56492 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2016 / Rules and Regulations known locally as Fort Ti Road, at the (17) Proceed north along Connors DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Fort Ticonderoga–Larrabees Point Ferry Road approximately 2.1 miles, crossing landing; then the Salmon River, to an unnamed light- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade (3) Proceed west along State Route 73 duty road known locally as County Bureau (State Route 74/Fort Ti Road) Route 33 (Norrisville Road); then approximately 1.6 miles to State Route (18) Proceed west along County Route 27 CFR Part 9 22; then 33 (Norrisville Road) approximately 1.2 [Docket No. TTB–2014–0007: T.D. TTB–141; (4) Proceed north along State Route 22 miles to an unnamed light-duty road Ref: Notice No. 145] approximately 21 miles, crossing onto known locally as Shingle Street; then RIN 1513–AC10 the Lake Champlain map and passing (19) Proceed north along Shingle through the town of Port Henry, to an Street approximately 4 miles to an unnamed light-duty road known locally Expansion of the Sta. Rita Hills unnamed light-duty road known locally Viticultural Area as County Road 44 (Stevenson Road); as County Route 31 (Rabideau Street); then then AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and (5) Proceed north along County Road (20) Proceed west along County Route Trade Bureau, Treasury. 44 (Stevenson Road) approximately 5.8 31 (Rabideau Street) approximately 0.4 ACTION: Final rule; Treasury decision. miles to a railroad track; then mile to an unnamed light-duty road (6) Proceed northerly along the known locally as Goddeau Street; then SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax railroad track approximately 1.6 miles and Trade Bureau (TTB) is expanding to State Route 9N, west of the town of (21) Proceed north along Goddeau the approximately 33,380-acre ‘‘Sta. Rita Westport; then Street approximately 0.9 mile, crossing Hills’’ viticultural area in Santa Barbara (7) Proceed westerly along State Route the Saranac River, to State Route 3 just County, California, by approximately 9N approximately 4.1 miles to Interstate east of the town of Cadyville; then 2,296 acres. The established viticultural 87; then (22) Proceed east along State Route 3 area and the expansion area are both (8) Proceed north along Interstate 87 approximately 0.5 mile to an unnamed located entirely within the larger Santa approximately 21 miles to the Ausable light-duty road known locally as Akey Ynez Valley viticultural area and the River, southwest of the town of Road; then multicounty Central Coast viticultural Keeseville; then (23) Proceed north on Akey Road area. TTB designates viticultural areas (9) Proceed west (upstream) along the approximately 0.2 mile to State Route to allow vintners to better describe the Ausable River approximately 6 miles to 374; then origin of their wines and to allow a bridge connecting two unnamed light- (24) Proceed east along State Route consumers to better identify wines they duty roads known locally as Burke Road 374 approximately 3.6 miles to State may purchase. and Lower Road in the town of Route 190, also known locally as DATES: This final rule is effective Clintonville, and proceed north along Military Turnpike; then September 21, 2016. the bridge to Lower Road; then (25) Proceed northwest along State FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (10) Proceed west along Lower Road Route 190 (Military Turnpike) Karen A. Thornton, Regulations and approximately 0.6 mile to State Route approximately 15.2 miles to an Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco 9N; then unnamed light-duty road just east of Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street (11) Proceed west along State Route Park Brook known locally as County NW., Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 9N approximately 0.8 mile to an Route 12 (Alder Bend Road), northwest phone 202–453–1039, ext. 175. unnamed light-duty road known locally of Miner Lake State Park; then as County Route 39 (Clintonville Road); SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (26) Proceed north along County then Background on Viticultural Areas (12) Proceed north along County Route 12 (Alder Bend Road) Route 39 (Clintonville Road) approximately 3 miles to U.S. Highway TTB Authority 11; then approximately 1.5 miles to the second Section 105(e) of the Federal Alcohol crossing of the Little Ausable River, (27) Proceed west along U.S. Highway Administration Act (FAA Act), 27 west of Cook Mountain; then 11 approximately 1.7 miles to an U.S.C. 205(e), authorizes the Secretary (13) Proceed northeast along the Little unnamed light-duty road known locally of the Treasury to prescribe regulations Ausable River approximately 3.5 miles as County Route 10 (Cannon Corners for the labeling of wine, distilled spirits, to the confluence of the river with Road); then and malt beverages. The FAA Act Furnace Brook, near the town of (28) Proceed north along County provides that these regulations should, Harkness; then Route 10 (Cannon Corners Road) among other things, prohibit consumer (14) Proceed west along Furnace approximately 6 miles to the U.S.