginning point is the-point at (17) The boundary follows this range DATES: Written comments must be which the Santa Cruz-Monterey County line south to the township line dividing received by August 27 1984. line meets the Pacific Ocean. (Monterey Township 28 South from Township 29 ADDRESS: Send written comments to: map) South. (San Luis Obispo map) Chief, FAA, Wine and Beer Branch, (2) The boundary follows the Santa. (18) The boundary follows this Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Cruz-Monterey County line easterly to township line west to the range line Firearms, P.O. Box 385, Washington, DC the Santa Cruz-San Benito County line. dividing Range 13 East from Range 14 20044-0385 (Notice No. 533). (Monterey map] East. (San Luis Obispo map) Copies of the petition, the proposed (3) The boundary follows the Santa (19) The boundary follows this range regulations; the appropriate maps, and Cruz-San Benito County line easterly to line south to the boundary of the Los the written comments will be available the San Benito-Santa Clara County line. Padres National Forest. (San Luis for public inspection during normal (Monterey map) Obispo map) business hours at: ATF Reading Room, (4) The boundary follows the San (20) The boundary follows the Room 4407 Federal Building, 12th and Benito-Santa Clara County line easterly boundary of the Los Padres National Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,, to the point at-which California Forest southeasterly to the creek of Toro Washington, DC. Highway 156 crosses it. (Monterey map) Canyon. (San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, (5) The boundary follows California and Los Angeles maps) FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Highway 156 northerly to California (21) The boundary follows the creek of Edward A. Reisman, FAA, Wine and Highway 152. (Monterey map) Toro Canyon southerly to the Pacific Beer Branch, Bureau of Alcohol, (6) The boundary follows California Ocean. (Los Angeles map) Tobacco and Firearms, 1200 Highway 152 northerly to the 370 North (22) The boundary follows the Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., latitude parallel. (Monterey map) shoreline of the Pacific Ocean northerly Washington, DC 20226 (202-566-7620). (7) The boundary follows the 370 to the beginning point. (Los Angeles, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: North latitude parallel east to the range Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, and Background line dividing Range.5 East from Range 6 Monterey maps) - East. (Monterey map) Approved: July 2,1984. On August 23,1978, ATF bublished (8) The boundary follows this range W.T. Drake, Treasury-Decision ATF-53 (43 FR 37672, 54624) revising regulations in 27 CPR, line outh to the San Benito-Santa Clara Acting Director. County line. (Monterey map) Part 4. These regulations allow the (9) The boundary follows the San 1FR DoC.84-18213 Filed 7-10-84:8:45 am] establishment of definite viticultural Benito-Santa Clara County line easterly BILLING CODE 4810-31-M areas. The regulations also allow the to the San Benito-Merced County line. name of an approved viticultural area to (Monterey map) 27 CFR Part'9 be used as an appellation of origin on (10) The boundary follows the San wine labels and inwine advertisements. Benito-Merced County line [Notice No. 533] On October 2, 1979, ATF published southeasterly to the conjunction of the Treasury Decision ATF-60 (44 FR 50692) county lines of San Benito, Merced, and Establishment of Viticultural Area; which added a new Part 9 to 27 CFR, Fresno Counties. (Monterey map) Mesilla Valley, NM and TX providing for the listing of approved (11) From tis point, the boundary AGENCY: Bureau ofAlcohol, Tobacco American viticultural areas, the names proceeds in a southwesterly extension and Firearms, Treasury. of which may be used as appellations of of the Merced-Fresno County line origin. to Salt ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. Creek. (Monterey map) Section 4.25ae)(1), Title 27, CFR, (12) From this point, the boundary SUMMARY. The Bureau of Alcohol, defines an American viticultural area as proceeds in a straight line southeasterly Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is a delimited grape-growing region to the conjunction of the county lines of considering the establishment of a distinguishable by geographical Monterey, San Benito, and Fresno viticultural area located between Done features, the boundaries of which have Counties. (Monterey map) Ana County m southern New Mexico been delineated in Subpart C of Part 9. (13) The boundary follows the and the west Texas border at El Paso Section 4.25a(e)(2), outlines the Monterey-Fresno County line County, Texas, to be known as the procedure for proposing an American southeasterly to the Monterey-Kings '"Mesilla Valley." The southern viticultural area. Any interested person County line. (Monterey and San Luis boundary of the proposed viticultural may petition ATF to establish a