# Apricots Grown in Designated Counties in Washington; Decreased Assessment Rate
> **Agricultural Marketing Service** · Interim rule with request for comments. · Published 2015-08-19 · Effective 2015-08-20 · 80 FR 50189
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-20436
- **Category:** marketing-order
- **Sub-agency:** Agricultural Marketing Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 50189
- **CFR reference:** 7 CFR 922
- **Publication date:** 2015-08-19
- **Effective date:** 2015-08-20
- **USDA docket:** Doc. No. AMS-FV-15-0033
## Abstract

This rule implements a recommendation from the Washington Apricot Marketing Committee (Committee) for a decrease in the assessment rate from $1.50 to $0.75 per ton of Washington apricots handled for the 2015-2016 and subsequent fiscal periods. The Committee locally administers the marketing order and is comprised of producers and handlers 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 new assessment rate will remain in effect indefinitely unless modified, suspended or terminated.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/08/19/2015-20436/apricots-grown-in-designated-counties-in-washington-decreased-assessment-rate)
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