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 2016-09-16 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7f3e851 D09002ee1c7f3e916 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 Administrative Committee for Pistachios (Committee) for a decrease in the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 and subsequent production years from $0.0035 to $0.0010 per pound of assessed weight pistachios handled under the marketing order (order). The Committee locally administers the order and is comprised of producers and handlers of pistachios operating within the area of production. Assessments upon pistachio handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The production year begins September 1 and ends August 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated. 81 FR 63679 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-16/2016-22248 2016-22248 fr16se16-3 P Docket No. AMS-SC-16-0076 SC16-983-2 IR https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-16/2016-22248 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-16/html/2016-22248.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-16/pdf/2016-22248.pdf Pistachios Marketing Agreements Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 4 p. 63679 63682 81 FR 63679 Title 7 Part 983 7 CFR Part 983 Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico; Decreased Assessment Rate; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue RULE 2016-22248 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural Marketing Service 2016-09-19 2016-11-15 Docket No. AMS-SC-16-0076 SC16-983-2 IR P 2016-22248 Interim rule with request for comments.

This rule implements a recommendation from the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (Committee) for a decrease in the assessment rate established for the 2016-17 and subsequent production years from $0.0035 to $0.0010 per pound of assessed weight pistachios handled under the marketing order (order). The Committee locally administers the order and is comprised of producers and handlers of pistachios operating within the area of production. Assessments upon pistachio handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The production year begins September 1 and ends August 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

Effective September 19, 2016; Comments received by November 15, 2016 will be considered prior to issuance of a final rule. Peter R. Sommers, Marketing Specialist, or Jeffrey 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: PeterR.Sommers@ams.usda.gov or Jeffrey.Smutny@ams.usda.gov. Pistachios Marketing Agreements Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Decreased Assessment Rates: Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico , Jeffrey.Smutny@ams.usda.gov PeterR.Sommers@ams.usda.gov Richard.Lower@ams.usda.gov http://www.ams.usda.gov/rules-regulations/moa/small-businesses http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 81, no. 180 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-09-16 continuing daily deposited born digital 389 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-16 P0b002ee191308d9d 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr16se16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-16 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-16/pdf/FR-2016-09-16.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-16/xml/FR-2016-09-16.xml fdlp 63671 64047 DGPO 2016-09-16 2024-06-01 FR-2016-09-16 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-09-16 81 180