# Sweet Cherries 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 72683
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-29436
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 72683
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 923
- **Publication date:** 2012-12-06
- **Effective date:** 2012-12-07
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-12-0026
## Abstract

This rule decreases the assessment rate established for the Washington Cherry Marketing Committee (Committee) for the 2012-2013 and subsequent fiscal periods from $0.40 to $0.18 per ton of sweet cherries handled. The Committee locally administers the marketing order which regulates the handling of sweet cherries grown in designated counties in Washington. Assessments upon Washington sweet cherry 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/2012/12/06/2012-29436/sweet-cherries-grown-in-designated-counties-in-washington-decreased-assessment-rate)
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