# Pears Grown in Oregon and Washington; Assessment Rate Decrease for Fresh Pears
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Affirmation of interim rule as a final rule. · Published 2012-04-11 · Effective 2012-04-12 · 77 FR 21623
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-8676
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 21623
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 927
- **Publication date:** 2012-04-11
- **Effective date:** 2012-04-12
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-11-0060
## Abstract

The Department of Agriculture is adopting, as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that decreased 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. The Committee recommended the assessment rate decrease because the fresh winter pear promotion budget for the 2011-2012 fiscal period was reduced.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/04/11/2012-8676/pears-grown-in-oregon-and-washington-assessment-rate-decrease-for-fresh-pears)
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