# Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Assessment Rate Decrease for Processed Pears
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 2011-08-30 · Effective 2011-08-31 · 76 FR 53811
## Document
- **Document number:** 2011-22115
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 76 FR 53811
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 927
- **Publication date:** 2011-08-30
- **Effective date:** 2011-08-31
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-11-0070 FV11-927-3 IR
## Abstract

This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Processed Pear Committee (Committee) for the 2011-2012 and subsequent fiscal periods from $8.41 to $7.73 per ton of summer/fall processed pears. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of processed pears grown in Oregon and Washington. Assessments upon handlers of Oregon-Washington processed pears 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/2011/08/30/2011-22115/pears-grown-in-oregon-and-washington-assessment-rate-decrease-for-processed-pears)
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