# Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington; Decreased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 2012-12-06 · Effective 2012-12-07 · 77 FR 72681
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-29435
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 72681
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 922
- **Publication date:** 2012-12-06
- **Effective date:** 2012-12-07
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-12-0027
## Abstract

This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee (Committee) for the 2012-13 and subsequent fiscal periods from $1.50 to $0.50 per ton of Washington apricots handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of apricots grown in designated counties in Washington. Assessments upon apricot handlers are used by the Committee to fund reasonable and necessary expenses of the program. The fiscal period begins April 1 and ends March 31. The assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended or terminated.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/12/06/2012-29435/apricots-grown-in-designated-counties-in-washington-decreased-assessment-rate)
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