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 2016_register executive 2016-07-16 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f58aea D09002ee1c7f58b84 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 proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Almond Board of California (Board) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 through the 2018-19 crop years from $0.03 to $0.04 per pound of almonds handled under the marketing order (order). Of the $0.04 per pound assessment, 60 percent (or $0.024 per pound) would be available as credit-back for handlers who conduct their own promotional activities. The assessment rate would return to $0.03 for the 2019-20 and subsequent crop years, and the amount available for handler credit-back would return to $0.018 per pound (60 percent). The Board locally administers the order and is comprised of growers and handlers of almonds grown in California. Assessments upon almond handlers are used by the Board to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The crop year begins August 1 and ends July 31. The $0.04 assessment rate would remain in effect until July 31, 2019. Beginning August 1, 2019, the assessment rate would return to $0.03 and would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated. 81 FR 46616 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-07-18/2016-16814 2016-16814 fr18jy16-20 3410-02-P Doc. No. AMS-SC-16-0045 SC16-981-2 PR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-07-18/2016-16814 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-07-18/html/2016-16814.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-07-18/pdf/2016-16814.pdf Almonds Marketing Agreements Nuts Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 4 p. 46616 46619 81 FR 46616 Title 7 Part 981 7 CFR Part 981 Almonds Grown in California; Increased Assessment Rate; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue PRORULE 2016-16814 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 2016-08-02 Doc. No. AMS-SC-16-0045 SC16-981-2 PR 3410-02-P 2016-16814 Proposed rule.

This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Almond Board of California (Board) to increase the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 through the 2018-19 crop years from $0.03 to $0.04 per pound of almonds handled under the marketing order (order). Of the $0.04 per pound assessment, 60 percent (or $0.024 per pound) would be available as credit-back for handlers who conduct their own promotional activities. The assessment rate would return to $0.03 for the 2019-20 and subsequent crop years, and the amount available for handler credit-back would return to $0.018 per pound (60 percent). The Board locally administers the order and is comprised of growers and handlers of almonds grown in California. Assessments upon almond handlers are used by the Board to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The crop year begins August 1 and ends July 31. The $0.04 assessment rate would remain in effect until July 31, 2019. Beginning August 1, 2019, the assessment rate would return to $0.03 and would remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

Comments must be received by August 2, 2016. Andrea Ricci, Marketing Specialist or Jeffery Smutny, Regional Director, California Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order and Agreement Division, Specialty Crops Program, AMS, USDA; Telephone: (559) 487-5901, Fax: (559) 487-5906, or Email: with Andrea.Ricci@ams.usda.gov or Jeffery.Smutny@ams.usda.gov. Almonds Marketing Agreements Nuts Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Increased Assessment Rates: Almonds Grown in California , Andrea.Ricci@ams.usda.gov Antoinette.Carter@ams.usda.gov Jeffery.Smutny@ams.usda.gov http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 81, no. 137 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-07-18 continuing daily deposited born digital 270 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-07-18 P0b002ee1904aaff3 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr18jy16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-07-18 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-07-18/pdf/FR-2016-07-18.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-07-18/xml/FR-2016-07-18.xml fdlp 46567 46826 DGPO 2016-07-16 2024-06-01 FR-2016-07-18 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-07-18 81 137