# Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Assessment Rate Decrease for Fresh Pears
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 2011-08-31 · Effective 2011-09-01 · 76 FR 54075
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-22113
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 54075
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 927
- **Publication date:** 2011-08-31
- **Effective date:** 2011-09-01
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-11-0060
## Abstract

This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Fresh Pear Committee (Committee) for the 2011-2012 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.501 to $0.471 per standard box or equivalent of fresh winter pears handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of fresh pears grown in Oregon and Washington. Assessments upon Oregon-Washington fresh pear handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins July 1 and ends June 30. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended, or terminated.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2011/08/31/2011-22113/pears-grown-in-oregon-and-washington-assessment-rate-decrease-for-fresh-pears)
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