United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2015_register executive 2015-08-19 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f739d3 D09002ee1c7f73aa6 United States Department of Agriculture originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Agricultural Marketing Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This rule implements a recommendation from the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee (Committee) for a decrease in the assessment rate from $1.50 to $0.75 per ton of Washington apricots handled for the 2015-2016 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of producers and handlers of apricots grown in designated counties in Washington. Assessments upon apricot handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins April 1 and ends March 31. The new assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended or terminated. 80 FR 50189 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-08-19/2015-20436 2015-20436 fr19au15-1 P Doc. No. AMS-FV-15-0033 FV15-922-1 IR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-08-19/2015-20436 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-08-19/html/2015-20436.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-08-19/pdf/2015-20436.pdf Apricots Marketing Agreements Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 3 p. 50189 50191 80 FR 50189 Title 7 Part 922 7 CFR Part 922 Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington; Decreased Assessment Rate; Federal Register Vol. 80, Issue RULE 2015-20436 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 2015-08-20 2015-10-19 Doc. No. AMS-FV-15-0033 FV15-922-1 IR P 2015-20436 Interim rule with request for comments.

This rule implements a recommendation from the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee (Committee) for a decrease in the assessment rate from $1.50 to $0.75 per ton of Washington apricots handled for the 2015-2016 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of producers and handlers of apricots grown in designated counties in Washington. Assessments upon apricot handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins April 1 and ends March 31. The new assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended or terminated.

Effective August 20, 2015. Comments received by October 19, 2015, will be considered prior to issuance of a final rule. Teresa Hutchinson, Marketing Specialist, or Gary Olson, Regional Director, Northwest Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Fruit and Vegetable Program, AMS, USDA; Telephone: (503) 326-2724; Fax: (503) 326-7440; or Email: Teresa.Hutchinson@ams.usda.gov or GaryD.Olson@ams.usda.gov. Apricots Marketing Agreements Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Decreased Assessment Rates: Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington , GaryD.Olson@ams.usda.gov Jeffrey.Smutny@ams.usda.gov Teresa.Hutchinson@ams.usda.gov www.ams.usda.gov/MarketingOrdersSmallBusinessGuide www.regulations.gov Vol. 80, no. 160 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2015-08-19 continuing daily deposited born digital 363 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-08-19 P0b002ee18d4f37bb 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr19au15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2015-08-19 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-08-19/pdf/FR-2015-08-19.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-08-19/xml/FR-2015-08-19.xml fdlp 50189 50542 DGPO 2015-08-19 2024-06-02 FR-2015-08-19 machine generated eng FR FR-2015-08-19 80 160