grape- Obispo maps) area reaches the U.S./Mexico border. growingregion as a viticultural area, (14) The boundary follows the This proposal is the result of a petition The petition should include- Monterey-Kings County line subtihitted by Mr. George Newman, (a) Evidence that the name of the southeasterly to the San Luis Obispo- President of the Las Cruces Chapter of proposed viticultural area is locally Kings County line. (San Luis Obispo the New Mexico Wine and Vine Society. and/or nationally known as referring to map) New Mexico State University, College of the area specified in the petition; (15) The boundary follows the San Agriculture and Home Economics (b) Historical or current evidence that Luis Obispo-Kings County line east to located at Las Cruces, New Mexico, also the boundaries of the viticultural area the San Luis Obispo-Kern County line. participated in gathering petition are as specified in the petition (San Luis Obispo map) evidence for this proposed viticultural (c) Evidence relating to the (16) The boundary follows the San area. The establishment of viticultural geographical characteristics (climate, Luis Obispo-Kern County line south, areas and the subsequent use of soil, elevation, physical features, etc.) then east, then south to the point at viticultural area names in wine labeling which distinguish the viticultural which the countyline diverges easterly and advertising will enable industry to features of the proposed area from from the range line dividing Range 17 label wines more precisely and will help surrounding areas; East from Range 18 East. (San Luis consumers to better identify the wines (d) A description of the specific Obispo map) they may purchase. boundaries of the viticultural area, Federal Register / Vol. 49, No. 134 / Wednesday, July ii, 1984 / Proposed Rules 28261 based on features which can be found (d) According to an article that conducted at New Mexico State on United States Geological Survey appeared in "New Mexico Magazine" University concludes, "Given the (U.S.G.S.) maps of the largest applicable (March 1982) entitled Mesilla Valley potential publicity attached to a locally scale; and Vintner by Michael Henz], the fertile produced wine, lower transportation (e) A copy of the appropriate U.S.G.S. Mesilla Valley was once dotted with costs, the possibility of wholesaling and maps with the boundaries prominently wineries, typically small and family run. retailing wines by the wineries marked. (e)According to topographical maps themselves, and restate advantages, the submitted by the petitioner, Petition elevations marketing of wine within the state within the proposed viticultural area appears to be feasible. The approval of ATF has received a petition proposing range from approximately 3,700 feet to an appellation of origin would a viticultural area that extends from 4,200 feet above sea level. Elevations in encourage continued expansion of the Dona Ana County in southern New the mountains outside of the proposed wine industry in the Mesilla Valley'" Mexico to El Paso County in the far viticultural area reach up to 8,700 feet According to an article that appeared western tip of Texas. The proposed above sea level. To the east of the in the "El Paso Times" in 1975, titled viticultural area follows the Mesilla proposed Mesilla Valley viticultural Gropes Return to the Mesila Valley, Valley along the Rio Grande River from area is the Fort Bliss Military written by Dona Ana County Agent Don an area lust north of Las Cruces, New Reservation. Also to the east are the Chappell, the grape growing revival in Mexico, to El Paso. Texas. It consists of Organ, Dona Ana and Franklin the Mesilla Valley was first observed in 445 square miles of land (284,800 acres) Mountains. To the west lie the Portillo, the 1960's and has progressed much in running along the Rio Grande River on Robledo and Sierra de Las Uvas recent years. He said that over 50 which there are 3 commercial bonded Mountains and the Aden and Sleeping different grape varieties have been wineries and 21 private grape-growers. Lady Hills. The petitioner pointed out grown in the valley. Presently there are approximately 40 that much of the eastern and western According to research conducted by acres of grapes devoted to viticulture in boundaries are found along the 4,150 New Mexico State Umversity, College of the proposed Mesilla Valley viticultural and 4,200 foot elevation contour lines. Agriculture and Home Economics, some area. Local forecasters estimate that The petitioner claims these contour lines of the more important grape varieties during the next two years grape acreage appropriately mark the transition from grown withn the boundaries of the in the Mesilla Valley is expected to valley-foothills to dry land mesas where proposed viticultural area include increase substantially. water availability is poor and soil types Colombard. Riesling, Cabernet The petitioner claims that the differ notably.
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