Proposed Rule2023-09042
Proposed Establishment of the Crystal Springs of Napa Valley Viticultural Area; Comment Period Extension
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Published
May 2, 2023
Effective
March 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Treasury DepartmentAlcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
Abstract
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is extending, for an additional 60 days, the comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking it published as Notice No. 221, entitled, "Proposed Establishment of the Crystal Springs of Napa Valley Viticultural Area." TTB is taking this action in response to a request to extend the comment period from a wine industry trade association.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 27420-27421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09042]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau
27 CFR Part 9
[Docket No. TTB-2023-0002; Notice No. 221A; Re: Notice No. 221]
RIN 1513-AC78
Proposed Establishment of the Crystal Springs of Napa Valley
Viticultural Area; Comment Period Extension
AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) is
extending, for an additional 60 days, the comment period for a notice
of proposed rulemaking it published as Notice No. 221, entitled,
``Proposed Establishment of the Crystal Springs of Napa Valley
Viticultural Area.'' TTB is taking this action in response to a request
to extend the comment period from a wine industry trade association.
DATES: The comment period for the notice of proposed rulemaking,
published at 88 FR 13072, on March 2, 2023, is extended. Comments on
Notice No. 221 are now due to TTB on or before June 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may electronically submit comments to TTB on Notice No.
221, and view copies of Notice No. 221, its supporting materials, this
comment extension notice, and any comments TTB receives on Notice No.
221 within Docket No. TTB-2023-0002 as posted on the <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>
website (<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>), the Federal e-rulemaking portal.
Please see the ``Public Participation'' section of this document below
for full details on how to comment on Notice No. 221 via
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> or U.S. mail, and for full details on how to obtain
copies of Notice No. 221, its supporting materials, this document, and
any comments related to this proposal.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen A. Thornton, Regulations and
Rulings Division, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G
Street NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; phone 202-453-1039, ext. 175.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March, 2, 2023, the Alcohol and Tobacco
Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in
the Federal Register entitled, ``Proposed
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Establishment of the Crystal Springs of Napa Valley Viticultural
Area.'' See Notice No. 221 at 88 FR 13072. In that document, TTB
proposed to establish the approximately 4,000-acre ``Crystal Springs of
Napa Valley'' American viticultural area (AVA) in Napa County,
California. The proposed AVA is located entirely within the existing
Napa Valley AVA (27 CFR 9.23), which, in turn, is entirely within the
existing North Coast AVA (27 CFR 9.30).
TTB published Notice No. 221 in response to a petition submitted on
behalf of local vineyard owners and winemakers. Within the proposed
AVA, there are approximately 30 commercial vineyards which cover a
total of approximately 230 acres. The distinguishing feature of the
proposed Crystal Springs of Napa Valley AVA is its topography. Further
details concerning the proposed AVA are available in Notice No. 221.
TTB designates viticultural areas to allow vintners to better describe
the origin of their wines and to allow consumers to better identify
wines they may purchase.
TTB recently received a request from the Napa Valley Vintners
(NVV), a wine industry trade association, to extend the comment period
for Notice No. 221 for an additional 90 days. In its request, NVV
stated that in order to properly evaluate and respond to Notice No.
221, the group ``needs further time to study and map all vineyards
using the Crystal Springs designation in relationship to the boundaries
of the proposed AVA and to report its findings to the NVV Napa Name
Protection Committee, which reviews all nested AVAs, and then to the
NVV Board of Directors.''
After reviewing the NVV request, TTB has decided to extend the
comment period for Notice No. 221 for an additional 60 days. TTB
believes that an additional 60 days is an adequate extension of the
comment period. If needed, TTB will consider additional requests to
extend the comment period as necessary for interested parties to
evaluate the vineyards using the Crystal Springs designation.
Therefore, TTB will now accept public comments on Notice No. 221
through June 30, 2023. See the Public Participation section of Notice
No. 221 for details on how and where to submit comments.
Mary G. Ryan,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-09042 Filed 4-28-23; 4:15 pm]
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