- deception and the use of misleading Brook approximately 0.17 mile to an Canada border; then statements on labels and ensure that unnamed light-duty road known locally (29) Proceed east along the U.S.- labels provide the consumer with as County Route 40 (Calkins Road); then Canada border approximately 19.8 adequate information as to the identity (15) Proceed north along County miles, returning to the beginning point. and quality of the product. The Alcohol Route 40 (Calkins Road) approximately Signed: June 27, 2016. and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau 5.8 miles to an unnamed light-duty road (TTB) administers the FAA Act John J. Manfreda, known locally as County Route 35 pursuant to section 1111(d) of the (Peasleeville Road), south of an Administrator. Homeland Security Act of 2002, unnamed creek known locally as Arnold Approved: August 8, 2016. codified at 6 U.S.C. 531(d). The Brook; then Timothy E. Skud, Secretary has delegated various (16) Proceed west along County Route Deputy Assistant Secretary (Tax, Trade, and authorities through Treasury 35 (Peasleeville Road) approximately Tariff Policy). Department Order 120–01, dated 0.1 mile to an unnamed light-duty road [FR Doc. 2016–19992 Filed 8–19–16; 8:45 am] December 10, 2013 (superseding known locally as Connors Road; then BILLING CODE 4810–31–P Treasury Order 120–01, dated January VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:11 Aug 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\22AUR1.SGM 22AUR1 Lhorne on DSK30JT082PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 56493 24, 2003), to the TTB Administrator to • The appropriate United States boundary of the AVA. Pinot Noir and perform the functions and duties in the Geological Survey (USGS) map(s) Chardonnay are among the varietals of administration and enforcement of this showing the location of the proposed grapes grown in the proposed expansion law. expansion area, with the boundary of area. The proposed expansion would Part 4 of the TTB regulations (27 CFR the proposed expansion area clearly move a portion of the AVA’s existing part 4) authorizes TTB to establish drawn thereon; and eastern boundary approximately one- definitive viticultural areas and regulate • A detailed narrative description of half mile farther to the east. The new the use of their names as appellations of the proposed expansion area boundary boundary would then be defined by a origin on wine labels and in wine based on USGS map markings. road within a north-south canyon advertisements. Part 9 of the TTB Online Availability of Documents named ‘‘Can˜ ada de los Palos Blancos,’’ regulations (27 CFR part 9) sets forth which is located west of the city of standards for the preparation and All documents and comments Buellton. According to the expansion submission of petitions for the discussed below in this final rule, petition, the new boundary would still establishment or modification of including the petition to expand the Sta. be within the Santa Rita Hills because Rita Hills AVA and its supporting American viticultural areas (AVAs) and a 1906 decision card issued by the U.S. documents, the notice of proposed 2 lists the approved AVAs. Board on Geographic Names states that rulemaking (Notice No. 145), and the the hills extend as far east as the mouth Definition comments and attached supporting of the canyon. documents received in response to that Section 4.25(e)(1)(i) of the TTB According to the petition, the climate, notice, are available for public viewing regulations (27 CFR 4.25(e)(1)(i)) defines topography, soils, and native vegetation within Docket No. TTB–2014–0007 on a viticultural area for American wine as of the proposed expansion area are the ‘‘Regulations.gov’’ Web site at http:// a delimited grape-growing region having similar to those of the established AVA. www.regulations.gov. A direct link to distinguishing features, as described in The climate of both the proposed Docket No. TTB–2014–0007 is available part 9 of the regulations, and a name expansion area and established AVA is under Notice No. 145 on the TTB Web and a delineated boundary, as influenced by cool winds and fog that site at https://www.ttb.gov/wine/wine- established in part 9 of the regulations. move inland from the Pacific Ocean, rulemaking.shtml. These designations allow vintners and providing a climate that is suitable for consumers to attribute a given quality, Petition To Expand the Sta. Rita Hills growing cool-climate wine grapes such reputation, or other characteristic of a AVA as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.