Milk in the Pacific Northwest Marketing Area; Interim Order Amending the Order

This order amends certain pooling provisions of the Pacific Northwest Federal milk order on an interim basis. This interim order implements amendments to the Pool plant provisions which establish a cooperative manufacturing plant provision and a procedure for "system pooling" by cooperative manufacturing plants. For the Producer milk provisions, this interim order implements amendments that establish a standard of at least 3 days' milk production for the number of days during the month that the milk of a producer needs to be delivered to a pool plant (a "touch-base" standard) in order for the rest of the milk of that producer to be eligible to be diverted to nonpool plants, provides authority to the Market Administrator to adjust the "touch- base" standard, and establishes a year-round diversion limit of 80 percent of total receipts for pool plants. More than the required number of producers in the Pacific Northwest marketing area have approved the issuance of the interim order as amended.