{"abstract":"A public hearing is being held in response to industry requests to consider proposals to amend the Appalachian and Southeast Federal milk marketing orders. A proposal by Southern Marketing Agency, Inc. (SMA), would merge the Appalachian and Southeast milk marketing areas into a single milk marketing area. A separate SMA proposal and a proposal by The Kroger Company would expand the proposed merged order to include certain currently unregulated counties and cities in the State of Virginia. Also, a proposal submitted by Prairie Farms and Dean Foods Company would create a \"Mississippi Valley\" milk marketing area by breaking the Southeast order into two orders. Additional proposals that seek to amend certain other terms and provisions of the orders also will be considered at the hearing.","action":"Proposed rule; Notice of public hearing on proposed rulemaking.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","name":"Agriculture Department","id":12,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agriculture-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/12","parent_id":null,"slug":"agriculture-department"},{"raw_name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","name":"Agricultural Marketing Service","id":9,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/agricultural-marketing-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/9","parent_id":12,"slug":"agricultural-marketing-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2004/01/23/04-1402.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1005,"title":7},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1007,"title":7},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":1094,"title":7}],"citation":"69 FR 3278","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"The hearing will convene at 1 p.m. on Monday, February 23, 2004.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. AO-388-A15 and AO-366-A44","DA-03-11"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"04-1402","effective_on":null,"end_page":3288,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2004/01/23/04-1402.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/01/23/04-1402/milk-in-the-appalachian-and-southeast-marketing-areas-notice-of-hearing-on-proposed-amendments-to","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/04-1402?publication_date=2004-01-23","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2004-01-23/04-1402/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":11,"page_views":{"count":45,"last_updated":"2026-08-24 14:15:12 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2004-01-23/pdf/04-1402.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2004-01-23","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2004/01/23/04-1402.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-12T10:11:36Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":3278,"subtype":null,"title":"Milk in the Appalachian and Southeast Marketing Areas; Notice of Hearing on Proposed Amendments to Tentative Marketing Agreements and Orders","toc_doc":"Appalachian and Southeast","toc_subject":"Milk marketing orders:","topics":["Milk marketing orders"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":69}